Science

Forensic scientists have unveiled a cutting edge 3D scanner that will be used in more and more trials to give jurors a new insight into crime scenes. Audio

The warm summer may be great for the school holidays, trips to the bach, beach and barbeques - but not so good for people who don't like flies! Are there more than usual this year? And how do you get… Audio

Kieran McKay: A veteran cave explorer whose team discovered New Zealand's deepest cave system in the Kahurangi National Park last year.

Hamish Campbell: A GNS Science geologist explains why New… Audio

A team of scientists have delved into psychology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience to try to answer that question of why humans fall in love. Audio

Australia's national science agency is predicting global warming will cause Australia to heat up at a rate faster than the global average. Audio

Take egg whites, boil for 20 minutes at 90 degrees C, add a splash of urine and hey presto an uncooked egg. Audio

Ethan Sorrell of Avondale college has achieved the world's highest scores in the Cambridge exams for both A level psychology and biology. He was also first in New Zealand in his other two exams, A… Audio

Twenty-one scientists sail out of Wellington tomorrow aiming to track singing blue whales using state-of-the-art sonar equipment. Audio

What's your poison? Toxicologist Dr Leo Schep tests for substances taken internally or applied externally that are injurious to health or dangerous to life and looks at the history of synthetic… Audio

Analysis of obsidian artefacts now challenge the generally accepted idea that civilisation on Easter Island collapsed due to self-induced environmental degradation - with anthropologist Prof Thegn… Audio

Karl Rotthier is the president of DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals, based in the Netherlands. He says drug companies' poor practices are to blame for the rise of antibiotic resistance which threatens to… Audio

Strokes and earthquakes don't sound like they have much in common. Audio

Professor Daniel Brison is conducting a study looking at IVF babies to assess their long term health compared to naturally conceived babies. Audio

Cullen Buie of MIT has been studying rain, and why it can smell so good when it hits the ground. Audio

Dr Chris Smith with news of a discovery that the most deadly creature on the planet uses insulin as a weapon of mass destruction. Also scientists use technology to uncover the secrets contained in… Audio

Founder of technology blog ReadWrite.com, who became interested in health technology when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and has written Trackers: How Technology is Helping Us Monitor and Improve Our… Audio

The Vintage Aviator recreates old airplanes, mainly from World War I, using century old techniques as well as modern science and engineering Audio

A handheld machine will soon allow people to test for DNA using Q-PCR in the field and not just in the lab Audio