Our Changing World

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Stories about science and nature from out in the field and inside the labs across Aotearoa New Zealand. Winner 2022 New Zealand Radio Awards Best Factual Podcast - Episodic

Episode Date
The 2023 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes: Communicating volcano science and sampling soils
May 01, 2024
Turning the tide – what it takes to take out rats
Apr 24, 2024
Summer 34 – Three decades of albatross research
Apr 17, 2024
Taking on water - marine protection in Aotearoa
Apr 10, 2024
A tale of two islands – erect-crested penguins
Apr 03, 2024
The mystery of how godwits sleep in flight
Mar 27, 2024
The stuff of life - Carbon capture in our ocean ecosystems
Mar 20, 2024
Fish out of water - How to grow fish on land
Mar 13, 2024
Kina-nomics - The kina are taking over, what can we do?
Mar 06, 2024
The undersea orchestra - Ocean sounds and what they tell us
Feb 28, 2024
Watching the weather in the far southern seas
Feb 21, 2024
New Zealand’s Antipodes Islands – remote, wild, and special
Feb 14, 2024
Pollen, asthma and allergies
Jan 31, 2024
Restoring Wellington’s seaweed forests
Jan 24, 2024
Summer science: AI and medicinal cannabis
Jan 17, 2024
Summer science: Hybrid wildlife and mātauranga Māori
Jan 10, 2024
Summer science: Kākā in Wellington
Jan 03, 2024
Summer science: Seabirds in Auckland
Jan 03, 2024
Summer science: Death rays and radio inventions
Dec 27, 2023
The giant dinosaurs of Patagonia… and maybe Aotearoa?
Dec 20, 2023
Underwater slips and slides
Dec 13, 2023
On alert – the National Geohazard Monitoring Centre
Dec 06, 2023
Monitoring the Makarora mohua
Nov 29, 2023
A new way to help honey bees
Nov 22, 2023
OCW recommends: The Turning Point
Nov 19, 2023
Plasma rockets in space
Nov 15, 2023
Helping to revitalise Moriori culture
Nov 08, 2023
Forecasting in changing times
Nov 01, 2023
The potential of plankton
Oct 25, 2023
Life in the fast and slow lanes of braided rivers
Oct 18, 2023
Why are penguins so cool?
Oct 11, 2023
Muscles young and old
Oct 04, 2023
Dotterels: The Southland underdog
Sep 27, 2023
The recipe for food pairing
Sep 20, 2023
The Great Ireland vs New Zealand Bird-off: Part 2
Sep 13, 2023
The great Ireland vs. New Zealand bird-off: Part 1
Sep 06, 2023
Retraining the tinnitus brain
Aug 30, 2023
Exercise on the brain
Aug 23, 2023
Earthquake engineering meets breast cancer screening
Aug 16, 2023
Takahē dreamers
Aug 09, 2023
The petrel patrol
Aug 02, 2023
The science of snow
Jul 26, 2023
Inside the nuclear fusion reactor ITER
Jul 19, 2023
Our taiao, our tohu - protecting the Waihi estuary
Jul 12, 2023
The puzzle of the silent mind
Jul 05, 2023
Neurogenetic conditions in Aotearoa
Jun 28, 2023
Blinded by the light
Jun 21, 2023
Positive emotions in animals
Jun 14, 2023
Digital twins and beating hearts
Jun 07, 2023
Battling weeds with biocontrol
May 31, 2023
The complexities of soil
May 24, 2023
Freshwater friends at Zealandia
May 17, 2023
Head knocks in junior rugby
May 10, 2023
Special edition: Prime Minister's Science Prizes 2022
May 01, 2023
Blooming cyclones
Apr 26, 2023
Seeds of hope for seagrass meadows
Apr 19, 2023
Kiwi return to the wilds of Wellington
Apr 12, 2023
The unwelcome visitors
Apr 05, 2023
What will happen to alpine plants in a warming world?
Mar 29, 2023
The Noises Islands: Part 2
Mar 22, 2023
The Noises Islands: Part 1
Mar 15, 2023
Sleeping on the job
Mar 08, 2023
Bats vs cats
Mar 01, 2023
When plans change
Feb 22, 2023
A pair of tyrants
Feb 15, 2023
The sex life of spiders
Feb 08, 2023
Bonus: Bug of the Year 2023 causing lab tension
Feb 08, 2023
The secret life of sea sponges
Feb 01, 2023
Green data storage, green walls
Jan 25, 2023
Summer science: Two stories from the ocean
Jan 18, 2023
Summer science: Rabbits and other pests
Jan 11, 2023
Summer science: The hunt for New Zealand's tenth meteorite
Jan 04, 2023
Summer science: Two stories about genetics
Dec 21, 2022
An eye in the sky to detect methane emissions
Dec 14, 2022
Conservation successes in the Cook Islands
Dec 07, 2022
Planning for Aotearoa's genomic medicine future
Nov 30, 2022
Genome sequencing and the pandemic
Nov 23, 2022
Sunfish secrets
Nov 16, 2022
Sunshine science: the power and peril of the sun’s rays
Nov 09, 2022
What feathers can tell us about the past lives of seabirds
Nov 02, 2022
Why has this river of Antarctic ice stalled?
Oct 26, 2022
Space sounds and jungle noises The otherworldly song of Weddell
Oct 19, 2022
Deep dives and epic journeys: Return of the emperor penguins
Oct 12, 2022
Emperor penguin secrets
Oct 05, 2022
The prickly prize of ongaonga
Sep 28, 2022
A send-off for SOFIA, the flying observatory
Sep 21, 2022
Future forest industry
Sep 14, 2022
Fascinating fungi and pesky pathogens
Sep 07, 2022
Bringing back nature to Nelson
Aug 31, 2022
Plasma jet technology and encouraging Pacific students in science
Aug 24, 2022
Investigating the virosphere
Aug 17, 2022
For the love of seabirds
Aug 10, 2022
The Living Laboratories project
Aug 03, 2022
Secrets of Antarctic microbes
Jul 27, 2022
Why the Tongan volcano triggered a worldwide tsunami
Jul 20, 2022
The battling beetle
Jul 13, 2022
Machine learning for environmental data and needle free injections
Jul 06, 2022
The resilience of crayfish in Tauranga Harbour
Jun 29, 2022
Helping seabirds return to Karioi
Jun 22, 2022
The promises and perils of chemistry research
Jun 15, 2022
Digging into the past of sleeping giant faults
Jun 08, 2022
The 2021 Prime Minister's Science Prizes
Jun 01, 2022
Biodiversity and the city
May 25, 2022
The red seaweed of Otago Harbour
May 18, 2022
Business not as usual for heart health
May 11, 2022
Naturally rare and threatened
May 04, 2022
Bonus Episode: 2022 A Boomer Year for Kākāpō
Apr 27, 2022
Frozen in time
Apr 20, 2022
Researching best care for the smallest of patients
Apr 13, 2022
Getting ready for our warmer future
Apr 06, 2022
The future of cancer treatment
Mar 30, 2022
The energy problem
Mar 23, 2022
The first glance
Mar 16, 2022
When good science takes time
Mar 09, 2022
Conservation benefits
Mar 02, 2022
Finding faults and eavesdropping on earthquakes
Feb 23, 2022
Multi-talented macroalgae
Feb 16, 2022
Honey fingerprints and plant powers
Feb 09, 2022
Hunting for meteorites
Feb 02, 2022
Tuning in to nature
Jan 26, 2022
Summer Science: Voices - To spray or not to spray
Jan 19, 2022
Summer Science: What's in the water? All about the Pb in our H2
Jan 12, 2022
Summer Science: Black Sheep - Invasive: the story of Stewart Sm
Jan 05, 2022
Summer Science: There's something in the water
Dec 29, 2021
Unwelcome visitors
Dec 22, 2021
Using chemistry to uncover the past
Dec 15, 2021
Introducing Sci Fi Sci Fact
Dec 09, 2021
Keeping an eye on river flow
Dec 08, 2021
Listening to the hum of the Alpine Fault
Dec 01, 2021
Restoration - battling predators and planting trees
Nov 24, 2021
100 years of radio and the spectrum of light
Nov 17, 2021
Sniffing out cancer
Nov 10, 2021
Totara treasure hunt
Nov 03, 2021
Favourite plants
Oct 27, 2021
The details behind the data
Oct 20, 2021
The New Zealand genetic frontotemporal dementia study
Oct 13, 2021
Using bioengineering to enhance healthcare
Oct 06, 2021
Physics on ice
Sep 29, 2021
Brain stories - Parkinsons disease & perceiving masked emotions
Sep 22, 2021
The kaka's return
Sep 15, 2021
Wading into mangrove research
Sep 08, 2021
Caring for the forest
Sep 01, 2021
Surveying the skies
Aug 25, 2021
A new way to make vaccines
Aug 18, 2021
Forty feathered needles in a forest haystack
Aug 11, 2021
Mind Games
Aug 04, 2021
Running low on energy
Jul 28, 2021
The spectrum of research
Jul 21, 2021
Breaking down bird song
Jul 14, 2021
Crafty Mathematics
Jul 07, 2021
Designing a pressure sensor for the brain
Jun 30, 2021
Conservation communities
Jun 23, 2021
When disease research gets personal
Jun 16, 2021
The winding paths of science
Jun 09, 2021
4: Hope / What’s in It for Us?
