Science

Space scientists say they have uncovered new evidence suggesting there may have once been life on Mars. Audio

It's nearly 50 years since Marlborough whalers J. A. Perano and Company harpooned their last whale in New Zealand waters. Peter Perano reflects on what it was like to be a third generation whaler… Audio

Dr Chris Smith with science news and recreating the chemical building blocks of life using a laser in the lab. Audio

Dunsandel engineer, concluding his discussion of solar photovoltaic energy, and answering questions from listeners. Audio

Principal Scientist, Marine Ecology, at NIWA Taihoro Nukurangi, and is one of the scientist advisors to the Sea Change Stakeholder Working Group. Audio

Chair of Sea Change Tai Timu Tai Pari, a partnership led by mana whenua and central and local government to create a marine spatial plan for the Hauraki Gulf by June 2015. Audio

Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, and author, who is visiting New Zealand as 2014 Distinguished Speaker for the Royal… Audio

In this programme, recorded in 2004, Veronika Meduna joins University of Otago archaeologist Charles Higham and his team during excavations in Cambodia. Audio

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