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Would Hiroshima have been bombed if the Japanese language contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Did a mistaken translation of the Italian "canali" -- or channels -- shape the space race to Mars… Audio

There's plenty of good TV on the streamers in August, RNZ's Perlina Lau casts her eye over five shows to put on your favourites list this month. Video

The recent Groundswell protest put farmers’ grievances about the government’s environmental policies front and centre. Good timing for a new six-part documentary series exploring the dairy industry,… Video, Audio

Daniel Eb founded Open Farms which aims to connect townies with agriculture by having farmers open up their farms for a day. Daniel's also one of the latest batch of Nuffield scholars - who are part… Audio

New Zealand Biologist Jonathan Balcombe tells Jesse how much we unexpectedly have in common with the common household fly. Audio, Gallery

An energy commentator says power generators - or gen-tailers - make more money when they're burning coal. That's created a perverse incentive which is blocking new renewable power projects. Last year… Audio

In the same year that the government declared a climate emergency, imports of dirty coal from Indonesia topped a million tonnes.

That's only the second time it's happened in two decades.

Imports of… Audio

The shock - horror response sparked by news of a publicly-funded ‘sex scandal’ TV drama was almost as stale as the decade-old affair it was based on. Audio

Anxiety is a habit and won't just go away with breathing exercises, psychiatrist and professor Dr Judson Brewer says. Audio

Waka ama paddlers training near Gisborne suspect dirty river water is giving them rashes, infections and sores.

One possible explanation is the untreated sewage that flows into the river during heavy… Audio

He has a doctorate from Oxford, where he studied Bacterial Flagellar Motor, a nanoscale rotary electric motor which makes bacteria swim. Currently Scientia Research Fellow in the School of… Audio

At least one in five New Zealanders need to be driving an electric car in the next 15 years, and almost all buses and thousands of trucks need to run on batteries, if we're to meet our emissions… Audio

Dave Lowe has been warning about the impact of rapid climate change for over 50 years. Both a scientist and a surfer he began to see changes the environment of the southern hemisphere in the 1970s. Audio

Residents in Ōtautahi are having their recycling bin privileges revoked if they don't follow the rules about what rubbish should be put in them, which contaminates the recycling plant. Gina Dempster… Audio

The Waikeria Prison fires are out, the excitement's died down, the protesters charged. But that's not the end of the repercussions, with three inquiries underway and civil actions launched.  Audio

A huge drop in tourists in Fiji due to the pandemic has meant growing your own food in Fiji is not only making a comeback, it's a matter of survival. About half of Fiji's population depends on tourism… Audio

Niva and Yotam Kay have produced what's being welcomed as a "go-to guide to gardening". Their book The Abundant Garden will be appreciated by established as well as budding food growers. Audio

A former inmate is taking prison operator Serco to court for allegedly treating him in a degrading and inhumane way. It is something Serco categorically denies.

Peter Rerekura has now completed his… Video, Audio

There is an uproar in European football following the announcement that twelve elite clubs plan to form a breakaway European Super League.

The clubs - labelled by some the Dirty Dozen - unveiled… Audio

Panellists Ed Amon and Lynda Hallinan discuss staff shortages in restaurants, whether booze should be sold over Easter, and the risk of New Zealand becoming a dumping ground for dirty cars. Audio

What do we plant at this time of year in different parts of the country? And what problems might we be running into? Gardener Adrian Sutherland runs the thriving Facebook page One Minute Gardening and… Audio

Among the winners at last night's Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards was Shannon Te Huia.He talks to Jesse about his iwi based initiative Pūniu River Care and why it's made such an impact on… Audio

When Emma Ferris discovered the man she'd been dating for six months had conned her out of more than $250,000, there was no way she was going to let him get away with it. She's put her story in… Audio

An Australian survey of how sanitary products for women were advertised has found that until very recently periods were treated as a dirty, unhygienic secret. Dr Jane Connory talks to Jesse about her… Audio

The Whale Oil defamation trial collapsed this month in the Auckland High Court, a case that stems back to Nicky Hager's 2014 book Dirty Politics. Audio

No one expected the level of intensity and brazenness used by a blogger, a former politician and a PR man in the saga that became known as "dirty politics".  Audio

Tony Stamp reviews new albums from kiwi troubadour Edward Castelow, Australian import Jazmine Mary, and Scottish post-rockers Mogwai. Audio