May 30, 2021
3: Battle / Predator Free 2050 & Māori
May 23, 2021
2: Defiance / Remove and Protect
May 16, 2021
1: Loss / Dealing with Loss
May 09, 2021
Alison Ballance retrospective 6: southern island sanctuary
May 06, 2021
Our Changing World for 6 May 2021
May 06, 2021
Alison Ballance retrospective 5: kauri dieback disease
Apr 29, 2021
Our Changing World for 29 April 2021
Apr 29, 2021
Alison Ballance retrospective 4: ocean acidification
Apr 22, 2021
Our Changing World for 22 April 2021
Apr 22, 2021
2020 Prime Minister's Science Prize winners
Apr 15, 2021
Our Changing World for 15 April 2021
Apr 15, 2021
Alison Ballance retrospective 3: Voice of the Iceberg
Apr 08, 2021
Our Changing World for 8 April 2021
Apr 08, 2021
Alison Ballance retrospective 2: Kaikōura earthquake science
Apr 01, 2021
Our Changing World for 1 April 2021
Apr 01, 2021
Science journalist Alison Ballance hangs up her boots
Mar 25, 2021
Alison Ballance retrospective 1: shags & eagle rays
Mar 25, 2021
Our Changing World for 25 March 2021
Mar 25, 2021
More seabirds for Mana Island
Mar 18, 2021
Our Changing World for 18 March 2021
Mar 18, 2021
In search of what is out there
Mar 11, 2021
Our Changing World for 11 March 2021
Mar 11, 2021
A new test for IVF embryos
Mar 04, 2021
Glaciers as barometers of climate change
Mar 04, 2021
Our Changing World for 4 March 2021
Mar 04, 2021
Mapping NZ's underground water
Feb 25, 2021
Collaborating to move freshwater species
Feb 25, 2021
Our Changing World for 25 February 2021
Feb 25, 2021
Weka: a wily but wary bird
Feb 18, 2021
Disaster law
Feb 18, 2021
Our Changing World for 18 February 2021
Feb 18, 2021
Liquefaction: lessons from the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes
Feb 11, 2021
Fixing environmental problems one plant at a time
Feb 11, 2021
Our Changing World for 11 February 2021
Feb 11, 2021
Engineering new ways to treat dirty water
Feb 04, 2021
How to behave better towards the environment
Feb 04, 2021
Our Changing World for 4 February 2021
Feb 04, 2021
The value of community gardens
Jan 28, 2021
Growing dune plants a challenging passion
Jan 28, 2021
Our Changing World for 28 January 2021
Jan 28, 2021
Talking about abortion law reform
Jan 17, 2021
Rising water, rising problems
Jan 10, 2021
Horsing around: ketamine and me
Jan 03, 2021
Epiphytes - high-rise plants
Dec 17, 2020
Designing low damage buildings
Dec 17, 2020
Our Changing World for 17 December 2020
Dec 17, 2020
What it takes to live a good life
Dec 10, 2020
Preparing for the next big quake
Dec 10, 2020
Our Changing World for 10 December 2020
Dec 10, 2020
All at sea - the surprising reach of river waters
Dec 03, 2020
Studying the causes of cancer
Dec 03, 2020
Our Changing World for 3 December 2020
Dec 03, 2020
Ozone holes & UV radiation
Nov 26, 2020
Our Changing World for 26 November 2020
Nov 26, 2020
Pua o te Rēinga - return of the Flower of the Underworld
Nov 19, 2020
Our Changing World for 19 November 2020
Nov 19, 2020
Award for using DNA to better understand plants & animals
Nov 12, 2020
Wahakura - a woven cradle to save babies' lives
Nov 12, 2020
Our Changing World for 12 November 2020
Nov 12, 2020
'Academic superstar' wins top research award
Nov 05, 2020
Focus on political economy & Te Ao Māori a winning combination
Nov 05, 2020
Colourful plants help young researcher win award
Nov 05, 2020
Climate change - striking a balance
Nov 05, 2020
Our Changing World for 5 November 2020
Nov 05, 2020
Putting deep sea corals to the test
Oct 29, 2020
Our Changing World for 29 October 2020
Oct 29, 2020
Grass and the science of urban CO2
Oct 22, 2020
Our Changing World for 22 October 2020
Oct 22, 2020
Carbon Watch & 50 years of CO2 measurements in NZ
Oct 15, 2020
Our Changing World for 15 October 2020
Oct 15, 2020
Our Changing World for 8 October 2020
Oct 08, 2020
NZ and the Covid-19 vaccine
Oct 01, 2020
Cutting the grass? Cut it out!
Sep 24, 2020
Genetic recipe book for natural products from fungi
Sep 17, 2020
Our Changing World for 17 September 2020
Sep 17, 2020
What bird is that?
