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Damselflies - fast blue and slow red
17 Dec 2015PhD student Tanya Dann has been investigating the different speed lifestyles that two New Zealand damselfly species have
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The Palmy Dirty 30 challenge
17 Dec 2015Palmy Dirty 30 is a new parent-led initiative to get children to spend more time outdoors.
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A century with Einstein
17 Dec 20152015 marks the centenary of Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, which explains how gravity works on objects, from falling apples to orbiting planets.
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The legacy of Riccarton Bush
17 Dec 2015Riccarton Bush in Christchurch contains the last remnant of a kahikatea floodplain forest in Canterbury, thanks to the Deans family's early conservation efforts.
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The importance of taxonomy and biological collections
17 Dec 2015The report on 'National Taxonomic Collections in New Zealand' recommends more secure funding and greater national coordination for the country's 29 significant biological collections
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Stories hidden in rocks
10 Dec 2015In this wrap of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand's annual conference, we explore what rocks tell us about our changing world.
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Lichen Quartet - a poem
10 Dec 2015Poet Janis Freegard reads 'Lichen Quartet' from her poetry book 'The Glass Rooster' (AUP 2015)
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Wetland wanderings in the Whangamarino
10 Dec 2015Alison Ballance joins freshwater fish expert Stella McQueen in one of New Zealand’s largest bogs – the Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland – in search of fernbirds, spotless crake and mudfish
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Lampreys aka 'vampire fish'
10 Dec 2015Lampreys are eel-like jawless fish, related to sharks, that spend their lives in fresh and salt water, and at sea they use their sucker-like mouths to attach to large animals to feed
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First global assessment of soil quality
3 Dec 2015December 5 is World Soil Day and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization is preparing for the release of the world's first report on the quality of our soils.
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Ecology in action
3 Dec 2015Big declines in numbers of forest birds and native moths, revelations that kiore ate moa, and the discovery of Asian as well as European house mice in New Zealand are amongst the latest ecology news
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Protecting grape vines from leafroll virus
Researchers at Plant and Food Research are developing an array of visual and molecular tools to help combat leafroll virus in grape vines
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Antarctic glacier's past rapid retreat
26 Nov 2015Research published today provides the first geological evidence for the potential of runaway ice loss in Antarctica.
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Limiting nitrate leaching on dairy farms
26 Nov 2015Massey University soil scientists are investigating how taking cows off paddocks during certain times of the year could significantly reduce the amount of nitrate leaching into waterways.
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Life at the edge
26 Nov 2015Light is crucial to the creatures that live on the ocean floor around Antarctica, but they have to get by without it for several weeks. NIWA marine ecologist Vonda Cummings explains how.
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Tea bag science
26 Nov 2015Tea bags containing red and green tea leaves have been buried in the soil for three months, to give insights into tussock grassland ecosystems and how they are being affected by climate change
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'This issue will define my generation'
26 Nov 2015A group of young New Zealand is heading to Paris as part of the official Youth Delegation to observe the UN climate talks.
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The good and the bad of sunshine
19 Nov 2015Material scientist Martin Allen has developed wearable UV sensors that allow school children to monitor their exposure to the sun's ultra-violet radiation.
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Sir James Hector's scientific legacy
Science historian Simon Nathan discusses his biography of Sir James Hector, New Zealand's first government scientist.
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The sound of shark skin
19 Nov 2015The prickly dogfish is a small deepsea shark with very rough skin. Shark skin is made from 'dermal denticles' which are like teeth
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Coastal crabs - a go-to-guide
19 Nov 2015NIWA has produced some electronic field guides to coastal creatures, including one on crabs
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Fishes of New Zealand
19 Nov 2015The Fishes of New Zealand is the first definitive guide to all of our freshwater and marine fishes since 1872, and it includes more than 1260 species
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Smart birds net researcher PM's Emerging Scientist Prize
12 Nov 2015Research into intelligence in New Caledonian crows has won Alex Taylor the 2015 Prime Minister's MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize
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Top science prize for myth-busting bone research team
The 2015 Prime Minister's Science Prize goes to osteoporosis researchers Ian Reid, Mark Bolland and Andrew Grey. Ian Reid also won the Rutherford Medal and Liley Medal
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