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Flooding and erosion from rising sea levels are likely to significantly impact on New Zealanders in our lifetimes, warns the latest […]
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Twelve outstanding New Zealand researchers have been awarded medals at the Royal Society of New Zealand 2014 Research Honours event, […]
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – also known as drones – have exploded onto the market in recent years, with potential […]
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Consumer-grade and custom-designed drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have exploded onto the market in recent years, opening up a […]
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Sea ice in the Antarctic may be thicker than previously thought, according to a study published online in Nature Geoscience. […]
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Local palaeontologists have identified – and named – a previously unknown genus of ancient New Zealand baleen whale and two species within […]
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A poor credit rating is linked to poor heart health, according to new New Zealand-based research, with factors such as […]
Continue readingUPDATED: Bird flu detected in UK, Netherlands – experts respond
The discovery of avian flu-infected birds in UK and Dutch poultry farms has authorities scrambling to contain the disease. This week, […]
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Following up on the Government’s recent announcement that it is investing $139 million into 48 of New Zealand’s most promising research programmes, Teuila […]
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