Technology

Rather than being turned into a zombie by video games, Michael Clune says his childhood love affair with the electronic world transformed his life. In his second memoir, 'Gamelife', Clune explores… Audio

Rates of short-sightedness, or myopia have skyrocketed in recent years particularly in countries like China, where the 90 percent of teens and young adults need glasses, compared with 20 percent… Audio

Shark summit grapples with technology to stop shark attacks Audio

Amid recent headlines highlighting the dangerous misuse of drones, a North Otago council is using one to save coastal roads. Audio

A security analyst says the Government electronic spy agency's recent bout of transparency on cyberdefence operations is to deflect attention from its more controversial activities. Paul Buchanan is a… Audio

Nasa scientists have confirmed the presence of liquid water on Mars. They say it's not the dry, arid planet that they thought in the past, and it's excited some of our scientists here. Audio

The director of the Nieman Journalism lab at Harvard University, Joshua Benton says local news is under threat, as global giants like Facebook, Apple and Google begin to dominate news platforms, and… Audio

Prof. Mark Apperley from University of Waikato spreads out the silicon chips to expose how computers switch us on. This time how we switch on computers. In fact Mark and Bryan talk about the whole… Audio

Leto Xavier is a Canterbury raised, Wellington based painter and multi-media artist. He has used his paintings to express his passion for physics and astronomy, as well as his struggles relating to… Audio, Gallery

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The Electricity Networks Association and power companies Contact and Mighty River Power are investigating how to set up a "renewables highway" where fast-charging stations are available in towns along… Audio

A convicted child sex offender is in court once again today after he was arrested a day after he removed his electronic monitoring anklet. Jacinda Ardern is Labour's justice spokesperson. Audio

A close-call between a passenger jet and a drone has sparked pleas for tougher regulations, despite the rules being tightened up just last month. Tim Whittaker is a professional photographer and drone… Audio

Experts argue that we are living in the age of the Anthropocene - the epoch when humanity has irrevocably altered the planet. Predictions of climate change impacts are dire - mass extinction of… Audio

Senior astronomer and Director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California. Seth Shostak is coming to New Zealand as a guest speaker at the Aoraki Mackenzie… Audio

The peer-review process, where a scientific paper gets read and reviewed by other independent academics, is a tried and trusted way to scrutinise research before it gets published. Just because it's… Audio

About 50 fires a year in New Zealand are caused by phones, laptops and other electronics when they are being charged. Audio