RNZ: This Way Up

A different kind of bike gang, bike sharing schemes, self driving trucks and is the earth's magnetic field reversing?

Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists on a discovery by a team of Australian researchers which has found that the venom of one of the world's most dangerous spiders can protect brain cells after a stroke.

Riffle shuffle or overhand? What's the best way to shuffle playing cards? Professor Graham Kendall is a mathematician studying blackjack, roulette...and packs of cards.

Simple radio technology - previously used to track kiwis in the wild - is helping tackle the problem of people with dementia getting disoriented and lost.

Some cool applications for VR technology in art and filmmaking; Google wants you to share your location data with you friends; and a new concert subscription service is dubbed "Netflix for live music".

From Cape Reinga to Bluff, electricity does the same thing whenever and wherever it comes out the plug. So how do you decide who to buy it from? George Block from consumer.org.nz's been looking at New Zealand's increasingly crowded electricity market and whether greater competition is translating into better deals for consumers.

Selling power to the people, a Netflix for live music, tracking dementia patients, the best way to shuffle cards, and could spider venom help stroke recovery?

Sea trekking promises to combine the experience of swimming in the open ocean with snorkelling and freediving, along with a little bit of camping thrown in for good measure. The key bit of equipment is an inflatable, waterproof kit bag that you can use as a float and to transport your stuff around with you. Julian Muehlmeier is a big sea trekking fan and we met him at a local beach to explain its appeal.

Claims of misinformation over Spark's wireless broadband performance; Google's crackdown on fake news; and could political bias skew our internet search results - and even our elections?

A team of computer scientists at Victoria University think they may be a step closer to making virtual reality more like... reality.

Dr Chris Smith looks at a blood test for autism that can pick up biochemical markers that are significantly altered in autistic patients; and testing underway on a new approach to treating brain tumours.

In many parts of New Zealand rabbits are seen as pests, but Chrissy Joy doesn't see them that way. She's among a group of of Wellington volunteers who've rescued and found homes for hundreds of sick and abandoned bunnies.

Rabbit rescue, testing for autism, VR breakthrough, internet search bias, and trekking the seas.

New figures show how New Zealanders are taking to streaming video on demand services; and the privacy implications of the CIA potentially hacking consumer devices to gather intelligence.

This Way Up speaks to the creators of The Impossible Burger - a plant-based 'meat' that's claimed to smell, taste and sizzle just like the real thing.