Sep 10, 2020
Our Changing World for 10 September 2020
Sep 10, 2020
A decade of earthquakes
Sep 03, 2020
Our Changing World for 3 September 2020
Sep 03, 2020
Time travelling with a climate scientist
Aug 27, 2020
Our Changing World for 27 August 2020
Aug 27, 2020
Green chemistry - better, safer, more sustainable
Aug 20, 2020
Our Changing World for 20 August 2020
Aug 20, 2020
How sound influences the taste of food
Aug 13, 2020
Our Changing World for 13 August 2020
Aug 13, 2020
Covid-19 unmasked: experts discuss coronavirus
Aug 06, 2020
Our Changing World for 6 August 2020
Aug 06, 2020
In search of southern right whales
Jul 30, 2020
‘The week that snowed’ – shedding new light on old weather records
Jul 30, 2020
Our Changing World for 30 July 2020
Jul 30, 2020
Voices from Antarctica 8: Under the ice
Jul 16, 2020
Voices from Antarctica 7: What the ice is saying
Jul 09, 2020
Voices from Antarctica 6: Seal songs
Jul 02, 2020
‘Melting ice & rising seas’ team wins PM Science Prize
Jul 02, 2020
Wheelie bin robot inventor wins science prize
Jul 02, 2020
Passionate maths teacher wins a PM’s Science Prize
Jul 02, 2020
Our Changing World for 2 July 2020
Jul 02, 2020
Voices from Antarctica 5: Waiting for Emperors
Jun 25, 2020
Voices from Antarctica 4: Best journey in the world
Jun 18, 2020
Voices from Antarctica 3: Flags to physics
Jun 11, 2020
Voices from Antarctica 2: Scott Base
Jun 04, 2020
Voices from Antarctica 1: Ice Flight
May 28, 2020
Our Changing World for 21 May 2020
May 21, 2020
Little bit of sea-level rise = lots more coastal flooding
May 14, 2020
Our Changing World for 14 May 2020
May 14, 2020
Probing the hidden continent of Zealandia
May 07, 2020
Our Changing World for 7 May 2020
May 07, 2020
Aussie bushfire dust still in stratosphere
Apr 30, 2020
On yer bike – how cyclists, pedestrians & cars share city streets
Apr 30, 2020
Our Changing World for 30 April 2020
Apr 30, 2020
100-year moth project – in the footsteps of George Vernon Hudson
Apr 23, 2020
Our Changing World for 23 April 2020
Apr 23, 2020
Maths, models & insights into the coronavirus pandemic
Apr 16, 2020
Our Changing World for 16 April 2020
Apr 16, 2020
Our immune system vs coronavirus: ‘I think of it as an orchestra'
Apr 09, 2020
Our Changing World for 9 April 2020
Apr 09, 2020
Conservation and Covid-19
Apr 02, 2020
Virus 101
Apr 02, 2020
Our Changing World for 2 April 2020
Apr 02, 2020
Air pollution - the invisible killer
Mar 26, 2020
Our Changing World for 26 March 2020
Mar 26, 2020
Covid-19: the science of soap
Mar 22, 2020
Voice of the Kākāpō 8: Success
Mar 19, 2020
Voice of the Kākāpō 7: Dark days
Mar 17, 2020
Voice of the Kākāpō 6: Kākāpō chicks
Mar 12, 2020
Voice of the Kākāpō 5: Kākāpō sperm takes to the air
Mar 10, 2020
Voice of the Kākāpō 4: Promise
Mar 05, 2020
Voice of the Kākāpō 3: Nest checks
Mar 03, 2020
Voice of the Kākāpō 2: Whenua Hou, kākāpō island
Feb 27, 2020
Voice of the Kākāpō 1: Kākāpō - night parrot
Feb 25, 2020
What we do during an earthquake & why it matters
Feb 20, 2020
Our Changing World for 20 February 2020
Feb 20, 2020
Using local yeasts to make distinctive NZ beers & wine
Feb 13, 2020
Our Changing World for 13 February 2020
Feb 13, 2020
Psychopathic traits - "everybody has them"
Feb 06, 2020
Our Changing World for 6 February 2020
Feb 06, 2020
The science of wildfires
Jan 30, 2020
Our Changing World for 30 January 2020
Jan 30, 2020
Rock wren - a little bird in NZ's big mountains
Jan 23, 2020
Our Changing World for 23 January 2020
Jan 23, 2020
The significance of statistics
Jan 16, 2020
Controver-seas: reservations about marine reserves
Jan 07, 2020
Zirconium - shape-shifting time capsule
Dec 22, 2019
Zinc - more useful than you realise
Dec 19, 2019
Origins - the Big Bang, human evolution & Polynesian migrations
Dec 19, 2019
Our Changing World for 19 December 2019
Dec 19, 2019
Yttrium - here's that village Ytterby again
Dec 15, 2019
Ytterbium - yet another element named after Ytterby
Dec 12, 2019
High-rise apartments in earthquake-prone Wellington
Dec 12, 2019
Our Changing World for 12 December 2019
Dec 12, 2019
Xenon - a stranger in search of strange particles
Dec 10, 2019
Vanadium - Model T Fords, big batteries & sea squirts
Dec 08, 2019
Uranium - first radioactive element to be discovered
Dec 05, 2019
Tracking Pacific golden plovers around the world
Dec 05, 2019
Our Changing World for 5 December 2019
Dec 05, 2019
Tungsten - highest melting point of any metal
Dec 01, 2019
Titanium - light, strong & quite pretty
Nov 28, 2019
A spotlight on NZ lakes - Lakes380 part 2
Nov 28, 2019
Our Changing World for 28 November 2019
Nov 28, 2019
Tin - from whistles to organ pipes & anti-fouling paint
Nov 26, 2019
Thulium - the most laborious of the lanthanoids
Nov 24, 2019
Thorium - potential source of cleaner nuclear energy
Nov 21, 2019
Our Changing World for 21 November 2019
Nov 21, 2019
Lakes380 to reveal 1000-year history of lakes - part 1
Nov 21, 2019
Thallium - the poisoner's poison
Nov 17, 2019
Terbium - turns up in old TVs & new Euro notes
Nov 14, 2019
Making Wellington a predator-free city
Nov 14, 2019
Our Changing World for 14 November 2019
Nov 14, 2019
Tellurium - usually associated with gold
Nov 10, 2019
Technetium - the first synthetic element
Nov 07, 2019
Tracking inner city rats
Nov 07, 2019
Our Changing World for 7 November 2019
Nov 07, 2019
Tantalum - a tantalising chemical element
Nov 03, 2019
Sulfur - king of bad smells
Oct 31, 2019
Kākā TV - teaching smart parrots new tricks
Oct 31, 2019
Our Changing World for 31 October 2019
Oct 31, 2019
Strontium - from sensitive teeth toothpaste to nuclear fission
Oct 27, 2019
Sodium - a salt of the earth spectator
Oct 24, 2019
Enemy #1 - brown marmorated stink bug
Oct 24, 2019
Our Changing World for 24 October 2019
Oct 24, 2019
Silver - a popular noble metal
Oct 22, 2019
Silicon - a ubiquitous part of modern life
Oct 20, 2019
Selenium - good reason to eat seafood & Brazil nuts
Oct 17, 2019
Top award for making a difference in babies' lives
Oct 17, 2019
A bridge between science & mātauranga Māori
Oct 17, 2019
Honour a sweet reward for sugar research
Oct 17, 2019
Our Changing World for 17 October 2019
Oct 17, 2019
Scandium - the scandal of the scandium cricket bat
Oct 15, 2019
Samarium - magnets for making & listening to music
Oct 13, 2019
Ruthenium - a 'sort of' precious metal
Oct 10, 2019
Older men lose ability to recognise emotions
Oct 10, 2019
Our Changing World for 10 October 2019
Oct 10, 2019
Rubidium - expensive and not very useful
Oct 06, 2019
Rhodium - used in cars, drugs ... and aftershave
Oct 03, 2019
The quest to live forever
Oct 03, 2019
Our Changing World for 3 October 2019
Oct 03, 2019
Rhenium - has a number of claims to chemical fame
Oct 01, 2019
Radon - radioactive basement risk
Sep 29, 2019
Radium - famous but not very useful
Sep 26, 2019
Our Changing World for 26 September 2019
Sep 26, 2019
Protactinium - a very dull chemical element
Sep 22, 2019
Promethium - rare and unremarkable
Sep 19, 2019
Shaped by the wind
Sep 19, 2019
Our Changing World for 19 September 2019
Sep 19, 2019
Kākāpō population hits new high of 213 birds
Sep 18, 2019
Praseodymium - a long name but not many uses
Sep 15, 2019
Potassium - a matter of life and death
Sep 12, 2019
Green cities of the future - what we can expect in 2050
Sep 12, 2019
Our Changing World for 12 September 2019
Sep 12, 2019
Polonium - few redeeming features
Sep 08, 2019
Plutonium - nuclear bombs & nuclear power
Sep 05, 2019
The science of toxic algal blooms
Sep 05, 2019
Our Changing World for 5 September 2019
