RNZ: Our Changing World

Medicinal marijuana, the pros and cons, is the subject of an interview between science communication student Colin Smillie and Abe Gray.

University of Otago science communication student Amy Smith discusses genetic modification with two microbiologists.

The Kaikōura Peninsula was uplifted 1 metre during the magnitude 7.8 earthquake - and marine life on the rocky shore was left high and dry.

Sonia Sly finds out about a psychological programme to help offenders better adjust to living in the community when they are released from prison.

University of Auckland researchers are using tannin-rich wine waste to create safer food packaging that has antibacterial properties.

Geologists are combing the ground in the wake of the 7.8M Kaikōura earthquake looking for clues, to understand what happened when 9 faults rupture at the same time.

Take a hundred people motivated to do something about climate change, give them 24 hours to brainstorm ideas about practical solutions, do that around the world and you have a Climathon.

A new book, Protecting Paradise, investigates the science of 1080, its use in protecting native wildlife in New Zealand, and the wider issue of science denial and science reporting in the media.

Electronic satellite tags have revealed details of the lives of great white sharks on either side of the Tasman Sea - and shown how the different populations are linked.

New research shows that ocean acidification may make some marine sponges more resilient in the face of climate change and warming water.

Collingwood Area School students join GNS scientists in a search for dinosaur footprints on the shore of a Golden Bay estuary

Industrial mathematician Mark McGuinness has applied maths to problems as varied as crispy cereal and the freezing of Antarctic sea ice.

Psychologist Deirdre Brown has been researching whether children are reliable eyewitnesses.

A new genetic study shows that a once abundant kākāpō population declined in numbers and genetic diversity soon after stoats were introduced in the late 1800s.

Statistician Thomas Lumley explains different ways of calculating an average, and the difference between median and mean.