Veronika Meduna
Sir James Hector's scientific legacy
Science historian Simon Nathan discusses his biography of Sir James Hector, New Zealand's first government scientist.
AudioThe good and the bad of sunshine
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
The good and the bad of sunshine
Material scientist Martin Allen has developed wearable UV sensors that allow school children to monitor their exposure to the sun's ultra-violet radiation.
AudioSmart birds net researcher PM's Emerging Scientist Prize
Research into intelligence in New Caledonian crows has won Alex Taylor the 2015 Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize Video, Audio
Smart birds net researcher PM's Emerging Scientist Prize
Research into intelligence in New Caledonian crows has won Alex Taylor the 2015 Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize
Video, AudioTop science prize for myth-busting bone research team
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
Top science prize for myth-busting bone research team
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
AudioA journey through the Anthropocene
Gaia Vince is the author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, which won the 2015 Winton Science Book Prize. Audio
A journey through the Anthropocene
Gaia Vince is the author of Adventures in the Anthropocene, which won the 2015 Winton Science Book Prize.
AudioCelebrating great ideas for Nature
The WWF Conservation Innovations awards recognise the best ideas that help conservation projects to succeed. Audio
Celebrating great ideas for Nature
The WWF Conservation Innovations awards recognise the best ideas that help conservation projects to succeed.
AudioBending light in search for alien planets
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
Bending light in search for alien planets
Light has helped astronomers to discover many of the almost 2000 planets that orbit around stars outside our own solar system, thanks to Einstein.
AudioOn the cusp of a solar revolution
Next generation printable and flexible solar cells, made with new materials, are part of a clean-energy revolution Audio
On the cusp of a solar revolution
Next generation printable and flexible solar cells, made with new materials, are part of a clean-energy revolution
AudioWilding pines go up in flames in name of science
Scientists set fire to blocks of wilding pines to study whether chemicals used to control the weedy trees change the fire hazard. Audio, Gallery
Wilding pines go up in flames in name of science
Scientists set fire to blocks of wilding pines to study whether chemicals used to control the weedy trees change the fire hazard.
AudioGlobal census of methane-producing microbes
A team of AgResearch scientists had analysed the rumen microbiome in different animals across the world and found similar methane-producing micro-organisms. Audio
Global census of methane-producing microbes
A team of AgResearch scientists had analysed the rumen microbiome in different animals across the world and found similar methane-producing micro-organisms.
AudioSubtidal currents in Cook Strait
Cook Strait is known for its strong tidal currents, but NIWA oceanographers have completed comprehensive measurements of subtidal residual currents. Video, Audio
