Science

Professor Joe Nadeau is at the forefront of the study of epigenetics - investigating how environmental factors like diet, stress and conditions in the womb can alter a person's genetic make-up. He is… Audio

Erin Smith is an artist and researcher whose work focuses on the issue of waste and the future of fabrication. She makes wedding dresses that are grown, not made, and then easily composted when… Audio

Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news; this week tests on a new vaccine for ebola, and studies linking air pollution to stroke and higher anxiety levels. Audio

The emerging study of the necrobiome; that's the community of bacteria that live on and in us after we die. Jeff Tomberlin is a forensic entomologist at Texas A&M University who's studying the… Audio

Director of the Antarctic Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington. He will discuss the new findings this week on the decrease in volume of Antarctic ice. Audio

NASA is once again attempting to launch its gigantic super pressure balloon from Wanaka this morning. Audio

A new gel has been developed that is 85% water but can be stretched many times and hit with a hammer without disintegrating Audio

New Zealand is home to the world's only luminescent freshwater limpet, which lives among the rocks in North Island streams. Audio

February 2016 will mark the 175th anniversary of the discovery of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf. Preparations to mark the discovery are already underway. Philippa Ross, the… Audio

New Zealand fish with Stella McQueen, self-confessed native fish geek, author and field worker... freshwater mussels as well as a freshwater limpet that secretes glowing mucus when disturbed. Audio

New research has found that New Zealand has a tsunami 'blind spot' and it's our west coast. Audio

Reporter Steve Wilde joins us again from Wanaka Audio

NASA is preparing to launch a gigantic super balloon from Wanaka in a test to see whether the area can be used for experiements into the future. Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith and an amazing new technique for 3D printing that's 100 times quicker than today's technology. Audio

Jaap de Roode from Emory University in the United States is a biologist studying how a whole host of animals from chimps to insects (including Monarch butterflies) use plants to self-medicate. Audio

If you're prescribed antibiotics can you just stop taking them when you feel better? With Dr Richard Everts, a medical microbiologist and specialist in infectious diseases in Nelson. Also Dr Mark… Audio

Professor Frances Ashcroft is a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford and director of OXION, a training and research programme on the physiology of ion channels, the proteins… Audio

This programme marks the 50th anniversary of Scott Base, New Zealand's science station in Antarctica, which was established in 1957. Audio