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Science historian Simon Nathan discusses his biography of Sir James Hector, New Zealand's first government scientist. Audio

Material scientist Martin Allen has developed wearable UV sensors that allow school children to monitor their exposure to the sun's ultra-violet radiation. Audio

Research into intelligence in New Caledonian crows has won Alex Taylor the 2015 Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize Video, Audio

The 2015 Prime Minister's Science Prize goes to osteoporosis researchers Ian Reid, Mark Bolland and Andrew Grey. Ian Reid also won the Rutherford Medal and Liley Medal Audio

Gaia Vince is the author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, which won the 2015 Winton Science Book Prize. Audio

The WWF Conservation Innovations awards recognise the best ideas that help conservation projects to succeed. Audio

Light has helped astronomers to discover many of the almost 2000 planets that orbit around stars outside our own solar system, thanks to Einstein. Audio

Next generation printable and flexible solar cells, made with new materials, are part of a clean-energy revolution Audio

Scientists set fire to blocks of wilding pines to study whether chemicals used to control the weedy trees change the fire hazard. Audio, Gallery

A team of AgResearch scientists had analysed the rumen microbiome in different animals across the world and found similar methane-producing micro-organisms. Audio

Cook Strait is known for its strong tidal currents, but NIWA oceanographers have completed comprehensive measurements of subtidal residual currents. Video, Audio

New research confirms that Antarctica will contribute sigificantly to future sea level rise unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed from 2020 onwards. Audio

French experts Pierre Ducret and Lucile Schmid discuss the social impacts of climate change and the challenges in building a fair, low-carbon economy. Audio

Wellington recently joined the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities programme and urban planners are now mapping out a long-term resilience plan for the capital. Audio

Motu's director Adam Jaffe responds to the government's science funding strategy and discusses recent research into the efficacy of the Marsden Fund. Audio

Environmental Defence Society policy analyst Marie Brown discusses the challenge of how development projects can offset biodiversity losses. Audio

An expedition to east Antarctica's Totten glacier returns with evidence suggesting that east Antarctica may not be as resistant to melting as once thought. Audio

Ecologists at Victoria University have discovered that the invasive Argentine ants host a virus associated with bee deaths. Audio

Bees are in trouble and to get a better idea of might be contributing to colony loses, Landcare Research is calling on beekeepers to help with a national survey. Audio

Guy Warman, at the University of Auckland, explores how anaesthesia affects the body's biological clock and whether light therapy could help reduce sleep disruption post surgery. Audio