All episodes
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Canterbury earthquake anniversary, medicinal properties of manuka honey, deep-sea snailfish and smart pigeons
Full episodeThursday, 16 February 2012
Super-giant amphipods from the Kermadec trench; horopito's hot and red leaves; more on rescuing stranded whales; and what ancient forests tell us about Auckland's volcanic history.
Full episodeThursday, 9 February 2012
Giraffe weevils; training for whale rescuers; and the effect of a pine-bark extract on cognitive function after brain trauma.
Full episodeThursday, 2 February 2012
The future of New Zealand's iconic glaciers, University of Otago's Iso-Trace Lab, tree-top monitoring of rats, and moss that smells like dung.
Full episodeThursday, 26 January 2012
Geology of Nelson's boulder bank, population dynamics of little blue penguins on the West Coast, translocation of fluttering shearwaters to Matiu-Somes Island, and Scott's last journey.
Full episodeThursday, 22 December 2011
Prime Minister's Science Prizes for 2011, mammoth haemoglobin, Michael Corballis on what makes us human, and knitting the periodic table of elements.
Full episodeThursday, 15 December 2011
The biography of Lance Richdale, peripatus and urban conservation, and the Simulation Centre for Patient Safety.
Full episodeThursday, 8 December 2011
Metameterials and sound insulation, deceptive orchids, origins of sociality in primates, and bioluminescence and superbugs
Full episodeThursday, 1 December 2011
Billion-year-old enzyme, Scion's fungi and forest insect collection, the value of urban trees, artificial muscles and motors.
Full episodeThursday, 24 November 2011
Growing brain cells on silicon chips, Te Urewera mainland island, 'Deadly Beautiful', a new book about dangerous animals, and returning baby tuatara to the Zealandia sanctuary.
Full episodeThursday, 17 November 2011
A pilot plant for getting rid of sewage sludge; a new book about New Zealand native trees; poet Janis Freegard reads from Kingdom Animalia; and mitigating the risk of tsunami damage.
Full episodeThursday, 10 November 2011
New volcanoes in Auckland, Baring Head, thermophilic microbes, and the Tell Us a Story competition.
Full episodeThursday, 3 November 2011
Combining wood with thermoplastics, the role of enzymes, more on volcanic hazard monitoring, and magnetic nanoparticles.
Full episodeThursday, 27 October 2011
The Whakatane kiwi project, modelling carbon nanotube growth, using zeolite to remove excess phosphorus from lakes, and volcanic hazard monitoring.
Full episodeThursday, 20 October 2011
Buddleia biocontrol, giant channels in gram-negative bacteria, electrochemistry, and Rod Morris on the Denniston Plateau
Full episodeThursday, 13 October 2011
Robots that refuel cars, torrefaction to create energy-dense wood, sex lives of praying mantises, Spartina grass, computer game device for stroke rehabilitation
Full episodeThursday, 6 October 2011
Termite gut microbes and biofuel production; micro-brewery and gluten-free beer; helium and ultra-cool physics; and self-correcting systems for hyper-sonic rockets.
Full episodeThursday, 29 September 2011
Kokako translocation, sex and Candida albicans, emergence of biological complexity, and green processing of biofuels.
Full episodeThursday, 22 September 2011
Integrated solar roof, vocal appropriation in birds, giant magnets that track how fluids flow through rocks, and a business that sells skeletons called Skulls Downunder
Full episodeThursday, 15 September 2011
Conservation Week focus on Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve, modelling infectious diseases, Spectionz and their pilot microwave pyrolosis plant, and mild hypoxia, pilots and complex decision making.
Full episodeThursday, 8 September 2011
Tree weta ears and hearing, meat-processing waste as wound-healing devices, the future of coral reefs, and promiscuous proteins and antibiotic resistance
Full episodeThursday, 1 September 2011
New Zealand's smallest bird, the rifleman; scanning a tectonic plate boundary off Japan; the ongoing search for chemical elements; and invisibility cloaks.
Full episodeThursday, 25 August 2011
Kitchen chemistry, slow earthquakes and collecting fish in the Kermadec Islands,
Full episodeThursday, 18 August 2011
Antarctic whale expedition results; Macauley, Cheeseman and L'Esperance islands; Kermadecs marine invertebrates; and genetics and cancer
Full episodeThursday, 11 August 2011
Dehydration and exercise; botanist Peter Raven on conserving global biodiversity; vegetation plots and weeds on Raoul Island; ageing wine with electrical currents.
Full episodeThe microscope image featured in the logo is of the mineral labradorite, taken by Peregrin Hyde – www.perescope.co.nz.
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