Science

Making the numbers add up is Dr Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University's School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research - mathematics is different from other sciences. Audio

A massive solar storm has caused an impressive aurora, most easily seen in the south of the country. Bob Evans runs the Aurora and Solar section of the Royal Astronomical Society. Audio

Microsoft is recruiting female scientists, the potential benefits of exercise to tackle breast cancer and harnessing science to stop men peeing in public! Audio

The first Australian centre dedicated to diagnosing and treating children damaged by their mothers drinking during pregnancy is about to open in Sydney. Audio

Shaun Hendy director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland is like an electro-magnet and by attraction, shows us how physics works... the physics of cricket. Audio

Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists with research showing that medical ultrasound could break down the toxic protein in the brain thought to cause Alzheimer's disease. Also evidence of a hot ocean… Audio

Chair of Cinema Art + Science at Columbia College Chicago, and North American regional Chair of CILECT, the world organisation of film and media schools. He is the fourth Creative Fellow for the… Audio

The countdown is on in Wanaka as Nasa gets set to launch a giant balloon into the upper atmosphere from the outskirts of the Central Otago town. Audio

After six weeks in the Southern Ocean, scientists return with thousands of blue whale call recordings and hundreds of samples. Audio

Rod Downey highlights some of the factual inaccuracies in the movie The Imitation Game as well as describing some of Alan Turing's great achievements Audio

Should the 1080 in baby formula threat have been kept on the down-low? And what is the profile of the person who made the threat? Massey University forensic psychologist Dr Mei Williams discusses… Audio

Bolts of lightning, explosions, fire - and turning a supermarket trolley into a speeding vehicle with fire extinguishers. An array of crazy science experiments of the like never seen in New Zealand… Audio

Bas Lansdorp is a Dutch entrepreneur and engineer who's running the Mars One project, which aims to send humans to colonise the red planet by 2025. But it means, for the first crew at least, a one-way… Audio

The 1080 infant formula threat has set some shoppers' nerves on edge. Audio

The single biggest manufacturer of baby formula in New Zealand won't discuss whether the Government's decision to make the threat public sets a precedent for dealing with blackmailers and is not best… Audio

Scientists have found an unexpectedly high number of blue whales in the Southern Ocean. Audio

We're going to Beijing to find out what's being said in China about the 1080 scare, where it is 1pm Audio