All episodes
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Whio and predator trapping in Arthur's Pass, the science of predator-free New Zealand, dark matter of the genome and the New Zealand genographic project.
Full episodeThursday, 16 January 2014
Kauri dieback disease, legal highs, marine expedition to the Three Kings Islands and urban bats.
Full episodeThursday, 9 January 2014
Writing and health, Zealandia trout eradication, the CSI effect and red-billed gulls at Kaikoura
Full episodeThursday, 2 January 2014
Great white butterfly eradication, wild birds in Dunedin Botanic Gardens, rock art and a science magic show.
Full episodeThursday, 26 December 2013
Hydrogen on Matiu Somes Island, city cycling, long-finned eels, and an expedition to the Auckland Islands.
Full episodeThursday, 19 December 2013
Toxic algae blooms and UAVs, Parkinson's and metronomes, colour analysis of flags, and the world's loneliest Christmas tree
Full episodeThursday, 12 December 2013
The New Zealand storm petrel's breeding ground, 'halo' zones for urban wildlife, 'spin' chemistry and molecular switches, and little sensors for testing water quality.
Full episodeThursday, 5 December 2013
New Zealand's first nature reserve: Hauturu-Little Barrier Island, mathematics and fishing, Deborah Blum on science communication, and swamp kauri and climate history.
Full episodeThursday, 28 November 2013
Matching names to faces, fungi and the Earth's geomagnetic field, collaborative research into coastal ecosystems, and long-tailed cuckoos on Hauturu Little Barrier Island.
Full episodeThursday, 21 November 2013
Using algae to extract phosphorus from effluent ponds, better soil mapping, a pilot food processing plant, and a New Zealand-German robot collaboration.
Full episodeThursday, 14 November 2013
PM's Science Prize awards, organic LEDs, and kakariki in the Zealandia Sanctuary.
Full episodeThursday, 7 November 2013
The Papakura geyser spouts back to life, an electric car that moves sideways, robots with human faces, urban bats in west Auckland.
Full episodeThursday, 31 October 2013
Measuring fat on a human body in a Bodpod, introducing the Spirit of Mawson expedition, how adult stem cells may be a cure for type 1 diabetes, and Te Papa scientists conduct an autopsy of storm-wrecked prions
Full episodeThursday, 24 October 2013
A chemistry show for school students, Kakapo update on Little Barrier Island, update on climate change report and genes for smelling,
Full episodeThursday, 17 October 2013
Pollen forecasts, analysing parasite eggs, the Wise Response Appeal and call for action on climate change,and diet and longevity in fruit flies.
Full episodeThursday, 10 October 2013
Hearing aids and rugby, a 1000-year climate record from kauri tree rings, Bodeker Scientific, and a new nicotine replacement therapy.
Full episodeThursday, 3 October 2013
How machine-harvesting of grapes makes better sauvignon blanc wine; how a copper treatment can halt and reverse diabetic heart damage; looking at past polar climates through plant fossils; and the hi-tech TASCAM marine buoy in Tasman Bay
Full episodeThursday, 26 September 2013
Kiwibots robotics competition; single-blade wind turbine; 'Above the Treeline' book on New Zealand alpine plants; and introduction to IPCC's AR5 report on climate change.
Full episodeThursday, 19 September 2013
HRC Explorer grant recipient developing protein replacement therapy; cuckoos and new endemic bird family Mohouidae; bacteriophages and Psa kiwifruit vine disease,; and Queen Street air and noise pollution study
Full episodeThursday, 12 September 2013
Grey-faced petrels and rats on Goat Island, forensic statistics, Fiordland marine ecosystem linkages, and a family trip to Zealandia as part of Conservation Week
Full episodeThursday, 5 September 2013
Iodine status of New Zealanders; new climate-ozone model; postharvest testing of kiwifruit; and using chemical analysis to stop food fraud.
Full episodeThursday, 29 August 2013
Iron in ryegrass endophytes, textile research, biophotonics, and the Taking Stock project and early Maori marine diet
Full episodeThursday, 22 August 2013
Up the Pipe Solutions project, stretchy Bluetooth sensors, prehistoric coastal species, sunfish at Te Papa.
Full episodeThursday, 15 August 2013
Possum-free Otago Peninsula, kidney regeneration, bioinfomatics and epigenetics, and a new book about innovation and knowledge called Get off the Grass
Full episodeThursday, 8 August 2013
Shellfish physiology, creating bumblebee colonies in orchards, melting ice from Antarctica's RICE ice core, and how health effects of wind farms may be psychosomatic
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