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Top award for making a difference in babies' lives
Professor Jane Harding has won New Zealand's top science award, the Rutherford Medal, for ground-breaking research that has improved the lives of countless babies and mothers. Audio
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Video game major Iceland export
Eve Online is a science fiction universe with 500,000 paid up subscribers, This Way Up looks at the video game which is one of Iceland's biggest exports. Audio
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The Ig Nobel Prize and the quirky side of research
The Detail - The Ig Nobel Prize for science and research keep us amused with their far-fetched hypotheses, but there's a serious side to them too.
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How to erase a snails memory
In the future we might be able to choose our memories and delete the bad ones. Now that might sound like something from science fiction, indeed it's the plot to films like Eternal Sunshine of the… Audio
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NZ using 'out of date science' on sugar in sports drinks
It is "astonishing" New Zealand has failed to follow latest practice, says the founder of a drinks company told by the government to increase the sugar in its electrolyte drink. Audio
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Museums and their role in modern society
Emma Hanisch, a student at the University of Otago, loves museums - and she wonders what needs to be done to keep them relevant and exciting. Audio
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Scientists track illegal fish dump
The Ministry of Fisheries says it has used science in a unique way, to track a vessel that dumped fish illegally.
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Value of drug-driver saliva testing questioned
Environmental Science and Research (ESR) is warning of pitfalls in using saliva testing to identify drivers under the influence of drugs.
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AgResearch gets grant for technology transfer project
The Crown research institute AgResearch is one of the winners in the Government's latest round of science research grants.
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Network aims to boost innovation earnings
Universities and Crown Research Institutes have teamed up to boost the commercialisation of New Zealand's science and technology research.
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American Samoan student wins prize in Hawaii University Symposium
An 11th grade student from Tafuna High School in American Samoa is the only contestant outside of Hawaii to have won a place in a high school science competition for...
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Origin of pumice raft found
GNS Science says a sea of pumice floating towards New Zealand comes from the Havre volcano near Curtis Island in the Kermadecs.
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Meteorite that tore through US skies older than Earth itself
Fragments of the extraterrestrial rock were turned over to scientists after they fell to Earth this summer.
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Scientists call for a moratorium on climate change research
Opinion - What should climate scientists do in the face of ever rising emissions? They could continue providing more evidence, join climate activists - or stop work in protest against government…
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UAE launches first mission to Mars
The United Arab Emirates' historic first mission to Mars is now underway, after a successful launch in Japan.
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Claim of low emissions from organics
Organic farming practices can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, an international organics leader says - and he says he has the science to back up the claim.
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NASA to showcase Webb space telescope's first full-colour images
Drawing back the curtain to a photo gallery unlike any other, NASA will soon present the first full-colour images peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe.
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No help for art, PE and science in schools
Audio 22 Oct 2009Primary schools have been told that art, PE and science are to take a back seat to the three Rs. Audio
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A quest to demystify creatures of the deep sea
Dr Thom Linley has always been fascinated with fish, how they behave, their ecology and their different ocean habitats. He is a curator of fishes at Te Papa, and also co-hosts the Deep-Sea Podcast… Audio
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Communities' needs must be the focus of Auckland's future
As Auckland cleans up, ideas about how to cope with increasingly intense rainfall have been pouring in.
Experts have been calling for - for example - a so-called sponge city to soak up water using… Audio
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Medal named after Sir Mason Durie
A new Royal Society of New Zealand award for social science has been named after Sir Mason Durie, deputy vice-chancellor at Massey University.
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The life-changing power of curiosity
Curiosity helps us to learn, remember, socialise and be open to other people's points of view. Science writer David Robson says it's well worth pursuing. Audio
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Much of NZ 'dotted' with little-known volcanoes, scientist reveals
Saturday Morning - Many people do not know Northland was built on a volcanic field, while the Otago Peninsula is "one big volcanic complex". Audio
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NZ's Space Agency to track objects in orbit
A pilot scheme will allow officials to monitor satellites launched from New Zealand, to minimise space debris and collisions as a "regulator of space activity".
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'They are pretty enigmatic': Arnoux's beaked whales spotted in Antarctica
A group of researchers from New Zealand at Scott Base have had a rare sighting of Arnoux's beaked whales. Video