Sep 05, 2019
Platinum - another pricey precious metal
Sep 01, 2019
Phosphorus - P was discovered in pee
Aug 29, 2019
No escape: separating from an abusive partner
Aug 29, 2019
Our Changing World for 29 August 2019
Aug 29, 2019
Palladium - cleaning up your car's exhaust
Aug 25, 2019
Oxygen - the friendly element
Aug 22, 2019
Using sound to brew better beer
Aug 22, 2019
Our Changing World for 22 August 2019
Aug 22, 2019
Osmium - heavyweight champion of the elements
Aug 18, 2019
Nitrogen - a vital powerhouse
Aug 15, 2019
Risky decisions & gambling addiction
Aug 15, 2019
Our Changing World for 15 August 2019
Aug 15, 2019
Niobium - useful at high & low temperatures
Aug 11, 2019
Nickel - more than just a 5 cent coin
Aug 08, 2019
Detector Gadget the conservation dog
Aug 08, 2019
Our Changing World for 8 August 2019
Aug 08, 2019
Kākāpō chicks growing up
Aug 05, 2019
Neon - the red of neon lights
Aug 04, 2019
Neodymium - the secret behind supermagnets
Aug 01, 2019
Challenging gender norms & the threat of female sexuality
Aug 01, 2019
Our Changing World for 1 August 2019
Aug 01, 2019
Molybdenum - a catalyst at bacterial to industrial scales
Jul 28, 2019
Mercury - mesmerising quicksilver
Jul 25, 2019
Restoring Fiordland's 'island lifeboats'
Jul 25, 2019
Our Changing World for 25 July 2019
Jul 25, 2019
Manganese - the 'essential' essential element
Jul 23, 2019
Magnesium - loved by everyone and everything
Jul 21, 2019
Lutetium - an obscure Parisian
Jul 18, 2019
New way to stop unwanted biofouling
Jul 18, 2019
Our Changing World for 18 July 2019
Jul 18, 2019
Kākāpō dads revealed
Jul 16, 2019
Lithium - a mood enhancing element
Jul 14, 2019
Lead - sweet-tasting but deadly
Jul 11, 2019
Children's art - more than just a picture
Jul 11, 2019
Our Changing World for 11 July 2019
Jul 11, 2019
Lanthanum - curious case of a 'lost' element
Jul 07, 2019
Krypton - its name means 'hidden' but it's a real thing
Jul 04, 2019
The science of Matariki
Jul 04, 2019
Our Changing World for 4 July 2019
Jul 04, 2019
Iron - creator of the modern world
Jun 30, 2019
Kākāpō waiting game
Jun 28, 2019
Iridium and the end of the dinosaurs
Jun 27, 2019
Freshwater fish swim for science
Jun 27, 2019
Our Changing World for 27 June 2019
Jun 27, 2019
Iodine - a vital trace element
Jun 23, 2019
Indium - Queen of the touchscreen
Jun 20, 2019
Predator Free NZ - dream or reality?
Jun 20, 2019
Our Changing World for 20 June 2019
Jun 20, 2019
Hydrogen - 'number 1 in the Universe'
Jun 16, 2019
Holmium - obscure, but an important surgical laser
Jun 13, 2019
Our Changing World for 13 June 2019
Jun 13, 2019
Behind-the-scenes of the kākāpō health crisis
Jun 12, 2019
Helium - rare on earth but universally abundant
Jun 09, 2019
Hafnium - helped land the first astronauts on the moon
Jun 06, 2019
Tawaki bust penguin swimming records
Jun 06, 2019
Successful new seabird colony on Matiu Somes Island
Jun 06, 2019
Rifleman to royal albatross - a bird atlas for NZ
Jun 06, 2019
Our Changing World for 6 June 2019
Jun 06, 2019
Gold - a most desirable noble metal
Jun 02, 2019
Germanium - important in the first transistors
May 30, 2019
The streams beneath the streets
May 30, 2019
Our Changing World for 30 May 2019
May 30, 2019
Kākāpō health concerns continue
May 29, 2019
Gallium - mysterious case of the disappearing spoon
May 28, 2019
Gadolinium - plays a key role in MRI scans
May 26, 2019
Francium - final naturally-occurring element to be discovered
May 23, 2019
The Southland accent - a rolling change
May 23, 2019
Our Changing World for 23 May 2019
May 23, 2019
Fluorine - the non-stick element
May 19, 2019
Europium - putting the security in the Euro
May 16, 2019
Mystery of the longfin eel's breeding ground
May 16, 2019
Foulden Maar - a 23-million year-old fossil treasure trove
May 16, 2019
Our Changing World for 16 May 2019
May 16, 2019
Worrying times for kākāpō
May 15, 2019
Erbium - through rose-tinted glasses
May 12, 2019
Dysprosium - hard to get
May 09, 2019
Kea get a helping hand
May 09, 2019
Our Changing World for 9 May 2019
May 09, 2019
Curium & meitnerium - in honour of two pioneering women
May 07, 2019
Copper - essential, in moderation
May 05, 2019
Cobalt - goblin of the periodic table
May 02, 2019
Laser scanning crime scenes
May 02, 2019
Our Changing World for 2 May 2019
May 02, 2019
Glad and sad kākāpō tidings
May 01, 2019
Chromium - colourful and shiny
Apr 28, 2019
Chlorine - good for health, bad for health
Apr 25, 2019
Lava Lab and drilling into a volcano's magma chamber
Apr 25, 2019
Our Changing World for 25 April 2019
Apr 25, 2019
Cerium - combustible and confusing
Apr 21, 2019
Carbon - life & times of the 'king of elements'
Apr 18, 2019
Finding DNA in fingerprints
Apr 18, 2019
Our Changing World for 18 April 2019
Apr 18, 2019
Longest kākāpō breeding season
Apr 16, 2019
Calcium - strength and beauty
Apr 14, 2019
Caesium - the time-keeper
Apr 11, 2019
How enzymes respond to rising temperatures
Apr 11, 2019
Our Changing World for 11 April 2019
Apr 11, 2019
Cadmium - colour and quantum dots
Apr 07, 2019
Bromine - the colour purple and poison gas
Apr 04, 2019
Science of a 'mega mast' & planning wide-scale predator control
Apr 04, 2019
Our Changing World for 4 April 2019
Apr 04, 2019
Kākāpō chicks still hatching
Apr 01, 2019
Boron - made by cosmic rays, useful in the kitchen
Mar 31, 2019
Bismuth - an unusual heavy metal
Mar 28, 2019
Caves reveal past climate change
Mar 28, 2019
Our Changing World for 28 March 2019
Mar 28, 2019
Beryllium - sweet and precious, but deadly
Mar 24, 2019
Kotahitanga and kākāpō
Mar 22, 2019
Berkelium and the synthetic heavyweights
Mar 21, 2019
Our Changing World for 21 March 2019
Mar 21, 2019
Barium - never found on its own
Mar 17, 2019
Fat happy kākāpō chicks
Mar 15, 2019
Astatine - awfully rare
Mar 14, 2019
Crime-busting software package wins PM's Science Prize
Mar 14, 2019
We need to talk about climate change, says science prize winner
Mar 14, 2019
Young physicist wins the PM's Future Scientist Prize
Mar 14, 2019
Our Changing World for 14 March 2018
Mar 14, 2019
Arsenic - the well-known poison
Mar 10, 2019
Argon - every breath you take
Mar 07, 2019
Bull kelp genes and earthquake uplift - a surprising connection
Mar 07, 2019
Our Changing World for 7 March 2019
Mar 07, 2019
Kākāpō helpers
Mar 07, 2019
Antimony - takes lives, saves lives
Mar 03, 2019
Kākāpō rangers
Mar 01, 2019
Our Changing World for 28 February 2019
Feb 28, 2019
Americium - a radioactive, domestic do-gooder
Feb 27, 2019
Aluminium - light & versatile
Feb 24, 2019
Actinium - rare & radioactive
Feb 21, 2019
Plastic pollution in streams - a citizen science effort
Feb 21, 2019
Our Changing World for 21 February 2019
Feb 21, 2019
Flying kākāpō sperm
Feb 21, 2019
Tales from the periodic table
Feb 19, 2019
Fush 'n' chups and the Kiwi accent
Feb 14, 2019
Our Changing World for 14 February 2019
Feb 14, 2019
On the island
Feb 11, 2019
Archey's frogs thriving in the King Country
Feb 07, 2019
Our Changing World for 7 February 2019
Feb 07, 2019
Round two begins
Feb 05, 2019
Squishy drug delivery
Jan 31, 2019
Our Changing World for 31 January 2019
Jan 31, 2019
The chicks are hatching
Jan 31, 2019
Full House
Jan 26, 2019
'Fish ear bones are like a diary'
Jan 24, 2019
Our Changing World for 24 January 2019
Jan 24, 2019
Super-studs & hitting the reset button
Jan 17, 2019
Our relationship with urban green spaces
Jan 16, 2019
Sounds of science - a new Our Changing World theme
Jan 14, 2019
Action stations
Jan 10, 2019
Woof Woof the talking tui
Jan 09, 2019
Busy birds
Jan 02, 2019
Never ask a boy 'why?'
