When returned to their wetland glory bogs are incredibly effective carbon sinks, that could make up for carbon loss from soils elsewhere.

Scottish band Belle and Sebastian has a new album out this month – A Bit Of Previous. Founder Stuart Murdoch tells Kim Hill how spirituality and the compassion of others have enabled him to keep performing with a disabling illness.

Rosemary flowers in white wine is one of the Renaissance-era skincare recipes that art historian Erin Griffey is recreating with a team of scientists for the groundbreaking Beautiful Chemistry Project.

English curator and art dealer James Birch is arguably best known for his innovative ways of championing British art - including exhibiting the works of figurative painter Francis Bacon in Moscow in the late 1980s, when Russia was part of the USSR. Birch's new book Bacon In Moscow tells the story of his audacious effort to bring Bacon's raw, unsettling works to more than 400,000 Soviet citizens.

Two landmark studies released this year have pointed the finger at the long-suspected Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as being a leading cause of multiple sclerosis.

Self-proclaimed free speech absolutist Elon Musk raised eyebrows around the world this week after it was revealed he is purchasing social media platform Twitter for $US44 billion. The announcement came on the heels of the European Union agreeing on a groundbreaking raft of new content rules that look to curb the worst abuses across social media.

That strange noise early on and lots of love for Jim Lynch. Listener feedback for 23 April 2022.

Sydney-based New Zealander Dr Matt Baker returns for a chat about some of the latest science news.

From his house on Otago Harbour, designer and artist Matthew Galloway sees the same view every evening as the sun sets: a plume of smoke rising from the chimney of the Ravensdown Factory. The factory processes phosphate rock into fertiliser for our farms, but to make this product New Zealand imports the phosphate from occupied Western Sahara.

For the last 12 years Bill Browder has been firmly in the sights of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Initially a supporter of Putin, Browder's company Hermitage Capital Management was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005 - when it was blacklisted. Browder was deemed a threat to national security and deported to the UK.