Science

Jan Eldridge, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland on the facts behind the fiction of the Star Trek mind-swap episode - Turnabout Intruder. Audio

The disease myrtle rust has been found on Chatham Islands, where, unusually, it's expected to do more good than harm. Myrtle rust affects plants in the Myrtaceae family, including iconic New Zealand… Audio

Identifying the seismic frequency pattern that occurs in the days leading up to a volcanic eruption could mean a break through in forecasting eruptions and preventing loss of life.

Ground breaking… Audio

Volcanic unrest rumbling around Mount Ruapehu is now into its fourth week.

The heightened unrest tremor levels remain elevated, which is the longest period of tremors recorded over the past 20 years.

A visit to Scott's Terra Nova hut to learn about the care given to the objects by Antarctic Heritage Trust conservators. This is an edit of the Antarctic Heritage Trust's podcast 'Frozen in Time… Audio

An edit of the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s podcast ‘Frozen in Time: Scott’s Antarctic Legacy’. Conservators with the trust have worked hard to care for the hut and the more than 11,000 artefacts within… Audio

Science commentator Dr Allan Blackman joins Lynn to look at new reseach into how the sun's energy can be converted into electricity more efficiently. At the moment silicon solar cells can only manage… Audio

Kiwi technology that can warn of an earthquake is going global. EQC and Massey University scientists have tested low cost early warning sensors, which gives notice of a quake. The project has made… Audio

NASA is set to broadcast a message deep into outer space that will tell alien civilisations how to find us and who we are.

It's an updated version of previous messages sent in 1974, but using… Audio

Professor Nicola Gaston, MacDiarmid Institute Co-Director and Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland talks about Dragonriders of Pern  science fantasy series written by American author… Audio

The country has woken up in the orange Covid-19 setting this morning, just in time for the long Easter weekend.

A Covid-19 modeller is warning that the new setting poses a significant risk in Otago… Audio

Justin Gregory finds out about a study investigating how pre-term babies are fed during their first few weeks, and whether there is a better way. Audio

Every year thousands of babies in New Zealand are born prematurely and even the healthiest often require a helping hand to get started. Justin Gregory talks to researchers who think better nutrition… Audio

The government is funding 16 new projects focussing on mātauranga Māori scientific research.

Each project is receiving about a $250,00, including horticultural and food enterprises, a study into… Audio

Scientists have finally finished mapping the human genome. The Detail looks at why it's taken so long and what it might mean for indigenous populations both here and around the world. Audio