DNA
The 'daunting process' of creating a Covid-19 vaccine
A vaccine for Covid-19 could be developed in the next 18 months, but it could be longer depending on how the virus mutates, the head of the Human Vaccines Project says Audio
Study on rabbits reveals the secret to living a longer life
In 1978, a seemingly straightforward experiment involving New Zealand rabbits discovered that kindness made the difference between a heart attack and a healthy heart. It's called the 'rabbit effect'… Audio
How does our genetic heritage influence our psychological traits
How responsible is the genetic cocktail we receive from our parents for shaping our moral compass? Neurogeneticist Professor Kevin Mitchell from Trinity College Dublin joins the show to discuss. Audio
Opening a can of DNA worms
It's getting harder to keep secrets in our society - especially when a bit of saliva in a tube can reveal through DNA that your world is not what you thought it was. Audio
Opening a can of DNA worms
It's getting harder to keep secrets in our society - especially when a bit of saliva in a tube can reveal through DNA that your world is not what you thought it was.
AudioChoosing the Right Genes
Dr David Chagne and his team from Plant and Food Research are working on ways to speed up improvements consumers and industry want to see in our plants and crops.. Audio
Choosing the Right Genes
Dr David Chagne and his team from Plant and Food Research are working on ways to speed up improvements consumers and industry want to see in our plants and crops..
AudioDNA testing could help resolve Pacific land disputes - lawyer
A Cook Islands lawyer says the use of DNA evidence could speed up the resolution of disputes over land ownership. Audio
Finding DNA in fingerprints
A new method of finding DNA in fingerprints could take some of the guesswork out of crime scene analysis. Audio
Finding DNA in fingerprints
A new method of finding DNA in fingerprints could take some of the guesswork out of crime scene analysis.
AudioOur Changing World for 18 April 2019
ESR is finding DNA from fingerprints and the latest kakapo news, brings chick tally to 75 with three still to hatch. Audio
Scientific evidence presented in camera in toilet trial
The jury has heard that DNA evidence found on a camera hidden in an embassy bathroom is 10 thousand million times more likely to come from a former top Defence Force attache than anyone else. Video, Audio
Why the kiwi and moa stopped flying
Researchers have found out what made two of our famous birds flightless, but with this new discovery will scientists now try to reverse it? Audio
DNA testing: Why it doesn't define culture
It's pretty easy now to find out where you came from. Spit in a tube and send it off to a DNA website and you get back a breakdown of your ancestry. But do these tests do more harm than good? Audio
Law Commission: Rules on accessing DNA from free genealogy sites concerning
The Law Commission is looking into whether the rules governing DNA are still fit for purpose, easily accessible and understood by the public.
Dr John Buckleton - Top forensics team win PM's Science Prize
A team of ESR scientists have recently received New Zealand's most valuable science prize for the development of STRmix - scientific software that is used to interpret DNA material from a crime scene… Audio
Our Changing World for 14 March 2018
The 2018 Prime Minister's Science prizes have gone to crime-busting software, a climate change communicator and a young physicist. Audio
PM's science prize winners include a crime-busting software team
2018 Prime Minister's Science Prizes awarded to crime-busting software used in forensics labs, a climatologist, a young physicist, a primary teacher and a bioengineer. Video, Audio
PM's science prize winners include a crime-busting software team
2018 Prime Minister's Science Prizes awarded to crime-busting software used in forensics labs, a climatologist, a young physicist, a primary teacher and a bioengineer.
Video, AudioTatjana Buklijas: Trauma passed on through genes
Liggins Institute researcher Dr Tatjana Buklijas has been looking into the growing knowledge of intergenerational trauma. She explains what they know so far. Audio
