Researchers from the University of Reading and UK Center for Ecology & Hydrology have been investigating more than 250 "restroom sink fungal communities" on a university campus. Bioinformatician and project leader, Soon Gweon tells us what was lurking down there.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductee Jackson Browne returns to New Zealand in April, with shows in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. He joins us to talk about his career, his song writing and trying to make a better world.

Biological age changes with stress.

We catch up with cook Rose Langbein in Portugal who has a delicious idea for something quick - but still special - for Christmas Dinner.

Calling Home this week is Dunedin-born tenor Nicholas Madden. He's a Lay Clerk at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and lives in the castle grounds.

Mediawatch's mash-up of 2022 in review; reversal of fortunes for Silicon Valley moguls in the media.

We look back at the major science breakthroughs this year with Auckland chemistry professor Dr Allan Blackman.

The spud is back in favour in a new study out of western Australia's Edith Cowan University.

Cannabis is no better than a placebo for treating pain. That's the claim of a new study of studies out of Sweden. Dr Filip Gedin is with the Pain Neuroimaging Lab at the Karolinska Institute. The study also examined the way media coverage may affect a patient's expectations of cannabis in treating pain.

Micromorts - units of risk equating to a one-in-a-million chance of death - can help answer these questions. Mathematician and statistician David Spiegelhalter has done the numbers and shares what he knows about your risk of death.