Science

With silt suffocating productive land across Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle, horticulturalists are grappling with growing in the new conditions.

But Plant and Food Research is on a mission to… Audio

Leap year is all about matching the seasons to time. It's just a construct, but try telling that to February 29th babies. Audio

Crackle, pop, woof, crunch, click. In the ocean, an undersea orchestra is in full swing. Journalist Kate Evans discovers who’s playing in it and why, and what happens when human noise drowns out this… Audio

Journalist Kate Evans and presenter Claire Concannon discover the undersea orchestra in the first episode of new series Voice of Tangaroa. Audio

A collaboration between Our Changing World and New Zealand Geographic, the Voice of Tangaroa series explores the state of our oceans, and the extraordinary variety of life that calls it home.   Audio

A life-changing diagnostic device tested on sheep in New Zealand is about to be trialled on humans  Audio

The first commercial rideshare to the Moon is set to land later this morning, making it the first U.S. lunar landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Odysseus, which launched last week, is part of NASA's… Audio

For the first time, Rocket Lab has successfully brought a spacecraft back from orbit to earth and landed it safely in the Utah desert.

The New Zealand rocket company designed, built and operated the… Audio

"Girls on Ice" Aotearoa is a programme hosted by Te Puna Patiotio the-Antarctic Research Centre at Victoria University. By taking them out on field trips, it aims to inspire teen girls into the into… Audio

A New Zealand woman has developed a world first treatment for head lice which has nabbed her a top United Nations health science award.

It uses a biofluorescent powder which makes the lice eggs, or… Audio

A group of young New Zealanders and two meteorologists travel to South Georgia Island in the southern Atlantic Ocean to collect weather observations – continuing the scientific legacy of early… Audio

Early Antarctic explorers made weather observations that are still useful today. Peregrin Hyde travels to remote South Georgia Island to collect weather data that continues this legacy, using both… Audio

If people are in a rough patch, or what researchers call "a weakened state" in their relationship, they are almost five times more likely to break up within the two weeks surrounding Valentine's day… Audio

A disease-resistant Cavendish banana will soon be grown in Queensland, with the hope that this will open the door to more future-proofing of the banana industry. Audio

Coming soon to RNZ Podcasts is the new series Voice of Tangaroa, exploring the state of our oceans, and the extraordinary variety of life that calls it home. Released weekly from Thursday 29 February… Audio

Coming soon to RNZ Podcasts is the new series Voice of Tangaroa, exploring the state of our oceans, and the extraordinary variety of life that calls it home. Released weekly from Thursday 29 February… Audio