Science

The 2014 Prime Minister's Science Teacher Prize was won by Terry Burrell, from Onslow College in Wellington Audio

Palaeontologist Stephen Brusatte introduces the newest member of the tyrannosaur family, the small and long-nosed Pinocchio rex. Audio

Mapping the genome of New Zealand's tuatara and Australia's platypus is key to understanding the evolution of all vertebrates Audio

A machine which grips and manoeuvres heavy hospital beds at the touch of a joystick has been designed at Massey University Audio

Prof. Shaun Hendy from the Physics Department of the University of Auckland points the laser at how physics can affect our everyday life. It was the biggest story in physics this year, but did the… Audio

The national science advocacy body says it isn't about to gag any of its members with a new code of ethics. Audio

Overseas yachts arriving in New Zealand are under intense scrutiny this season -- after last summer's fruit fly scare in Whangarei. Audio

Siouxsie discusses the HPV vaccination - and why, in her view, the strategy of only vaccinating girls is the wrong one. Audio

Researchers at New York University have looked at how big a challenge we think we face when we want to lose weight, get fit, and look good on the beach over the summer. The research has been done at… Audio

The significance of small galaxies, the smallest one found (so far), and the challenges in studying them (assumedly due to their size). With A.Prof Evan Kirby from Caltech Department of Astronomy &amp… Audio

Questions about the origin of the Universe and the Big Bang theory are frequently asked of one of the world's oldest astronomical observatories, run for hundreds of years by an unlikely organization… Audio

Dame Anne Salmond discusses Maori relations with the ocean, comparing Te Whanau a Apanui's opposition to the oil company Petrobras' drilling ship to the time 250 years earlier when canoes headed out… Audio

The top prize was awarded to the He Kainga Oranga / Housing and Health research programme, led by Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman for the University of Otago. Audio

Christian Jarrett tackles some of the bunkum being spouted about neuroscience in his book 'Great Myths of the Brain'. Audio

Dr Chris Smith with news of a treatment for the herpes virus. Also a shocking discovery about the electric eel. Audio

Principal Investigator at the Centre for Neuroendocrinology in the Department of Physiology at the University of Otago and winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize for… Audio