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Toyota dethrones GM as US sales leader after nearly a century on top
Japanese automaker Toyota has pipped General Motors Co to be named the best selling car brand in the US, ending GM's 80 years of dominance.
Outrage at decision to retire Holden brand
Australian Prime Minister says Australians fuming that GM dropping Holden brand, after $2 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies. Audio
Editing Our Genes: Pest Control
Kim Hill talks to Josephine Johnston, Dr Andrea Byrom, Kevin Hackwell, and Jan Hania about using gene editing as a weapon against animals which are pests in New Zealand. Audio
Editing Our Genes: Agriculture
Kim Hill talks with Josephine Johnston, Julie Everett-Hincks, Kevin Prime, and William Rolleston about the impact of new technologies on agriculture. Are we in the post-Frankenfood era? Audio
Action on threatened species - what works?
The Conservation Minister Maggie Barry today announces the government's plan to tackle threatened species. We discuss what's new, and what will work, with Forest and Bird's Kevin Hague. Kathryn also… Audio
We need to talk about gene drives and gene editing
Genetic tools will help New Zealand meets its aim of being Predator Free by 2050 - but we need to understand what they are and have a public conversation about their use. Audio
The Museum of Post-Natural History
Kathryn Ryan talks to Richard Pell, the curator of the Centre for Post-Natural History, which was built to exhibit how humans have modified life, whether that be by splicing of genes, selective… Audio
GE court decision bad for science says biotech industry
Kathryn Ryan speaks to Will Barker, the chief executive of NZBIO - the lobby group representing New Zealand's biotech industry. It says the country is at risk of becoming a bioscience backwater after… Audio
Nobel laureates criticise Greenpeace's GM stance
Scientists feel 'stymied' by irrational prejudice against GM, a New Zealand scientist says.
Genetic editing
Top genetic scientists from all around the world met in New York last week and put together a list of guidelines to help navigate the ethical minefield of human genetic modifications. The summit was… Audio
'Orchard in a box' - using GM to breed better apples
A greenhouse that is also a strict containment facility allows scientists to experimentally add apple genes to apple trees to speed up the breeding of new varieties Audio
Federated Farmers welcome Australian GM ruling
An Australian court ruling on genetically modified crops sets out neighbours' responsibilities and could be applied in New Zealand, Federated Farmers says.