Science

Victoria University Psychology Professor Dr Marc Wilson joins Jim to share his views on whether smartphones are preventing us from being bored or are contributing to it. Audio

New Scientist health reporter Grace Wade joins Jim to discuss both the benefits and risks of Wegovy. Audio

A forensic scientist has told the jury in the Khandallah murder trial that, in her opinion, the blood in the hallway looked staged. Julia DeLuney is accused of murdering her 79-year-old mother, Helen… Audio

We are officially closer to 2050 than we are to 2000. Auckland University of Technology astronomy professor Sergei Gulyaev spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

MethaneSAT, a satellite designed to monitor methane emissions from space, has been unresponsive since 20 June. Environmental Defense Fund chief scientist and MethaneSAT mission lead Dr Steven Hamburg… Audio

MethaneSAT has been missing in space since 20 June, according to MBIE. New Zealand Space Agency deputy head Andrew Johnson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

A satellite, MethaneSAT, that taxpayers gave almost $30 million toward has gone silent. University of Auckland physics professor Richard Easther spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Scientists from the University of Otago have helped to develop a new way of reading MRI scans. It was trained using data from more than a thousand people in Dunedin in the 1970s. Dunedin Study… Audio

Pesky blood sucking mosquitoes could turn into power houses of disease control. Auckland University researchers have a million dollars in government funding to investigate whether the insects can be… Audio

It's a question that may have grated on you for sometime, does too much cheese give you weird dreams? According to new research, yes it does, but not just any dreams, nightmares. An online survey of… Audio

New Zealand's longest-running citizen science project is back and wanting to hear about the birds in your backyard. New Zealand Garden Bird Survey coordinator Dr Angela Brandt spoke to Corin Dann. Audio