Dec 27, 2018
Early birds
Dec 22, 2018
Kākāpō - night parrot
Dec 21, 2018
Salps - a surprising jelly-like relative
Dec 20, 2018
NZ tree nettle ongaonga could offer pain relief for Guillain-Barré
Dec 20, 2018
Our Changing World for 20 December 2018
Dec 20, 2018
NZ falcons thriving in logged pine plantations
Dec 13, 2018
Our Changing World for 13 December 2018
Dec 13, 2018
Muscle wasting and 'skinny fat' in old age
Dec 06, 2018
Place names tell a story about lost species
Dec 06, 2018
Our Changing World for 6 December 2018
Dec 06, 2018
Giant willow aphids - a sticky invasive nuisance
Nov 29, 2018
Eavesdropping on noisy seaweeds
Nov 29, 2018
Our Changing World for 29 November 2018
Nov 29, 2018
Our Changing World for 22 November 2018
Nov 22, 2018
Celebrating 70 years since takahē rediscovery
Nov 22, 2018
Getting from A to B: research into older drivers
Nov 15, 2018
Marsden Medal won by molecular 'discoverer'
Nov 15, 2018
Award for hands-on microbiology
Nov 15, 2018
Our Changing World for 15 November 2018
Nov 15, 2018
Biggest risk to ageing well is loneliness
Nov 08, 2018
Old ice gives insights into future sea level rise
Nov 08, 2018
Our Changing World for 8 November 2018
Nov 08, 2018
From hills to the sea - a community thinks about freshwater
Nov 01, 2018
Our Changing World for 1 November 2018
Nov 01, 2018
A flower map to help NZ beekeepers
Oct 25, 2018
Myrtle rust research
Oct 25, 2018
Our Changing World for 25 October 2018
Oct 25, 2018
Mathematician wins top science award
Oct 18, 2018
Snapper may be next farmed fish
Oct 18, 2018
Using DNA to study human migrations a winner
Oct 18, 2018
Our Changing World for 18 October 2018
Oct 18, 2018
Banding together for banded dotterels
Oct 11, 2018
Over-eating might be in the brain
Oct 11, 2018
Our Changing World for 11 October 2018
Oct 11, 2018
From poo to plastic
Oct 04, 2018
Our Changing World for 4 October 2018
Oct 04, 2018
Melanie Bussey - Concussion on her mind
Sep 27, 2018
Seabirds at risk from fishing round the globe
Sep 27, 2018
Our Changing World for 27 September 2018
Sep 27, 2018
Winner and losers - native birds in a pest-free sanctuary
Sep 20, 2018
Wellington's south coast gets a spring clean
Sep 20, 2018
Our Changing World for 20 September 2018
Sep 20, 2018
History vs science vs religion
Sep 13, 2018
Our Changing World for 13 September 2018
Sep 13, 2018
Gaming the physio
Sep 06, 2018
3D printing - the future is 4D
Sep 06, 2018
Our Changing World for 6 September 2018
Sep 06, 2018
Urban bats: Long-tailed bats thriving in Hamilton
Aug 30, 2018
Our Changing World for 30 August 2018
Aug 30, 2018
Ageing muscles - use them or lose them
Aug 23, 2018
Putting cardboard boxes to the test
Aug 23, 2018
Our Changing World for 23 August 2018
Aug 23, 2018
Precious field books part of enormous heritage project
Aug 16, 2018
Our Changing World for 16 August 2018
Aug 16, 2018
Can an introduced parasitic wasp control a nuisance beetle?
Aug 09, 2018
Micro-fossils, filing cabinets and past climate change
Aug 09, 2018
Our Changing World for 9 August 2018
Aug 09, 2018
Mussels on the move
Aug 02, 2018
Te Papa responds to scientists' concerns about collections
Aug 02, 2018
Eco-friendly wood glue
Aug 02, 2018
Our Changing World for 2 August 2018
Aug 02, 2018
DNA in fossil bone fragments reveals NZ's lost world
Jul 26, 2018
Scientist worried for Te Papa's biological collections
Jul 26, 2018
Our Changing World for 26 July 2018
Jul 26, 2018
Robots - Nao and the Bristlebots
Jul 19, 2018
Biofuels made from sawdust
Jul 19, 2018
Our Changing World for 19 July 2018
Jul 19, 2018
Southern right whales returning to mainland New Zealand
Jul 12, 2018
Bringing the river into the lab
Jul 12, 2018
Our Changing World for 12 July 2018
Jul 12, 2018
Hunt for kauri that are resistant to kauri dieback disease
Jul 05, 2018
Native birds doing well in Wellington
Jul 05, 2018
Our Changing World for 5 July 2018
Jul 05, 2018
Mapping the world's sea floor
Jun 28, 2018
Asteroids, dinosaurs and international tension
Jun 28, 2018
Our Changing World for 28 June 2018
Jun 28, 2018
Antarctica's ice is melting
Jun 21, 2018
Wasp genomes revealed
Jun 21, 2018
Our Changing World for 21 June 2018
Jun 21, 2018
Havre - the world's largest deep ocean volcanic eruption
Jun 14, 2018
Finding new drugs from the sea
Jun 14, 2018
Our Changing World for 14 June 2018
Jun 14, 2018
Edible bioplastic - food wrap of the future?
