The Listener

Cognitive capers

By Marc Wilson in Psychology

Issue 3810 9th May 2013

There’s a reason we make wrong decisions even when we know better.

Hair loss: the bald truth

By Bess Manson in Science

Issue 3786 27th Nov 2012

Science has come a long way since the days of egg-yolk massages, so what are the options – and dangers – if you find you’re losing your hair?

Margaret Brimble: molecular master chef

By Rebecca Priestley in Science

Issue 3786 27th Nov 2012

Cooking up potentially lifesaving compounds has won Margaret Brimble the country’s top science award.

Splitters vs lumpers

By Rebecca Priestley in Science

Issue 3785 24th Nov 2012

Some botanists think every plant variety is its own species, but Joseph Hooker wasn’t one of them.

That space jump: an artistic metaphor for the state of the EU?

By Toby Manhire in The Internaut

Issue Listener Plus 22nd Oct 2012

Commentators look for deeper meaning in Felix Baumgartner’s space-edge sky dive.

We all live in a computer game

By Toby Manhire in The Internaut

Issue Listener Plus 10th Oct 2012

It's not just stoned students pondering the idea that reality might be part of a computer program.

Curiosity thrills - NASA's rover touches down

By Peter Griffin in Technology

Issue Listener Plus 10th Aug 2012

Peter Griffin presents interviews with scientists on the big science stories of the week on the Sciblogs podcast

Transit forum: We don't need a "burning platform"

By Peter Griffin in Columnists

Issue Listener Plus 7th Jun 2012

NZ undertakes world-class science and innovation, but is struggling to translate that into economic and social gains according to speakers at the Transit of Venus forum in Gisborne.