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Ears as effective as DNA in identifying people
Forensics investigators could confirm a person's identity from the shape of their ear.
Forensics investigators could confirm a person's identity from the shape of their ear.
Mātauranga Māori holds the key to solving many of Aotearoa's environmental challenges.
OPINION: The proposed education refresh is not fit for purpose.
Dunedin-founded origin-verification firm has added Sir John Key to its board.
NZ's been rocked by several 5.0-plus quakes in 2023, amid 11,000 others. Is that normal?
A special team of scientists figures we have shifted into a new epoch of our own creation.
Westerly wind flows are at their most prominent in more than a year. What does that mean?
OPINION: New Zealand is refreshing its approach to science education.
OPINION: Our editorial on alarm at a leaked draft curriculum.
OPINION: Those who can fix this are doing nothing, writes chemistry teacher.
Advance copy of the new curriculum contains no mention of physics, chemistry or biology.
OPINION: Also letters on student loans, Kiri Allan, Michael Wood, Dome Valley and more.
A world-first NZ study is exploring party drug ketamine as a quick-acting anti-depressant.
Scientists have revealed a plethora of viruses within NZ's endangered native bats.
NZ's landslide risk could jump significantly under worst-case climate change scenarios.
EDITORIAL: Support measures cannot be a blank cheque.
Festival organisers are aiming to open up discussion about AI image generation and art.
New York Times: Scientists knew planet’s centerline could move. But it took a sharp turn.
Embryo models are made from stem cells, not egg and sperm.
Times: Phages are ruthless biological killing machines - and bacteria are their prey.
Do Australia's little blue penguins have an Aotearoa ancestor?
Govt announces proposal to tweak GM rules, but only for biomedical and lab-based research.
Researchers identify DNA abnormalities leading to the aggressive spread of bowel cancer.
Chilly weekend picked after unseasonable run of warm winter temperatures in June.
Financial Times: Commission braves climate storms by wading into geo-engineering debate.
Mealworm patties and lab-grown burgers? Hold my hemp milk, says Gen Alpha.
Our editorial series explores managed retreat and where new homes should be built.
Financial Times: Professor Shanna Swan has been investigating human fertility for decades.
Sweeping Victoria University restructure alarms NZ's’s tight-knit geoscience community.
Kiwis could be feeling El Niño's influence by the end of winter. So what can we expect?