Science
Remote sensing technology used to detect myrtle rust days before signs of infection
New research using remote sensing technology could help in the fight against myrtle rust.
New research to help save lives during volcanic eruptions
For the first time ever, research has shown that seismic signals can be used to track pyroclastic flows from volcanic eruptions. Mathematics and Statistics Lecturer at the University of Canterbury, Dr… Audio
Astronomers detect largest cosmic explosion ever seen
This explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any recorded exploding star - known as a supernova.
NASA launch second super pressure balloon from Wānaka
Having two super pressure balloons in flight at the same time was a goal 15 years in the making, NASA said.
Liv Sisson: Aotearoa’s fascinating and freaky fungi
Aotearoa's fungi are fascinating, freaky and fantastical according to Otautahi based forager and food writer Liv Sisson. We have 22,000 species, including one that hunts bugs, a lichen named after… Audio
Rina Bliss: how intelligence can expand
Dr Rina Bliss' new book examines the nature of intelligence and its elasticity. In Rethinking Intelligence - A Radical New Understanding of Our Human Potential Rina challenges the conventional wisdom… Audio
Sufferers of face blindness have hard time getting help
If you find yourself in situation where someone greats you like an old friend but you cant quite place their face. you might have something called prosopagnosia - or - face blindess. It's a rare… Audio
LDR Northland: new sea pest - caulerpa seaweed
Time now for Local Democracy Reporting programme. And this week it is the turn of Susan Botting from Northland who told Nathan Rarere about a new pest called Caulerpa seaweed - threatening our way of… Audio
Head knocks in junior rugby
What are the risks of head injury for players of contact sports such as rugby? Research is increasingly linking head knocks with neurodegenerative diseases later in life. Claire Concannon meets a… Audio
What if we could RAT for STIs?
The Covid-19 pandemic made self-testing with RATs a household convenience - could we do the same with testing for sexually transmitted infections? Audio
What if we could RAT for STIs?
The Covid-19 pandemic made self-testing with RATs a household convenience - could we do the same with testing for sexually transmitted infections?
AudioHead knocks in junior rugby
What are the risks of head injury for players of contact sports such as rugby? Research is increasingly linking head knocks with neurodegenerative diseases later in life. Claire Concannon meets a…
AudioOur Changing World – Junior rugby research
Research has linked head knocks to neurodegenerative diseases later in life. How often are junior rugby players exposed to head injury? Scientists are following an entire season from start to finish… Audio
The science of Neuroaesthetics
Professor Susan Magsamen is the founder of the International Arts + Mind Lab at the Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She and Ivy Ross, he VP of design for… Audio
Fire-proof frogs emerge from the Australian bush fires of 2019
A surprisingly 'fire-proof frog' has emerged from 2019's Black Summer fires. Lead researcher, University of Newcastle's Dr Chad Berankek talks to Jesse. Audio
James Webb Telescope finds a new asteroid belt
New high resolution images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope show a newly discovered asteroid belt in a star system that sits about 25 light years from earth.
Scientists used the telescope… Audio
Why we perceive ourselves negatively as we age
A new study is unpacking why people become more likely to view themselves negatively as they age. Audio
New tool to help understand and treat Parkinson's
Researchers have discovered a new tool that could impact the understanding and treatment of Parkinson's. Dr Victor Dieriks, talks to Jesse. Audio
AI decoder can 'read' people's minds
Neuroscientists in the US have taken an unnerving step towards reading people's minds. Neuroscientist Alexander Huth talks to Jesse. Audio
Astronomers observe star eat a planet for first time
In a world first, scientists have observed the moment that a dying star consumed a planet - a fate that eventually awaits Earth.
While astronomers have previously seen planets just before and just… Audio
