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![Nanogirl: Plants talking to scientists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Nanogirl: Plants talking to scientists
COMMENT: Scientists have taken phytoremediation one step further by combining it with nanobionics - the process of modifying biology with engineering.
![Prepare for the zombie apocalypse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Prepare for the zombie apocalypse
While post-election US has already been compared to an episode from The Walking Dead, researchers have worked out what a zombie apocalypse would look like.
![Latest emojis - breastfeeding, giraffe face](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Latest emojis - breastfeeding, giraffe face
The next set of emojis could finally include everything you've been waiting for - and then some.
![Dawkins: NZ could be Trump-era 'Athens'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Dawkins: NZ could be Trump-era 'Athens'
A world-famous thinker says New Zealand could be the "Athens of the modern world".
![Xero offers to help US staff move to NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Xero offers to help US staff move to NZ
Kiwi software company Xero is looking to bring some American "refugees" to New Zealand in the wake of the US election.
![Trade deals in peril with Trump](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Trade deals in peril with Trump
The President Elect Donald Trump bodes well for farms and coal mines, but trade deals will be left in peril.
![The dawn of 5G telecommunications](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
The dawn of 5G telecommunications
COMMENT: The roll-out of 5G, the fifth generation of wireless broadband technology, is just around the corner.
![The science of virtual reality](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
The science of virtual reality
COMMENT: Virtual reality is on the cusp of breaking through to a mainstream technology.
![Juha Saarinen: How we avoided being an academic backwater](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Juha Saarinen: How we avoided being an academic backwater
COMMENT: The Research and Education Advanced Network is a decade older, but it would preferable if it was almost 20, writes Juha Saarinen.
![Nat Geo doco follows Kiwi science on ice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Nat Geo doco follows Kiwi science on ice
A National Geographic documentary series following Kiwi scientists in Antarctica premiered at Scott Base and in Christchurch this evening.
![The top podcasts you need](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
The top podcasts you need
Over the last decade the rise of the podcasts continues to enable us to expand our minds without having to open a book or scroll through the Internet.
![Inside the secret group of Hillary Clinton's biggest fans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Inside the secret group of Hillary Clinton's biggest fans
"Pantsuit Nation" started about two weeks ago. It now has nearly 2 million members.
![Watch: How do parasites brainwash their victims?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Watch: How do parasites brainwash their victims?
Source: YouTube: TedEd. The bizarre and often grotesque way some parasites brainwash their victims — then often force them to kill themselves — will be explored in a new $830,000 Kiwi study.
![Watch: Tracking wildlife with drones](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Watch: Tracking wildlife with drones
A clever tracking innovation dubbed DroneCounts, combining the use of drones with radio tags and pioneered by a pair of Kiwis, has scooped a major conservation award. The prototype Duckatron is used to locate a pateke in Habitat Te Henga, in the Waitakere Ranges
![Watching over our wildlife - from above](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Watching over our wildlife - from above
A clever tracking innovation, combining the use of drones with radio tags and dubbed DroneCounts, has scooped a major conservation award.
![Deadly brainwashing power of parasites](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Deadly brainwashing power of parasites
Horror parasites brainwash their victims, driving them to kill themselves. And they're in your backyard.
![Clinton targets Snapchat voters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Clinton targets Snapchat voters
Hillary Clinton is making a last push to get young voters through Snapchat filters.
![How do our bodies protect us from UV?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
How do our bodies protect us from UV?
Scientists are to harness the power of ultra-fast lasers to finally reveal how an intriguing and complex UV filter within our bodies protect us from the sun.
![The five most depressing dating apps](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
The five most depressing dating apps
Some of the new dating apps out there might be worthwhile. But here are a few I've come across that seem unnecessary or downright silly.
![Record heat may be new normal by 2025](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Record heat may be new normal by 2025
The hottest year on record globally in 2015 could be an average year by 2025 and beyond if carbon emissions continue to rise at the same rate, new research has found.
![NZ history: Reconstructing 20,000 years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ history: Reconstructing 20,000 years
Scientists will reconstruct more than 20,000 years of NZ's ecological history to better understand how our species will respond to climate change.
![Anonymous trolls are crippling Twitter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Anonymous trolls are crippling Twitter
COMMENT: Short messages - what makes Twitter Twitter - are inherently conducive to insults, ill will and degraded discourse.
![Super sensors eye NZ's Alpine Fault threat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Super sensors eye NZ's Alpine Fault threat
Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.
![Weird Science: Is Facebook good for you?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Weird Science: Is Facebook good for you?
A study of 12 million Facebook users suggests that using Facebook is associated with living longer - when it serves to maintain and enhance your real-world social ties.
![The secret password we're all still using](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
The secret password we're all still using
Struggling to remember passwords for everything from online banking to internet shopping is a curse of the modern world.
![Samsung recalls 2.8m washing machines](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Samsung recalls 2.8m washing machines
First it was the Note 7, now Samsung has announced a formal recall of 2.8 million top-load washing machines.
![Gear Friday: The not so entry level MacBook Pro](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Gear Friday: The not so entry level MacBook Pro
COMMENT: Juha Saarinen weighs in on the new MacBook Pro 13-inch.
![Get set for the best supermoon in 67 years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Get set for the best supermoon in 67 years
Kiwis are set to be treated with the most spectacular "supermoon" since 1948 - if bad weather doesn't hide it from us.
![Facebook shares slump](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Facebook shares slump
Executives suggest the company probably won't be able to keep up with its explosive pace of growth much longer.