Science

Astronomers have taken the best image yet of the birth of a solar system. Researchers captured the image while testing new high-resolution capabilies on the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter… Audio

Biomedical scientist Dr Steve Hodgkinson has more than 180 scientific publications and patents to his name. Now, he also has a novel called Unearthed, whose hero is a scientist. Unearthed is part… Audio

Professor James Bagian is a former astronaut and an expert in human fallibility and in particular how it relates to healthcare. He talks to Wallace about the more than 300 hours he spent in space, the… Audio

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists beams in with the latest science news; this week how shift work affects your brain, and how gut bacteria could be helping us stay slim. Audio

Research Leader at Landcare Research, Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, and a Principal Investigator at the Allan Wilson Centre, who was one of over 100 researchers from 16 countries… Audio

Former head of Medicine and Regulatory Affairs for pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim who now writes stories for children, including the successful Tom Hassler series. Audio

A virtual reality environment is being trialled to help stroke survivors improve their prospective memory to do things in the future Audio

Naturally occurring mitochondrial mutations that cause infertility in sons could be the basis of novel pest control measures Audio

Scientists have revealed details about a sixty-six million-year-old fossil, of an animal resembling a modern-day groundhog, which re-writes our understanding of early mammals. Audio

A wearable computer, a robot that helps children with cerebral palsy, and a history of government spying... just some of the projects that have succeeded in the country's most prestigious science… Audio

Head of Chemistry at Auckland's St Cuthbert's College, Ian Torrie, has won a 2014 ASG National Excellence in Teaching Award. He's one of five teachers across early childhood, primary, intermediate and… Audio

A survey has found that 40 per cent of scientists working in New Zealand have felt gagged because of management policy or concern over losing funding. Audio

The crash of the Virgin Galactic spacecraft appears to have put the dream of private space travel on hold for a while. Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson said he had hoped to be ready to launch the… Audio

John Gerritsen explores why NZ school students have slumped in maths and science Audio

Jordan Green is a biomedical engineer from Johns Hopkins University who's trying to train our immune systems to fight cancer. Audio

Dr Michael Mosley on research suggesting that reheating our food can change it nutritionally. So you can make your pasta better for you just by cooling and then reheating it? Audio