Science

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

PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington, and AMP National Scholarship recipient who aims to create a solar-powered water treatment system using unique nano-composite materials to generate… Audio

Dr Michelle Dickinson - the winner of Prime Minister's award for science media communication is an expert in nanotechology, who is inspired by the powers of superheroes and uses her social media… Audio

In this interview from 2004, Oxford University mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, who will be in New Zealand next week, discusses prime numbers. Audio

To mark World Soil Day, soil scientists head on a fieldtrip to explore New Zealand's volcanic soils. Audio

Michelle Dickinson is Nanogirl, a superhero teaching kids that science is fun, and she has won the 2014 Prime Minister's Science Media Communication Prize Audio

Scientists working in Antartica may soon have to rethink their personal grooming with new research showing how damaging chemicals in soaps, shampoos, suncreens, moisturizers and fragrances are on the… Audio

We explore new research that claims scientists have found a new way to 'switch off' pain. That's everything from a headache to chronic pain. It could help the development of non-addictive drugs. Paul… Audio

Prime Minister’s Science Prizes 2014 Audio