Science
Our Changing World – Return of the emperors
The Voices from Antarctica replay continues with another episode from Cape Crozier, where a team of scientists eagerly await the return of several emperor penguins equipped with data loggers and video…
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The brains behind how we perceive beauty
Beauty isn't in the eye of the beholder, it's in our brains. Dr Anjan Chatterjee uses neuroscience and evolutionary psychology to answer some big questions like what is art and beauty? Audio
NASA hail asteroid cash mission a success
NASA is hailing its world-first mission to move an asteroid as a roaring success.
Scientists have been evaluating whether a spacecraft which collided with an asteroid late last month successfully… Audio
Government plan to reduce farm emissions good step - scientist
Agricultural scientists say a controversial plan to reduce farming emissions is a positive step for the sector.
The government's plan, which is open for consultation, will require farmers to pay for… Audio
Scientist analyses farm emissions pricing proposal
The Government's proposed a farm-level emissions pricing scheme to be introduced from 2025, which will have farmers paying for methane and carbon dioxide emissions.
Professor of physics at Canterbury… Audio
The Ig Nobel Prize and the quirky side of research
Scientific research doesn't always have to be serious, but it should always make you think. Audio
Sea-level rise effects on estuaries and wetlands to be tracked
Special monitoring equipment is being installed in Bay of Plenty estuaries to understand how wetlands will fare as sea levels rise.
'I thought, 'No, it can't be'' - Student's surprise discovery stuns experts
When a biology student lifted a rock under a tree on a tiny island that lies between Australia and New Zealand, he could hardly believe what he saw.
New Zealand invention revolutionalising E.coli testing
Dr Alex Risos of the University of Auckland is a finalist in the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards 2022, with his new technology to revolutionise water safety. Dr Risos talks to Jesse about… Audio
New app to help early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
A new app records your voice, and takes 10 seconds to reveal whether you might have Parkinson's disease. It's currently diagnosed by a 90 minute evaluation with a neurologist. Professor Dinesh Kumar… Audio
Drone footage captures orcas chasing, stalking and eating great white sharks
Scientists have captured the first direct evidence of orca whales hunting and killing great white sharks off the coast of South Africa. Video
Nobel Prize for Physics awarded for quantum mechanics research
The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded for research into quantum mechanics - the science that describes nature at its smallest scale.
The award went to a French, American and Austrian trio… Audio
Emperor penguin secrets
Revisit the frozen continent with us in this mini rerun of the Voices from Antarctica series. This week, Alison visits Cape Crozier to meet a colony of emperor penguins and the team of scientists… Audio
Our Changing World – The penguins of Cape Crozier
Join us in Antarctica, where Alison Ballance meets the emperor penguins at Cape Crozier – and the scientists unravelling what the penguins are up to when they're not chilling on the ice.
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Physics Nobel rewards 'spooky science' of entanglement
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics rewards research into quantum mechanics - the science that describes nature at the smallest scales.
Nocturnal critters helping pollination - new research
New research has found that nocturnal critters are doing just as much good in terms of pollination as their day time equivalents. Lead researcher Max Buxton talks to Jesse about their findings… Audio
Nobel Prize for Physics, trees + warming, mystery extinct fish
Science correspondent Allan Blackman joins Kathryn to look at the newly-announced winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics, new research which suggests planting trees in dry areas can actually help… Audio
Relationships with Hannah Korrel
Neuropscyhologist Hannah Korrel is back to talk about relationships. This week she's talking about how to fight 'fair'. Audio
Nobel Prize awarded to geneticist for Neanderthal work
The Prize committee said Sweden's Svante Paabo achieved the seemingly impossible task of cracking the genetic code of Neanderthals.
Earthquake risk rises after new modelling
The earthquake risk for large parts of the country has increased by an average of 50 percent,
In the Wairarapa, Auckland and Northland it's tripled according to new modelling from GNS.
Phil… Audio
