Science

Emeritus Professor of Behavioural Genetics at the University of Sydney, Benjamin Oldroyd is an experimental scientist who has published more than three hundred scientific papers, mostly on honey bees… Audio

A parasitology research lab specialising in testing drugs for cryptosporidium is closing due to a lack of funding.

This in the same week a cryptosporidium outbreak plagues Queenstown residents with… Audio

The southern New Zealand dotterel is a true underdog of the bird world, with just 126 individuals at last population estimate. Claire Concannon tags along with a team of researchers attaching trackers… Audio

Southern New Zealand dotterels are one of Aotearoa's most endangered birds, but we don't know where most of them go to breed. Claire Concannon meets a research team tagging the wader birds to uncover… Audio

If you're exceptionally good games such as spot the difference, you might be a 'super-matcher' - one of the few people with the natural ability to accurately compare or match complex visual patterns.

Are you a details person? A Canterbury University researcher is keen to find naturally gifted people with the “super abilities” required to match complex visual patterns without any training – and… Audio

Sarah Everts is fascinated by sweat. What it is, why our bodies do it and why there is a market for buying and selling artificial sweat - are all questions Sarah has answered. She's the author of The… Audio

A capsule containing fragments of the asteroid Bennu landed in a remote part of the Utah desert.

The container which was jettisoned from the space probe O-SIRUS REx landed safely in the desert at… Audio

Broccoli and chocolate. Prawns and vanilla. According to food pairing theory, these culinary matches should go together as well as macaroni and cheese, or peanut butter and jam. But do they really… Audio

Why do some foods go so well together – like macaroni and cheese – while other flavour combos fall flat? This week senior producer Justin Gregory digs into a smorgasbord of unusual food pairings and… Audio

Every year, the average person eats about 8kg of additives, which shouldn't come as a surprise if you look at the long list of incomprehensible ingredients on the back of so many packets of food. Dr… Audio

How low can the sugar levels be in sugary drinks before people don't like the taste? A new study set out to answer that question and were surprised to find people are ok with a lot less sugar than… Audio

A Dunedin-based scientific traceability company is helping global brands like Chanel, Ralph Lauren and Victoria's Secret verify the origin of materials in their supply chains. Oritain is a forensic… Audio