Science

Ecovative mushroom products in New York is replacing plastic and styrofoam packaging materials with alternatives made from agricultural waste and the self-assembling glue in mushrooms - mycelium. The… Audio

Government scientists are proposing building a new seed bank to protect New Zealand agriculture for the effects of climate chance. Dr Kioumars Ghamkhar is the director of the Margot Forde Forage… Audio

Professor Emerita in Science Communication at the University of Otago Jean Fleming, on human anatomy... the pineal gland, and how melatonin controls our daily rhythms. Audio

Warming weather and the effect that changes to Antarctica's ice cover will have on the planet are to form part of major new research supported by the New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute. Audio

One man's love of space has seen him all but quit his day job. Dave Owen's mission to start an educational space centre started when he purchased a spare part of a space toilet. His collection of… Audio

Professor Richie Poulton has been appointed chief science adviser for the Ministry of Social Development. He is Director of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit, which… Audio

Adam Hill of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute is leading an Australian project harnessing computer power to model hundreds of thousands of heart beats to stop deaths from arrhythmia. Audio

The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists; a new approach to pesticides, and a way of making mucus less sticky. Audio

Alec Falkenham of Dalhousie University in Canada has invented a new tattoo removal cream. Audio

Dunsandel engineer and author, discussing how energy gives us the musical scale. Audio

Kirsti Abbott is fascinated by ants - she loves talking about them, she doesn't mind having thousands of them swarm all over her at once, and she even enjoys eating them. Dr. Abbott is ant ecologist… Audio

A scanning electron microscope uses a focused beam of electrons to produce images and Ruth Knibbe demonstrates how it works Audio

Learning the complex secrets of photosynthesis could lead to improved solar panels, efficient ways of producing hydrogen from water and more productive plants Audio

A fieldtrip through Mead Stream Gorge, north of Kaikoura, which provides a continuous record of 80 million years of geological history. Audio

Why the universe is something, rather than nothing, with Prof. Lawrence Krauss, director of the Origins Project at the School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University. Audio

A scanning electron microscope uses a focused beam of electrons to produce images and in this extended version, Ruth Knibbe demonstrates how it works Audio

Did you know that humans form two sets of teeth over the course of their lives - Professor of Dental Epidemiology and Public Health, also editor of New Zealand Dental Journal, Murray Thomson from the… Audio