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Seabird hotspot - the Poor Knights Islands
12 Apr 2018A team of seabird experts experience the joys and challenges of counting Buller's shearwaters on the predator-free Poor Knights Islands.
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N=1 - an artist's microbiome
5 Apr 2018A 46-year-old art work has revealed how the gut microbiome of artist Billy Apple has changed during his adult life.
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Isotopes reveal where marine animals travel
5 Apr 2018Tiny samples collected from the teeth, tissue and even whiskers of marine animals can reveal where they feed and travel.
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Superconductor sandwiches
29 Mar 2018High temperature superconductor research in New Zealand includes new nano-scale superconductor sandwiches.
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Dragonflies - masters of flight
29 Mar 2018Dragonflies are precision flying machines, and Ruary Mackenzie Dodds says they are an indicator of clean water.
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Spy in the water - Wellington Harbour's smart buoy
22 Mar 2018A smart buoy in Wellington harbour is phoning in information about sea conditions and how muddy water from the Hutt River moves around the harbour.
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Meet Lusius malfoyi, a parasitoid wasp
22 Mar 2018Tom Saunders has named a native parasitoid wasp after a Harry Potter character, in a bid to improve the reputation of these 'good' wasps.
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Turnaround in takahē's fortunes
15 Mar 2018An expedition into Fiordland reveals that takahē numbers are on the rise, and there will soon be a new takahē population in Northwest Nelson.
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Glaciers in trouble after marine heatwave
An aerial survey reveals this summer's marine heatwave in the Tasman Sea was bad news for glaciers in the Southern Alps.
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Tipping Points and the health of estuaries
8 Mar 2018A nationwide experiment is investigating how estuaries might suddenly 'tip' as a result of increasing nutrients and sediments.
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Dogs that sniff out pest fish
1 Mar 2018Waikato University researchers are training pet dogs to sniff out pest fish such as koi carp.
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Beyond face value: re-shaping our thinking about diversity
22 Feb 2018As ethnic and cultural diversity increases in New Zealand, psychologists discuss their work and the challenges posed by this increasing diversity.
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Science to solve kiwifruit crisis a winner
A 100-strong team of researchers from Plant and Food Research have won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Prize for using science to solve the kiwifruit PSA crisis.
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Science film-maker a winner
Film-maker Damian Christie has won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize to help tell science stories on film.
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Science speed dating leads to top award
A four minute conversation led to a revolutionary tooth decay treatment using silver nanoparticles and a PM's science award for the chemist who worked on it.
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World-first genetic analysis reveals Aussie white shark numbers
8 Feb 2018Australian and NZ scientists reveal size of New Zealand and eastern Australian great white shark population.
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Safe houses for Kaikoura's baby paua
8 Feb 2018NIWA is testing small 'safe houses' for baby paua, with the idea of boosting the population on the earthquake-damaged Kaikōura coast.
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Using light to reveal hidden molecular information
Michél Nieuwoudt uses light to uncover hidden information in different kinds of material, from milk to works of art.
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Discovered - the 'missing' male stick insect
1 Feb 2018A male stick insect belonging to an all female group of New Zealand stick insects has been discovered for the first time - in the UK.
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Chemical camouflage - putting predators off the scent
1 Feb 2018Could chemical camouflage save rare birds by putting predators off the scent? Ecologists are testing the idea in the Mackenzie Basin.
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Buildings that better survive earthquakes
25 Jan 2018Engineer Geoff Rodgers is designing a new generation of low-damage buildings that move in an earthquake and remain useable afterwards.
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Clever canines
25 Jan 2018How do dogs think? Do they experience emotions such as jealousy? The Clever Canine Lab at the University of Auckland is investigating.
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Te Waikoropupu Springs - what's their value?
16 Jan 2018Science communication student Lucy Coyle, from the University of Otago, finds out about the freshwater and cultural values of Pupu Springs in Golden Bay, New Zealand's largest springs boasting the…
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The rabbit problem
8 Jan 2018Science communication student Berenice Mathieu, from the University of Otago, finds out about moves to introduce a more virulent strain of RHD or rabbit calicivirus into New Zealand to control…
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