Biology
Episode 4 - Intergenerational conversation
Noelle McCarthy takes an honest look at ageism, pension costs, and intergenerational tension. Video, Audio
Episode 3 - Mind matters
How do our brains change as we get older? Noelle finds out, with the help of a neuroscientist, a centenarian, and a Poet Laureate. Video, Audio
Episode 2 - Ageing bodies
How do we want to age? And how much control will we have over the process? Noelle McCarthy visits the Dunedin Study, and finds out why the most accurate measure of your age might not necessarily be… Video, Audio
Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are?
Animal intelligence has been underestimated for centuries according to world renowned biologist Frans de Waal. He challenges our assumptions about what animals are capable and wonders if we are just… Audio
Bookmarks - Kate McGrath
Kate McGrath is an academic; the immediate past Director of The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, she's also held post-doctoral positions at L'Université de Pierre et… Audio
Professor David Cresswell on mindfulness
Earlier this year a groundbreaking academic study into mindfulness was published in Biological Psychiatry, bringing a scientific lens to mindfulness meditation. Professor David Creswell led that… Audio
Learning from the dead
This year's coveted 'Major Contribution to the Understanding of Death Award' was presented to British pathology museum curator Carla Valentine, who is responsible for about 300 preserved human brains… Audio
Jennifer Palmer: synthetic biology
Year 12 student at Orewa College, whose presentation, Synthetic Biology - Engineering the Future, won her the Secondary category and Premier Award at the 2015 Sir Paul Callaghan EUREKA! Awards. Audio
Organs on a chip
The action of many human organs is now being accurately simulated outside the body in the lab. Professor Donald Ingber of Harvard University and his team developed these 'organs on a chip'. Video, Audio
Antibiotics and obesity
Dr Chris Smith of the Naked Scientists. Do women change colour when they ovulate? Also could antibiotic use in childhood be making us heavier in later life? Audio
The Vital Question
How did life begin? That's 'The Vital Question' biochemist Nick Lane poses in his new book. Audio
Rob Knight - follow your gut
Ex-pat Kiwi Rob Knight looks at allergies, obesity and acne - conditions that may be caused, and someday cured, by the microscopic life inside us. His TED book 'Follow Your Gut: The Enormous Impact of… Audio
New technology could lead to moose sighting
Biologist Ken Tustin has a new lease on life as new cameras installed in parts of Fiordland could capture moose he thinks are still living there. Audio
Curvology
The British science writer David Bainbridge turns his attention to the origins of female body shape in his new book 'Curvology'. Audio
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
We look at the UK government's decision overnight to allow 3 person IVF - what it means, and why some fear it could lead to designer babies. Audio
Quantum biology - the spark of life
Professors of physics (Al-Khalili) and molecular genetics (McFadden) at the University of Surrey, who collaborated on the new book, Life on the Edge. Audio
Justin O'Riain - the clash between humans and animals
Justin O'Riain is a South African Professor of Biology who's an expert on wildlife wars - the clash between human habitats and animals in the wild, and the drivers of the conflict. Based at the… Audio
Dunedin's Secret Seabird Cliffs
Since he discovered a colony of fairy prions breeding on the sea cliffs of St Clair, Graeme Loh has provided artificial burrows and monitored the small seabird population Audio
Protein Nano-LEGO
Amy Yewdall is trying to create functional nanowires from self-stacking protein rings which may one day be used in nanomachines Audio
The calming influence of wild water
American marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the calming influence of wild water. Audio