Jun 07, 2018
Exercise and a special video game boost kids' brains
Jun 07, 2018
Our Changing World for 7 June 2018
Jun 07, 2018
A citizens' jury on euthanasia
May 24, 2018
Our Changing World for 24 May 2018
May 24, 2018
Mistletoe rescue mission
May 17, 2018
Understanding New Zealand's largest fault
May 17, 2018
Our Changing World for 17 May 2018
May 17, 2018
World-first probe into an active submarine volcano
May 10, 2018
Book charts changing face of Otago Peninsula
May 10, 2018
Our Changing World for 10 May 2018
May 10, 2018
'My favourite insect is a cicada'
May 03, 2018
Quit or persist - it's all in the brain
May 03, 2018
Our Changing World for 3 May 2018
May 03, 2018
Caring for waterlogged waka
Apr 26, 2018
Wallaby vs shark: a toothy quirk of nature
Apr 26, 2018
Our Changing World for 26 April 2018
Apr 26, 2018
Myrtle rust - its impact in NZ and Australia
Apr 19, 2018
Our Changing World for Thursday 19 April
Apr 19, 2018
Seabird hotspot - the Poor Knights Islands
Apr 12, 2018
Our Changing World for 12 April 2018
Apr 12, 2018
N=1 - an artist's microbiome
Apr 05, 2018
Sea lion whiskers reveal marine secrets
Apr 05, 2018
Our Changing World for 5 April 2018
Apr 05, 2018
Dragonflies - masters of flight
Mar 29, 2018
Superconductor sandwiches
Mar 29, 2018
Our Changing World for 29 March 2018
Mar 29, 2018
Spy in the water - Wellington Harbour's smart buoy
Mar 22, 2018
Meet Lusius malfoyi, a parasitoid wasp
Mar 22, 2018
Our Changing World for 22 March 2018
Mar 22, 2018
Turnaround in takahē's fortunes
Mar 15, 2018
Glaciers in trouble after marine heatwave
Mar 15, 2018
Our Changing World for 15 March 2018
Mar 15, 2018
Tipping Points and the health of estuaries
Mar 08, 2018
Our Changing World for 8 March 2018
Mar 08, 2018
Dogs that sniff out pest fish
Mar 01, 2018
Our Changing World for 1 March 2018
Mar 01, 2018
Beyond face value: re-shaping our thinking about diversity
Feb 22, 2018
Our Changing World for 22 February 2018
Feb 22, 2018
Science to solve kiwifruit crisis a winner
Feb 15, 2018
Science speed dating leads to top award
Feb 15, 2018
Science film-maker a winner
Feb 15, 2018
Our Changing World for 15 February 2018
Feb 15, 2018
Safe houses for Kaikoura's baby paua
Feb 08, 2018
Using light to reveal hidden molecular information
Feb 08, 2018
Our Changing World for 8 February 2018
Feb 08, 2018
Chemical camouflage - putting predators off the scent
Feb 01, 2018
Discovered - the 'missing' male stick insect
Feb 01, 2018
Our Changing World for 1 February 2018
Feb 01, 2018
Clever canines
Jan 25, 2018
Buildings that better survive earthquakes
Jan 25, 2018
Our Changing World for 25 January 2018
Jan 25, 2018
Te Waikoropupu Springs - what's their value?
Jan 16, 2018
The rabbit problem
Jan 08, 2018
Seals- friend or foe?
Jan 02, 2018
What's happening with our freshwater?
Dec 26, 2017
What do we do? Agriculture in the age of synthetic food
Dec 21, 2017
Good news for Kaikōura's Hutton shearwaters
Dec 21, 2017
Our Changing World for 21 December 2017
Dec 21, 2017
The sobering science of drinking and driving
Dec 14, 2017
Scientific curiosity and Koraunui School
Dec 14, 2017
Our Changing World for 14 December 2017
Dec 14, 2017
Tawaki - the mysterious forest penguin
Dec 07, 2017
Our Changing World for 7 December 2017
Dec 07, 2017
Urban lizards
Nov 30, 2017
An atlas of coronary arteries
Nov 30, 2017
Our Changing World for 30 November 2017
Nov 30, 2017
New Zealand in space
Nov 23, 2017
Our Changing World for 23 November 2017
Nov 23, 2017
Protecting nature on private land
Nov 16, 2017
The 1769 Garden
Nov 16, 2017
Our Changing World for 16 November 2017
Nov 16, 2017
Our Changing World for 9 November 2017
Nov 09, 2017
Mapping the gut
Nov 09, 2017
The New Zealand fossil revolution
Nov 09, 2017
Big award for studying small lake critters
Nov 02, 2017
Using noble metals to kill cancer
Nov 02, 2017
The physics of blood spatter
Nov 02, 2017
Our Changing World for 2 November 2017
Nov 02, 2017
Inherited heart disease: you're not doomed by your DNA
Oct 26, 2017
Understanding our immune system
Oct 26, 2017
It's a microbial world
Oct 26, 2017
Touchstone - a community project for Lake Wanaka
Oct 19, 2017
Top science award goes to a 'supervolcanologist'
Oct 12, 2017
ECLIPSE - getting ready for a supervolcano eruption
Oct 12, 2017
Drug discoverer recognised with a top science honour
Oct 12, 2017
Moa footprints - a rocky tale
Oct 05, 2017
Designing nanoparticles to move medication around your body
Oct 05, 2017
Celebrating the night sky on Great Barrier Island
Sep 28, 2017
SOFIA - a flying telescope with a unique view of space
Sep 21, 2017
Bacteria versus virus at Queenstown Research Week
Sep 14, 2017
Bringing Kirk's tree daisy back to Wellington
Sep 07, 2017
The Science Of... Vitamin C
Aug 26, 2017
The Science of... Virtual Reality
Aug 19, 2017
The Science of...
Aug 15, 2017
The Science of... Sweat
Aug 12, 2017
Micronutrients and their link to mental health
Aug 10, 2017
Solving the mystery of the Kaikōura bubbles
Aug 03, 2017
The low-down on electric cars in New Zealand
Aug 03, 2017
The future of robots is soft
Jul 27, 2017
Filtering distraction - key to success
Jul 27, 2017
A genetic helping hand for conservation
Jul 20, 2017
Canine DNA and 'Darwin's Dogs'
Jul 13, 2017
Migraines - much more than a headache
Jul 13, 2017
The science of a water aquifer
Jul 06, 2017
Southern island sanctuary for rare birds
Jun 29, 2017
Honey, I shrunk the lab
Jun 22, 2017
Insects remarkably preserved in New Zealand amber
Jun 15, 2017
Will your roof withstand flying volcanic rocks?
Jun 15, 2017
Kauri dieback and how microbes sense the world
Jun 08, 2017
Engineering better stem cells
Jun 08, 2017
The looming crisis of antimicrobial resistance
Jun 01, 2017
Volcanic eruptions and the Ash Lab
May 25, 2017
Fructose and the diabetic heart
May 25, 2017
Noise and young ears
May 18, 2017
Proteins and their role in antibiotic resistance
May 18, 2017
Complexity - six months of Kaikōura earthquake science
May 11, 2017
Science meets comedy
May 11, 2017
Shedding light on the world of moths
May 04, 2017
We need to talk about gene drives and gene editing
Apr 27, 2017
The Sound Lab
Apr 20, 2017
The clover 'dress code'
Apr 20, 2017
The Coastwatcher legacy
Apr 13, 2017
Better bone grafts - using silver
Apr 13, 2017
Rediscovered - the New Zealand storm petrel
Apr 06, 2017
Plastic and seabirds: a lethal combination
Apr 06, 2017
Eavesdropping in Cook Strait
Mar 30, 2017
Master listeners
Mar 30, 2017
Prime Minister's Science Prize 2016 - the Dunedin Study
Mar 23, 2017
Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize 2016 - Rebecca Priestley
Mar 23, 2017
Tracking kākāpō the smart way
Mar 23, 2017
Breaking Babel
Mar 16, 2017
Catalyst - from corn to plastic
Mar 16, 2017
Reading between the vines
Mar 09, 2017
Proof - the physics of creating a gas droplet
Mar 09, 2017
Haven - the story of a tropical seabird island
Mar 02, 2017
Voice of the Iceberg 1: Discovery
Feb 26, 2017
The unusual case of the 'growing' glaciers
Feb 23, 2017
Real or invisible threat?
Feb 23, 2017
Uncovering the past
Feb 16, 2017
Predator-free in the city
Feb 09, 2017
Maximising our children's potential
Feb 02, 2017
Winners or losers? Antarctic starfish and climate change
Jan 26, 2017
Quantum mechanics - do deep-sea bacteria do it?
