Biology

Dr Douglas Seals is a professor of integrative physiology who's studied the biological and lifestyle factors that can cause cardiovascular aging and the interventions that can improve it. He's based… Audio

What are we going to look like in the future? Humans are already living longer and it's likely - we'll be taller, more lightly built and less aggressive. But how well are we adapting to this modern… Audio

Migraine is a common neurological disorder, affecting over one billion people worldwide. Audio

Coming up there's a chance to have a nosey around the manicured gardens of Akaroa. Jill Simpson talks to Jesse about the chance to visit some of the most beautiful gardens in the South Island. Audio

Weddell seals have returned to breed near Scott Base in Antarctica after a decades-long absence. On land, they're blubbery lumps. But underwater, they're graceful dancers and ethereal singers. A team… Audio

A team of NIWA scientists eagerly awaits the return of 19 emperor penguins carrying high-tech data loggers and video cameras. What will the data captured reveal about the penguins' secret lives at… Audio

In a room in the Manaaki Whenua building in Auckland are rows and rows of shelves, with cardboard boxes containing an array of weird and wonderful dried fungi. Claire Concannon visits to learn how and… Audio

While we might have heard all we ever want to know about viruses in the last few years, the truth is, known viruses represent less than zero point one percent of the estimated total of viruses out… Audio

Claire Concannon speaks to University of Otago researchers investigating virus diversity, how viruses evolve, and what might be causing some diseases affecting our native wildlife. Audio

Efforts are being made to bring a rare native orchid back from the brink of extinction. The swamp helmet orchid is the smallest and rarest of 22 'Corybas' species in New Zealand. Curator of Plants at… Audio

What's the difference between an ordinary bull and a genetically gifted one?

Well, going by the example of one extraordinary beast named Priests Sierra - it is fathering thousands of calves.

The… Audio

Just beneath the soil, a horror story is unfolding that would rival the most gruesome slash and gore pic. Spores that have burrowed into young cicadas during their long hibernation are beginning to… Audio

 In her new book The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Saved the World, evolutionary biologist Nichola Rahani writes that being 'cooperative breeders' is how humans have survived. Audio

Pharmac is overhauling the criteria for funded prescriptions of a safe sex drug commonly used by gay men.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, can reduce the risk of being infected with HIV by up to 99… Audio

Anna Thomas and panellists Conor English and Sarah Sparks discuss menopause friendly workplaces, ventilating schools in the cold deep south and the speak to those spreading kindness on the Kapiti… Audio

If you're taller than average, your genes may affect your risk for a variety of diseases, a new study suggests. We're discussing this new study and weight loss drugs this morning with… Audio