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Is your child 'socially dyslexic'?
A ground-breaking strategy from America is teaching isolated children how to make friends. Tanith Carey finds out how.
A ground-breaking strategy from America is teaching isolated children how to make friends. Tanith Carey finds out how.
As investigators share their latest breakthroughs at Brain Research NZ's annual conference, Jamie Morton took a close look at 10 new Kiwi-led advances.
Could meditating in your lounge be just as good for you as that break in Fiji? Scientists have the answers.
COMMENT: The medical use of microbeads has led to many advances but their cosmetic applications can cause havoc to the marine food chain.
The first drug to combat Alzheimer's disease is on the horizon.
Women who drink a large glass of wine each night may harm their chance of having a baby, a study suggests.
If confirmed, this would push the established fossil record more than 200 million years deeper into the Earth's early history.
A scientific breakthrough could replenish vast expanses of our countryside with lush native forest - and offer a lucrative new forestry industry for New Zealand.
Initial trial of aducanumab shows reduction of amyloid and slowing of cognitive decline.
Spring arrives tomorrow and with it, generous bundles of warmth and sunshine. But the new season won't be a welcome joy for everyone.
Did we get a message from aliens on HD 164595b? Hold on to your tinfoil hats.
As campaigners hail a High Court ruling allowing regional councils to decide whether GMOs can be banned in their areas, an organisation representing bio-scientists calls for a legislation overhaul.
NZ Cancer Society medical director Dr Christopher Jackson discusses urgent worries around New Zealand's systems for reviewing and funding ground-breaking new cancer drugs.
In this morning's Focus: Could aliens have sent a 'strong message' from space? And Apple gets a massive bill from Ireland.
Watch NZH Focus: Radio signals detected from deep space and kept secret by the Russians are now being investigated by international scientists.
A Nobel Prize-winning scientist visiting New Zealand says the things you learn in school aren't everything.
Dr Helen Taylor, a rising star in the world of science communication, explains why Kiwis need to hear more from our research community.
One of the most shocking exhibitions in the history of British art - featuring tissues soiled by Billy Apple - is now the focus of a new Kiwi study.
Students being taught new STEAM concept, an acronym which mixes science, technology, engineering and maths, with art
The company you keep has long been thought to be an important factor in both mental and physical wellbeing.
Thousands of schoolchildren are set to take breath-tests in a study to reveal the role of fructose in New Zealand's childhood obesity epidemic.
High magnitude disasters are overdue along some of the planet's major fault lines and there's nothing we can do to stop them.
Professor Stephen McGarvey talks about his recent breakthrough establishing a link between Samoan populations and obesity.
Scientists have found something entirely new: a galaxy as huge as the Milky Way that is made up almost entirely of dark matter.
Scientists have created an entirely soft robot, an edible battery, and a potential way to "jump-start" patients in comas using ultrasound.
COMMENT: Our enthusiasm for everything digital makes us the perfect guinea pigs to test new systems and devices on.
Four alcoholic patients fitted with brain microchips as part of NZ research into addiction have seen their cravings for alcohol dramatically reduce.
One of the country's foremost concussion experts has called the publication of research linking rugby concussion and long-term difficulties a "game-changer".