Jan 26, 2017
Pharmac and its role in making drugs available
Jan 17, 2017
Museums and their role in modern society
Jan 16, 2017
Did early Polynesians sail to the Americas?
Jan 10, 2017
Hedgehogs – good or bad?
Jan 09, 2017
Bioethics
Jan 04, 2017
Medicinal cannabis
Jan 02, 2017
Genetic modification - a science communication podcast
Dec 27, 2016
Uplifted - marine life on the Kaikōura coast after the quake
Dec 22, 2016
Surviving life on the outside
Dec 15, 2016
From wine waste to safer food packaging
Dec 15, 2016
When the Kekerengu Fault ruptured
Dec 08, 2016
Climathon - new ideas to deal with climate change
Dec 08, 2016
Giant underwater landslide in the Kaikōura Canyon
Dec 01, 2016
When orchids smell like mushrooms - a tale of botanical deceit
Dec 01, 2016
Mena the penguin-detector dog
Nov 24, 2016
Science winners - 2016 Research Honours
Nov 24, 2016
The Science Of... Snow
Nov 15, 2016
The Science Of... Meth Houses
Nov 08, 2016
Written in stone - the first Māori gardens
Nov 03, 2016
Tour de Science
Nov 03, 2016
1080 and science denial: an Our Changing World summit
Oct 27, 2016
Great white sharks of Australia and New Zealand
Oct 20, 2016
Marine sponges may be climate change 'winners'
Oct 20, 2016
In the footsteps of dinosaurs
Oct 13, 2016
Muesli and sea ice - an unexpected maths tale
Oct 13, 2016
Nothing but the truth: can children be reliable eyewitnesses
Oct 06, 2016
Kākāpō - what genes can tell us
Oct 06, 2016
When it comes to average, what does 'mean' mean?
Oct 06, 2016
Takahē - back from the brink
Sep 29, 2016
Bad air is bad for health
Sep 22, 2016
How is the air up there?
Sep 22, 2016
Community conservation on the Kapiti Coast
Sep 15, 2016
The chemistry of disease
Sep 08, 2016
Beatrice Hill Tinsley Medal
Sep 08, 2016
Science communication - the art of listening
Sep 08, 2016
Copying nature to find new drugs
Sep 08, 2016
P53: the gene that causes - and cures - cancer
Sep 08, 2016
Restoring the trees above and the fungi below
Sep 01, 2016
Fish-friendly city streams
Sep 01, 2016
Solving the penguin housing crisis - one home at a time
Aug 25, 2016
'Dimorphism' - a poem by Janis Freegard
Aug 25, 2016
Glow in the dark - firefly squid and bioluminescence
Aug 25, 2016
Online dating and the game of love: a psychologist’s approach
Aug 18, 2016
When the ground starts shaking - GeoNet turns 15
Aug 18, 2016
Looking to the future with biologist Corey Bradshaw
Aug 11, 2016
Speaking out for science
Aug 11, 2016
'Milk on a disc'
Aug 11, 2016
A conservation summit on Predator Free NZ 2050
Aug 04, 2016
Climate Kit - when technology meets climate action
Aug 04, 2016
Rogue waves
Jul 28, 2016
Inspired by Science
Jul 28, 2016
Project Activate - swimming in a flume
Jul 28, 2016
3D printing a bionic arm
Jul 21, 2016
Hunted to extinction - the Chatham Island sea lion
Jul 21, 2016
Changing times at Our Changing World
Jul 14, 2016
Marine science round-up
Jul 14, 2016
Exactly where is sea level? Gravity can tell us
Jul 14, 2016
Taniwha - the human-powered submarine
Jul 07, 2016
Rarest sea lions in the world - and the threats they face
Jul 07, 2016
Wairau Bar: How it all began
Jul 07, 2016
World’s largest telescope to track the dawn of the cosmos
Jun 30, 2016
Assisted evolution of corals
Jun 30, 2016
Koala genome
Jun 30, 2016
Native seed bank
Jun 30, 2016
The garden bird survey turns 10
Jun 23, 2016
Synchrotron science: from cancer drugs to sheep skin leather
Jun 23, 2016
Biocontrol - fighting bad weeds
Jun 23, 2016
Restoring hearing
Jun 23, 2016
DNA transfer between brain cells
Jun 16, 2016
Gotta have skin
Jun 16, 2016
Big hopes for tiny wasp mite
Jun 16, 2016
Microbes and moods
Jun 16, 2016
Pesticide bad news for bee learning and memory
Jun 16, 2016
Genome sequencing - a how-to-guide
Jun 09, 2016
Future of sea level rise science
Jun 09, 2016
Diatom blooms, extinctions and climate
Jun 09, 2016
Citizen science: large brown seaweeds
Jun 09, 2016
New search of the cosmos
Jun 07, 2016
Smart kaka - can you teach old parrots new tricks?
Jun 02, 2016
Acid test for coastal seas
Jun 02, 2016
The virus hunter and the rare plant
Jun 02, 2016
Tuning into whale song
Jun 02, 2016
Healthy homes: a breath of fresh air
May 26, 2016
Solar storms and electricity supply
May 26, 2016
Learning from past floods
May 26, 2016
Birds, feather colour – and sex
May 26, 2016
Fat Science
May 19, 2016
Lipoprotein(a) - little known but high risk for heart disease
May 19, 2016
Timing the Anthropocene
May 19, 2016
Goodie goodie - bird watching with Bill Oddie
May 19, 2016
Dunedin's royal albatrosses and #royalcam
May 12, 2016
Hand-rearing kākāpō chicks
May 12, 2016
Silencing science
May 12, 2016
The swallowing robot
May 12, 2016
Shedding light on Māori health
May 12, 2016
Whitebait mysteries – unravelling the lives of baby native fish
May 05, 2016
Tim Flannery: an atmosphere of hope
May 05, 2016
Genetic impacts of crop domestication
May 05, 2016
Flicking the switch for electric cars
Apr 28, 2016
Acting on climate change - Royal Society of NZ report
Apr 28, 2016
Thar she goes! On the tail of the Kermadec humpback whales
Apr 28, 2016
Nematodes from the deep
Apr 28, 2016
Survivors - New Zealand's tiny native frogs
Apr 28, 2016
Points, lines and polygons - the art of making maps
Apr 21, 2016
Marine maternity ward
Apr 21, 2016
Shy fish, bold fish - insights into the lives of native fish
Apr 21, 2016
Report brings climate change home
Apr 21, 2016
An ode to mangroves
Apr 14, 2016
Yellow-eyed penguin numbers hit new low
Apr 14, 2016
Long live the tapeworm - why parasites are a good idea
Apr 14, 2016
Preventing dementia
Apr 14, 2016
Good for your joints - a smart device to improve how you walk
Apr 14, 2016
Three decades on the tail of Hector’s dolphins
Apr 07, 2016
When a river meets the sea
Apr 07, 2016
E-textiles and smart fabrics
Apr 07, 2016
Search for early signals of dementia with Parkinson's disease
Apr 07, 2016
The art of science advice
Mar 31, 2016
Dunnocks - and what bird sperm can tell us
Mar 31, 2016
Hands-on geology at the marae
Mar 31, 2016
Restoring nature at Nelson's Brook Waimarama Sanctuary
Mar 24, 2016
Making sense of the code of life
Mar 24, 2016
Tracking the health of kaimoana off Taranaki coast
Mar 24, 2016
New Zealand leads world in island conservation
Mar 21, 2016
Hairy elephants and transgenic aphids
Mar 17, 2016
Using light and electricity to study individual brain cells
Mar 17, 2016
New Zealand's prehistoric polar forests
Mar 17, 2016
CarpN Neutral - doing good things with bad koi carp
Mar 17, 2016
Agriculture blamed for recent rise in methane
Mar 10, 2016
The 'smarts' behind a smart motorway
Mar 10, 2016
The CRISPR dilemma
Mar 10, 2016
Truffle-like fungi: what their genes can tell us
Mar 10, 2016
Survival of the oldest
Mar 10, 2016
Lake Ohau reveals climate history
Mar 03, 2016
A new future for marine protected areas in New Zealand
Mar 03, 2016
Poetry and science inspired by Transit of Venus
Mar 03, 2016
Deterring sharks with electricity
Mar 03, 2016
Hangi stones and magnetism
Feb 25, 2016
Facing the reality of climate change
Feb 25, 2016
An albatross chick's flowerpot is its castle
Feb 25, 2016
Taiko take off
Feb 25, 2016
Booming kakapo numbers
Feb 25, 2016
Antarctica's ice sheets more sensitive to warming
Feb 25, 2016
Technology and learning
Feb 25, 2016
Eye of the storm - climate change in the Pacific
Feb 18, 2016
Spotted skinks on the move
Feb 18, 2016
Cheaper, greener and bendier solar cells
Feb 18, 2016
Beetle versus spider
Feb 18, 2016
LIGO 'sees' gravitational waves
Feb 11, 2016
Could Alzheimers disease be preventable?
