Science

Eleven researchers have been awarded prestigious medals by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Audio

The 2014 winner of New Zealand's top science honour, the Rutherford Medal, is theoretical chemist Peter Schwerdtfeger Audio

The popular petunia flower is helping plant biologists unlock the genetic secrets behind plant colour and pattern Audio

Sports scientist Paul Macdermid is studying how people run on a water treadmill compared with an ordinary treadmill Video, Audio

Jean Fleming, Professor Emerita at the University of Otago, retired from a long career in health sciences and science communication - on human anatomy, there are nails on your fingers and toes. Audio

Dr Judy Melinek is a San Francisco based forensic pathologist and contract pathologist at the Alemeida County Coroners Office. She provides an insight into the world of forensic pathology in her book… Audio

Professor Gary Jones is a senior water scientist and Chief Executive of eWater, a not-for-profit water management and modelling organisation based in Canberra, Australia. He is an Adjunct Professor… Audio

Atoms, molecules, condensed matter and quantum physics may not be everyone's cup of tea, but a career dedicated to just that has secured a scientist the most prestigious science award in the country.

Sharing emotions but not as you know it. Katy Gosset finds out about the latest use for wearable technology. Audio

Associate Professor Brian Hare, an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University in North Carolina, studies dog's brains and he's come up with a test to measure dog intelligence. Audio

The controversial US bill that will stop independent scientists from advising the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Audio

'The Wandering Mind: What the Brain Does When You're Not Looking.' by Michael Corballis. Audio

Brand new manned submersibles are enabling explorations of the Queensland reef systems to previously impossible depths (of 300 metres), but how this is contributing to the study of sensory… Audio

Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. Fascinating new research shows how our gut bacteria helps with the formation of our nervous system. Audio

Chime Red is a Victoria University collaboration music and engineering students using three Tesla coils, the MechBass robotic bass guitar and robotic drums Audio