Synthetic
Natural Paint Co: The Kiwi business stripping out the nasties
Kathryn spoke to James Mount about how they embarked on their endeavour - at the age of 22 - and the success they've had. Video, Audio
How voice cloning is revolutionising the way we communicate
Voice cloning software is able to replicate a person's voice speaking any words or sentences that are typed into a keyboard. Founder of VocaliD, Professor Rupal Patel joins us to discuss how the… Audio
Synthetic drugs in Maraenui: A suburb afflicted by addicition
Grandparents, parents, siblings... and children as young as 11 are getting hooked on synthetic cannabis in Napier's suburb of Maraenui. It's hard to find anyone unaffected by the drug there - they are… Audio
Hacking the genetic alphabet
Professor Floyd Romesberg of the Scripps Research Institute in California is part of a research team that's added 2 extra, synthetic genetic 'letters' to ecoli bacteria, and these single-celled… Audio
Lab made wine
Two young biotechnology grads are trying to recreate expensive wines and rare vintages, using water, ethanol and some flavour molecules. Alec Lee of Ava Winery wants to make the flavours of top notch… Audio