Feb 11, 2016
Ecoblitz
Feb 11, 2016
In pursuit of the yellow octopus
Feb 11, 2016
Genome sequencing every living kakapo
Feb 04, 2016
Convicted for science
Feb 04, 2016
Gold nuggets - formed by bacteria?
Feb 04, 2016
Sexism in science
Feb 04, 2016
Booming bitterns
Feb 04, 2016
The 'pee' in pest control - developing super lures
Jan 28, 2016
Alien invasions in Antarctica
Jan 28, 2016
'Physics is cool' - nanocamper
Jan 28, 2016
Citizen science: giving ruru a helping hand
Jan 21, 2016
Defining the Anthropocene
Jan 21, 2016
New Zealand's super diversity
Jan 21, 2016
Lake Wanaka's grebes
Jan 21, 2016
Dark skies, happy aurora watchers
Jan 11, 2016
Say a prayer for me
Jan 11, 2016
A possum-free Otago Peninsula
Jan 04, 2016
Urban wildlife - should we care?
Jan 04, 2016
Living with Parkinson's disease
Jan 04, 2016
Coastal erosion: people versus nature
Jan 04, 2016
Gearhead Granny
Jan 04, 2016
The Palmy Dirty 30 challenge
Dec 17, 2015
Damselflies - fast blue and slow red
Dec 17, 2015
The legacy of Riccarton Bush
Dec 17, 2015
The importance of taxonomy and biological collections
Dec 17, 2015
A century with Einstein
Dec 17, 2015
Stories hidden in rocks
Dec 10, 2015
Lichen Quartet - a poem
Dec 10, 2015
Wetland wanderings in the Whangamarino
Dec 10, 2015
Lampreys aka 'vampire fish'
Dec 10, 2015
Ecology in action
Dec 03, 2015
First global assessment of soil quality
Dec 03, 2015
Protecting grape vines from leafroll virus
Dec 03, 2015
Limiting nitrate leaching on dairy farms
Nov 26, 2015
Life at the edge
Nov 26, 2015
Tea bag science
Nov 26, 2015
'This issue will define my generation'
Nov 26, 2015
Antarctic glacier's past rapid retreat
Nov 26, 2015
The sound of shark skin
Nov 19, 2015
Fishes of New Zealand
Nov 19, 2015
Sir James Hector's scientific legacy
Nov 19, 2015
Coastal crabs - a go-to-guide
Nov 19, 2015
The good and the bad of sunshine
Nov 19, 2015
Crushing mussels, crunching data
Nov 12, 2015
'Smart' glove
Nov 12, 2015
Smart birds net researcher PM's Emerging Scientist Prize
Nov 12, 2015
Top science prize for myth-busting bone research team
Nov 12, 2015
Mars Mission: a mental journey
Nov 05, 2015
A journey through the Anthropocene
Nov 05, 2015
Celebrating great ideas for Nature
Nov 05, 2015
Healthy streams - healthy harbour
Nov 05, 2015
Bill Ballantine: New Zealand's pioneer of marine conservation
Nov 05, 2015
Kokopu condos and tuna townhouse
Oct 29, 2015
Eat better, think better - diet and the brain
Oct 29, 2015
Bending light in search for alien planets
Oct 29, 2015
Saving the rarest of the rare - Endangered Species Foundation
Oct 29, 2015
Hair of the kuri or Maori dog
Oct 22, 2015
On the cusp of a solar revolution
Oct 22, 2015
Wilding pines go up in flames in name of science
Oct 22, 2015
Global census of methane-producing microbes
Oct 15, 2015
Ultra-fast lasers
Oct 15, 2015
Subtidal currents in Cook Strait
Oct 15, 2015
Kaika Energy - from food waste to fertiliser and biogas
Oct 15, 2015
Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise
Oct 14, 2015
Living in the age of resilience
Oct 08, 2015
Wellington joins 100 Resilient Cities
Oct 08, 2015
Why kakariki are losing their feathers
Oct 08, 2015
How best to invest in science
Oct 08, 2015
Science of stony soils and water
Oct 08, 2015
Kermadec region becomes an open ocean sanctuary
Oct 01, 2015
Too much salt
Oct 01, 2015
Offsetting biodiversity losses
Oct 01, 2015
Moving animals for conservation
Oct 01, 2015
Planning for a pandemic
Oct 01, 2015
Wildbase - a hospital dedicated to native wildlife
Sep 24, 2015
Oil off a duck's back
Sep 24, 2015
Rethinking enzyme evolution
Sep 24, 2015
The worm returns
Sep 24, 2015
East Antarctica not a 'sleeping giant'
Sep 17, 2015
Viruses in invasive Argentine ants
Sep 17, 2015
New Zealand's first national bee health survey
Sep 17, 2015
Shining a light on our biological clock
Sep 17, 2015
'Orchard in a box' - using GM to breed better apples
Sep 17, 2015
Does your first language influence your trombone playing?
Sep 10, 2015
New Zealand's rich diversity of soils
Sep 10, 2015
Complexity, resilience and bees
Sep 10, 2015
How kiwifruit helps control blood sugar
Sep 10, 2015
Psychology of Climate Change
Sep 03, 2015
Theta-R - a sound and light installation
Sep 03, 2015
'Albatross' - a poem
Sep 03, 2015
Human hunting and Stewart Island Shags
Sep 03, 2015
Junk Food: plastic pollution is a growing threat to seabirds
Sep 03, 2015
Mission Complete: New Zealand's first ocean glider takes to the seas
Sep 03, 2015
Firing up the Plant Barbecue
Sep 03, 2015
Neutrinos - a Poem
Aug 27, 2015
Berry Good News for the Brain
Aug 27, 2015
The Bugs are in the House
Aug 27, 2015
Volcanic Hazard at Mt Taranaki
Aug 27, 2015
Vanuatu after Cyclone Pam
Aug 27, 2015
Building Better Flexi Bridges
Aug 20, 2015
Giving People A Voice
Aug 20, 2015
Designing Landscapes with People in Mind
Aug 20, 2015
Trapdoor spider dinnertime
Aug 20, 2015
To Catch a Trapdoor Spider
Aug 20, 2015
'Air Puffs', Speech and Mobile Phones
Aug 13, 2015
Tracking the Lapita Expansion Across the Pacific
Aug 13, 2015