Science

They can be moody, messy and irresponsible, to the point where at times you may wonder what happened to those loving little children you once knew. Anyone who's had a grumpy teenager in the house… Audio

MetService severe weather forecaster Erick Brenstrum on how a day doesn't go by without some weather. Most of planet has been above average temperature, though one or two areas have been below… Audio

Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news. This week, using nanoparticles to unclog narrow arteries, and a study showing babies born to teenage dads are more likely to experience birth defects. Audio

Editorial cartoonist for the National Business Review continuously since 1975, leading authority on hedgehogs and possums, and weekly science columnist to Wellington's Dominion Post. His new book is… Audio

Professor at Harvard Medical School, Raymond D. Adams Master Clinician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and author of Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole. Audio

Matt Taylor is the project scientist on the Rosetta mission which in November, successfully landed a probe on a comet more than half a billion kilometres away. Brought up in east London, heavily… Audio

Nicola Winch has developed a portable X-ray detector which could allow images to be taken at emergencies and sent to hospital before a patient arrives Audio

The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonics and Quantum Technologies is a Centre for Research Excellence that is partnering with Otago Museum Audio

A team of scientists drilling through thick Antarctic ice were surprised to discover fish surviving more than 500 km from open ocean Audio

An official send-off will be given to the godwits in Canterbury tonight, before they make their annual flight north. Audio

Dr. Vandana Shiva says the dependence on chemicals and fossil fuels that enable large scale agriculture is a threat to the planet, and she is advocating a global change in the practice and paradigms… Audio

Siouxsie Wiles discusses how being hungry will make you greedier, Telescopic contact lens that allows users to zoom-in by winking and why does a zebra have stripes? Audio

Auckland man, Saeed Ghandhari, has just been named among 100 people to have made it through the next round of the Mars One selection. Audio

A mysterious haze high above Mars has left scientists puzzled. The vast plume was initially spotted by amateur astronomers in 2012, and appeared twice before vanishing, the BBC reports. Scientists… Audio

Most of us probably think of the tuatara as an endangered native species and one which needs careful protecting. So it is may well be surprising to hear that at the Southland Museum & Art Gallery… Audio

Huge cloud-like plumes that were spotted by amateur astronomers stretching hundreds of kilometres into Mars's atmosphere have defied explanation - until now. The plumes, which the amateurs saw in… Audio

What it takes to make what we eat, with honorary associate Prof. Don Otter from University of Auckland's School of Chemical Sciences... what is food science/technology? Audio