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Mathematician wins top science award
18 Oct 2018Rod Downey, a mathematics professor at Victoria University of Wellington, has won New Zealand's top science honour, the Rutherford Medal.
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Over-eating might be in the brain
Mei Peng is investigating whether we each have a 'sensory fingerprint' that determines how we react to food.
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Banding together for banded dotterels
11 Oct 2018George Hobson is a teenager with a passion for birds - especially the banded dotterels that nest on Eastbourne's beach.
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From poo to plastic
Scion scientists are developing ways to safely convert human faecal waste into bioplastic.
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Seabirds at risk from fishing round the globe
27 Sep 2018Many of New Zealand's threatened seabirds are at danger from fishing across the Pacific.
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Concussion on her mind
Melanie Bussey studies concussion in sport, and how the human body reacts to impacts that might cause damage to the brain.
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Wellington's south coast gets a spring clean
20 Sep 2018Community groups descend on Wellington's south coast each spring to pick up rubbish - including lots of plastic and cigarette butts.
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Winner and losers - native birds in a pest-free sanctuary
20 Sep 2018Twenty-five years of bird counts have revealed an unexpected consequence to the creation of the predator-free Zealandia Sanctuary.
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History vs science vs religion
Scientist Quentin Atkinson has looked at how the structure of Pacific societies determined how quickly they converted to Christianity - but an historian is not so sure of his conclusions.
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The future of 3D & 4D printing: flax, paua and biopolymers
6 Sep 20183D and 4D printing could be a nimble tool for New Zealand manufacturers that also uses wood-based bioplastics.
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Gaming the physio
6 Sep 2018Wellington company Swibo is making physiotherapy exercises more interesting using video games, mobile phones and balance boards.
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Urban bats: Long-tailed bats thriving in Hamilton
30 Aug 2018Long-tailed bats are thriving in gullies and bush along the Waikato River, where it flows through central Hamilton.
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Putting cardboard boxes to the test
Cardboard boxes are the workhorse of the economy, and Scion has a special facility to test them and better understand why they sometimes fail.
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Ageing muscles - use them or lose them
Research shows that nerves play a surprisingly important role in muscle loss, while exercise helps us maintain our strength.
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Precious field books part of enormous heritage project
16 Aug 2018Field notebooks from some of NZ's first surveyors are among 1000s of historic documents digitised by LINZ in one of the world's largest cultural heritage projects.
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Can an introduced parasitic wasp control a nuisance beetle?
9 Aug 2018After years of trials, Scion entomologists believe New Zealand could safely introduce a parasitic wasp to control the eucalyptus tortoise beetle.
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Micro-fossils, filing cabinets and past climate change
9 Aug 2018Tiny grains of fossil pollen are helping GNS Science researchers piece together the big picture of past environments.
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Eco-friendly wood glue
2 Aug 2018Scion has developed a bio-based adhesive to make fibreboard that is environmentally friendly and even compostable.
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Mussels on the move
2 Aug 2018Kākahi or freshwater mussels are being moved to Zealandia sanctuary in Wellington as part of an ambitious restoration project.
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Te Papa responds to scientists' concerns about collections
2 Aug 2018Te Papa says it will undertake an internal review of the way it manages its collections, and an international external review of its natural history collections.
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DNA in fossil bone fragments reveals NZ's lost world
26 Jul 2018Bags of bone fragments are casting a genetic spotlight on New Zealand's lost natural world, and on the impact of early Polynesians on its biota.
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Scientist worried for Te Papa's biological collections
26 Jul 2018A world-renowned fossil expert is concerned about the impact of a restructure at Te Papa on its important natural history collections.
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Robots - Nao and the Bristlebots
19 Jul 2018A humanoid robot called Nao, and swarms of bio-inspired little robots that behave like social insects, wowed crowds at Dunedin's International Science Festival.
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Biofuels made from sawdust
19 Jul 2018Researchers say that liquid fuels made from sawdust from specially planted plantation trees could be a winner in New Zealand.
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