All episodes

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Issues and legal implications around de-extinction

Thursday, 1 January 2015

Legalising marijuana and redefining genetically modified organisms..

Thursday, 25 December 2014

Sound recording birds with Les McPherson, bird photography with David Hallett, National Whale Centre at Picton, and the Singing Scientist Matthew Barnett with new song the Good Oil.

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Measuring intelligence in robins, using sugars to test gut health, update on aging fathers and kiwi inbreeding, spying on wild animals with remote cameras, and using Google balloons to study the stratosphere.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

A hospital bed mover, tuatara and platypus genome projects, the newest member of the tyrannosaur family: Pinnocchio rex, and the winner of the 2014 Prime Minister’s Science Teacher prize.

Thursday, 4 December 2014

Wellington waterfront clean-up, 'Nanogirl' wins Prime Minister's Science Media Communication Prize, invasive plants and volcanic soils

Thursday, 27 November 2014

A water treadmill, mutant petunias, tuatara at Dunedin’s Orokonui Ecosanctuary, and the winner of the 2014 Rutherford Medal

Thursday, 20 November 2014

Fairy prion colony on Dunedin sea cliffs, visual cues on Google Glass during emergency situations, safer rainwater harvesting, and a musical performance with Tesla coils and robotic bass and drums

Thursday, 13 November 2014

Drilling into the Alpine Fault, the Dunedin garden study, metal-organic frameworks, and using games to manage ADHD.

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Trojan Females, a novel pest control idea, the winners of the inaugural Conservation Innovation Awards, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and a 3D virtual reality environment to help stroke survivors with their memory.

Thursday, 30 October 2014

Self setting rat traps, nano building blocks from proteins, an oestrogen detector and an SOS for soils.

Thursday, 23 October 2014

The science behind 1080 use to control pests and protect native birds, young science orators, and 3D bioprinting body parts.

Thursday, 16 October 2014

• 9:06 Ninja Viruses
• 9:20 Rumble Strips
• 9:34 Chlorine Bleach in the Airways
• 9:47 Wellington's New Fault
• 9:48 OCW Opening Theme - Mystery Sound 16

Thursday, 9 October 2014

Restoring Rutherford's Den; pavement research to make better roads; how to look for a rare endemic spider from the Bounty Islands

Thursday, 2 October 2014

Geodesy - the science of location; modelling Lake Forsyth; and NZ IceFest 2014.

Thursday, 25 September 2014

Great Kereru Count

Great Kereru Count

Protein crystallography, Great Kereru Count, Tyrannosaurus - Meet the Family, and slipped discs and the spine

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Colossal squid dissection, wound healing, 'NZ Wild Life' book, and greenhouse gas reductions at Kapiti Council

Thursday, 11 September 2014

A potential eye test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, sub-glacial lakes in Antarctica and the volcanic eruption detection system on Mount Ruapehu

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Ecology-based adventure games Possum Stomp and Ora: Save the Forest; lasers and rogue waves; and making wound dressings from wine waste

Thursday, 28 August 2014

Sea lions and marine food webs, Antarctic ice melt and rising sea levels, developing anti-addiction treatments, and using sound to help the visually impaired navigate

Thursday, 21 August 2014

Controlling robots with the mind, fertility in older male zebrafish, Antarctic time travel, and sugar

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Volcanic eruption simulator, New Zealand's volcanic hazard alert system, using lasers to test fading in red pigments, and DNA tests for the wine industry

Thursday, 7 August 2014

Bug hotels, studying ancient sea levels in the Whanganui Basin, the genetics of gout, and story-telling and well-being in adolescents.

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Childhood obesity, the science of fermented food, the Littlest Hadron Collider and tagging great white sharks in New Zealand and Australia

Thursday, 24 July 2014

Flora Finder app, memory and the brain, and panel on the state of New Zealand science .