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Drug nation: Kiwis' antibiotic use soars
Kiwis' use of antibiotics has soared, indicating widespread inappropriate use for viral coughs and colds, experts say.
Kiwis' use of antibiotics has soared, indicating widespread inappropriate use for viral coughs and colds, experts say.
When it comes to trapping our bird-killing pest predators, a little bit of potent ferret stench could be the missing ingredient.
A Kiwi climate scientist says he's been alarmed at how much sea ice the planet's poles lost in 2016, in what was one of the hottest years on record.
COMMENT: If the Kardashians are more famous than scientists saving millions of lives with their research, then we're all culturally less for it.
The secret sex life of one of New Zealand's strangest native species is going under the microscope in a new summer-long study.
Scientists are seeking to solve one of the most intriguing mysteries of the disease that's killing our kauri - why it's attracted to the native tree's scent like we're drawn to coffee.
They're called "slow waves" - and while we don't feel them, they propagate through our bodies each time we eat something. A new study aims to learn more about them.
She's not a hypnotist, but she can convince you that you're a criminal or were traumatised as a child. Elizabeth Loftus has ways of making you think.
Creating "designer" ecosystems for degraded waterways could boost river restoration efforts around the country.
It sounds like something out of 1950s science fiction: a blob-like organism that's made up of one giant cell and which can learn despite having no brain.
COMMENT: What will you do with the extra time added to today to get clocks in sync with the Earth's rotation?
Urgent action is needed to stop the cheetah - the world's fastest land animal - sprinting to extinction, experts have warned.
COMMENT: It has long been thought sea frolicking has many health benefits.
COMMENT: As we head into another sweltering Kiwi summer, the water quality of our lakes, rivers and streams will continue to disappoint and enrage.
• Philip Clarke is a Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne. Chris Schilling is an associate lecturer, Health
COMMENT: Tiny little specks of land hundreds of kilometres from New Zealand may hold key secrets about the future of our planet.
COMMENT: The days of your sweating over Christmas dinner preparation could soon be a thing of the past
Things seem to be heating up Campi Flegrei, the 12km-wide caldera west of Naples in Italy.
Mythical planets, nearby Earth-like worlds and unprecedented missions to Jupiter and Saturn. We learned a lot about our universe in 2016.
Kiwi scientists are exploring the emotions of livestock in pioneering research that could improve the way animals are farmed.
According to a study the pill won't curb your libido, but a long-term relationship might.
Retraining the brain to beat stress is the key to losing weight and keeping it off, a leading Australian neuroscientist says.
One of the most notorious forms of breast cancer is to be targeted in a new study by an Auckland University researcher and cancer survivor.
A brewery is promising the best beer of your life thanks to a personalised test using your DNA.
Don't fall foul of campylobacter this festive season; cook chicken all the way through and wash down surfaces exposed to raw meat.
Mozart may enhance a man's performance in board games - while AC/DC may hinder their chances, according to new research.
An end to grey hair and crows-feet could be just 10 years away after scientists showed it is possible to reverse ageing in animals.
Clinics in Britain can now apply to create three parent babies after the fertility watchdog gave the final approval for the procedure.
A new discovery by Kiwi and US scientists could lead to new ways to help New Zealand's agricultural sector slash greenhouse gas emissions.