Science
Reading the weather
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Director Dr Rob Vertessy explains how they are doing weather forecasts for half a million seperate locations in Australia. Audio
Naked Science: Ebola and multiple sclerosis
Naked Science with Dr Chris Smith. With the spread of ebola, is it too late for a vaccine? And funding for a pre-clinical trial for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Audio
Karim Khan: activity and health
Editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine and expert in physical activity for public health. Audio
Gayle Souter-Brown: healing landscapes
Landscape and urban design consultant, founder of Greenstone Design, and author of Landscape and Urban Design for Health and Well-Being: Using Healing, Sensory and Therapeutic Gardens Audio
Jeffrey E. Stern: Ebola outbreak
Freelance journalist, author, and development worker whose article about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Hell in the Hot Zone, appears in the October issue of Vanity Fair. Audio
Aaron Panofsky: the controversial science of nature vs. nurture
In Misbehaving Science, UCLA assistant professor Aaron Panofsky traces the field of behaviour genetics back to its origins in the 1950s, telling the story through close looks at the major… Audio
Reducing Carbon Emissions, Saving Money
The Kapiti Coast District Council cut its greenhouse gas emissions by half within three years, with final goal of a 80 per cent reduction. Audio
Reducing Carbon Emissions, Saving Money
The Kapiti Coast District Council cut its greenhouse gas emissions by half within three years, with final goal of a 80 per cent reduction.
AudioHealing Wounds
How a Marsden-funded project turned experimental research into a revolutionary wound-healing treatment. Audio
Healing Wounds
How a Marsden-funded project turned experimental research into a revolutionary wound-healing treatment.
AudioTokyo Flood
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
Dr Siouxsie Wiles on walking robots
Siouxsie Wiles discusses the world's largest DNA origami created, a soft robot and new genetic discoveries regarding links to disease. Audio
Otters? In Southland?
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
Speedy sequencing
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
Naked Science: Ebola and breastfeeding
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
Listener Feedback to Saturday 13 September
Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 13 September 2014. Audio
Energy with David Haywood: solar
Doctor of enginerering from Dunsandel, discussing solar energy. Audio
Volcanic Eruption Detection System on Mount Ruapehu
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
Volcanic Eruption Detection System on Mount Ruapehu
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
AudioExploring Hidden Lakes under Antarctica's Ice
Martin Siegert, a gloaciologist at Imperial College London, discusses the exploration of Antarctica's hidden lakes and rivers below the ice cap. Audio