Science

The challenges to mitigate river flooding damage in a densely populated urban environment like Tokyo city, with geographer Dr Christopher Gomez of University of Canterbury. Audio

Siouxsie Wiles discusses the world's largest DNA origami created, a soft robot and new genetic discoveries regarding links to disease. Audio

Lloyd Esler has spoken with more than a dozen people over the past ten years who have sighted otter-like creatures in Southern waters. Audio

The genetic revolution going on with DNA sequencing technology shrinking in size and in cost. Professor Mike Berridge and David Eccles from the Malaghan Instiutute demo some of the new technology. Audio

Dr Chris Smith with the latest on the ebola outbreak in West Africa. Also why action films make you eat more, and how breastfeeding can create a healthier immune system. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 13 September 2014. Audio

Doctor of enginerering from Dunsandel, discussing solar energy. Audio

The eruption detection system on Mount Ruapehu is designed to quickly warn people on the Whakapapa ski field to move to high ground out of the path of dangerous lahars Audio

Martin Siegert, a gloaciologist at Imperial College London, discusses the exploration of Antarctica's hidden lakes and rivers below the ice cap. Audio

PhD student Lily Chang is trying to determine if an eye test could be developed for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease Audio

Science writer and editor of Australian Geographic, John Pickrell, on whether birds are really dinosaurs. Audio

There were other humans earlier in the planets history, but Sapiens were the ones which came out on top. Dr Yuval Noah Harari explains how we did it, in a book called "Sapiens: A Brief History of… Audio

The second of our Naked Science shows, recorded at the Paramount Theatre in Wellington last month. Five top scientists speak to Simon Morton and Dr Chris Smith about their areas of expertise. The… Audio

The science of alcohol; from yeast, to taste, to fermentation, to hangovers. Adam Rogers looks at the current state of our knowledge, and some of the common myths and misconceptions, in his book… Audio

The Home Microbiome Study tries to understand how the communities of microbes living in and on us colonise our rooms and buildings. Jack Gilbert of the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National… Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 6 September 2014. Audio

Director of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide who has been awarded a Laureate Fellowship by the Australian Research Council, using ancient micro biomes and genomes to… Audio