All episodes
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Tracking rig sharks, e-cigarettes and quitting smoking, Te Punaha Matatini, a new Centre of Research Excellence, and spotting eagle rays in the inner city.
Full episodeThursday, 26 February 2015
A field-trip to Mead Stream Gorge, photosynthesis, a scanning electron microscope, New Zealand dotterels on Great Barrier Island
Full episodeThursday, 19 February 2015
The Bounty Islands, drilling through the Antarctic ice sheet, the Dodd-Walls Centre, and a portable X-ray detector.
Full episodeThursday, 12 February 2015
River health 101, drug addiction and genes, drug-resistant TB and a new kind of antibiotic, and farming palaeo soils
Full episodeThursday, 5 February 2015
NIWA vessel Tangaroa heads to the Southern Ocean, and an expedition to subantarctic Antipodes Island.
Full episodeThursday, 29 January 2015
Making dogs kiwi-safe, osteoarthritis and Dunedin's Joint Clinic, crossing planetary boundaries and little penguins on Matiu-Somes Island
Full episodeThursday, 22 January 2015
Hihi or stitchbirds, on Kapiti Island; the Freedom4 handheld PCR machine; and the Vintage Aviator.
Full episodeThursday, 1 January 2015
Legalising marijuana and redefining genetically modified organisms..
Full episodeThursday, 25 December 2014
Sound recording birds with Les McPherson, bird photography with David Hallett, National Whale Centre at Picton, and the Singing Scientist Matthew Barnett with new song the Good Oil.
Full episodeThursday, 18 December 2014
Measuring intelligence in robins, using sugars to test gut health, update on aging fathers and kiwi inbreeding, spying on wild animals with remote cameras, and using Google balloons to study the stratosphere.
Full episodeThursday, 11 December 2014
A hospital bed mover, tuatara and platypus genome projects, the newest member of the tyrannosaur family: Pinnocchio rex, and the winner of the 2014 Prime Minister’s Science Teacher prize.
Full episodeThursday, 4 December 2014
Wellington waterfront clean-up, 'Nanogirl' wins Prime Minister's Science Media Communication Prize, invasive plants and volcanic soils
Full episodeThursday, 27 November 2014
A water treadmill, mutant petunias, tuatara at Dunedin’s Orokonui Ecosanctuary, and the winner of the 2014 Rutherford Medal
Full episodeThursday, 20 November 2014
Fairy prion colony on Dunedin sea cliffs, visual cues on Google Glass during emergency situations, safer rainwater harvesting, and a musical performance with Tesla coils and robotic bass and drums
Full episodeThursday, 13 November 2014
Drilling into the Alpine Fault, the Dunedin garden study, metal-organic frameworks, and using games to manage ADHD.
Full episodeThursday, 6 November 2014
Trojan Females, a novel pest control idea, the winners of the inaugural Conservation Innovation Awards, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and a 3D virtual reality environment to help stroke survivors with their memory.
Full episodeThursday, 30 October 2014
Self setting rat traps, nano building blocks from proteins, an oestrogen detector and an SOS for soils.
Full episodeThursday, 23 October 2014
The science behind 1080 use to control pests and protect native birds, young science orators, and 3D bioprinting body parts.
Full episodeThursday, 16 October 2014
- 9:06 Ninja Viruses
- 9:20 Rumble Strips
- 9:34 Chlorine Bleach in the Airways
- 9:47 Wellington's New Fault
- 9:48 OCW Opening Theme - Mystery Sound 16
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Restoring Rutherford's Den; pavement research to make better roads; how to look for a rare endemic spider from the Bounty Islands
Full episodeThursday, 2 October 2014
Geodesy - the science of location; modelling Lake Forsyth; and NZ IceFest 2014.
Full episodeThursday, 25 September 2014
Protein crystallography, Great Kereru Count, Tyrannosaurus - Meet the Family, and slipped discs and the spine
Full episodeThursday, 18 September 2014
Colossal squid dissection, wound healing, 'NZ Wild Life' book, and greenhouse gas reductions at Kapiti Council
Full episode