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In our Science Made Simple series, we talk to Massey's Professor Peter Schwerdtfeger.

A high-tech floating laboratory that has just finished probing New Zealand's largest earthquake fault is now sailing to Antarctica to drill for critical climate change clues.

This genetics-based dating app promises to find you the perfect partner.

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In our Science Made Simple series, we talk to GNS Science geophysicist Dr Laura Wallace.

What will happen to NZ's oceans in the future? A cutting-edge model will soon tell us.

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Understanding prehistoric global warming events could tell us much about Earth's future.

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In our Science Made Simple series, we talk to top microbiologist Dr Heather Hendrickson.

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2017 was a tough year for science - but there were some notable breakthroughs nonetheless.

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