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Brain drink or fancy juice? Start-up strives to prove health claims
Ambitious beverage startup faces criticism and regulatory turbulence.
Tonga eruption’s unprecedented water vapour rapidly depleted ozone layer
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Scientists have just reconstructed the entire genetic jigsaw of the brushtail possum.
Scientists offer a new explanation for long Covid
New York Times: Virus remnants in the gut could be to blame, researchers say.
Kiwi scientists take leap in research on gut health
Study marks major step in learning how diet can help with inflammatory bowel diseases.
'Thrilling': Nasa spacecraft launched to mysterious rare metal asteroid
Nasa’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away on Friday on a six-year journey.
Red, juicy, heat resistant: New Zealand’s hunt for a climate-proof apple
Financial Times: Europe's growers have turned to NZ as climate change upends the industry.
Editorial: The election, the climate and the uncomfortable truth
OPINION: Our editorial on latest report by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ.
What is NZ’s risk of tropical cyclones this season?
Last cyclone season brought NZ's costliest storm. What does the next one hold for us?
2023 among NZ's warmest years as new climate change stocktake lays out impacts
This year so far has been the country's warmest in our land and seas combined.
Tsunami, ashfall and pyroclastic flows: BoP volcanoes subject of new study
Scientists head out to Mayor and White islands on RV Tangaroa tomorrow.
Ash buried in Antarctica puts date on Lake Taupō’s last big blow
Ash buried deep in Antarctic ice highlights the eruptive power of our famous supervolcano.
Workers catch typhoid from samples at labs, exposed to fumes
Te Whatu Ora Health NZ to check the safety of hospital labs nationwide.
Scott Base rebuild on hold as Government contract talks break down
Antarctica NZ unable to reach agreement on commercial terms with Leighs Construction.
Scientists discover NZ-sized region of volcanic lava 'like pizza dough' over 40 million years
New study mapping hidden continent beneath us reveals NZ-sized region of volcanic lava.
Covid-19: Still no sign of ‘Pirola’ surge in NZ, latest monitoring shows
There’s still no sign a new mutant coronavirus subvariant is making a splash in NZ.
World first: Scientists to map carbon profile of every NZ city and town
NZ could be the first nation to have real-time emissions data for all urban centres.
Winter or summer? Why there’s more than spring behind NZ’s wild temperature swings
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Scientists discover massive undersea reservoir near NZ’s biggest fault zone
Study uncovers vast reservoir of water thought to influence NZ's biggest quake-maker.
‘Treat flu like Covid’: Experts want new strategy for pandemic’s next phase
NZ should treat other serious respiratory infections like Covid-19, leading experts say.
Massey scientists scramble to save jobs amid 'brutal' restructure
A proposal that could axe 100 roles has sparked an emergency bid to save jobs.
Nobel in medicine goes to scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines
The award was given to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman.
‘El Nino has arrived’: Lower than normal rainfall, ‘dramatic’ temp swings, strong winds
While strong, damaging wind threatens this weekend, next week could be over 30C in places.
Microbiologist reveals the foods she'll never eat and why
Buffets, bagged salads and oysters all pose a high risk of food poisoning.
Mammals’ time on Earth is half over, scientists predict
New York Times: Model suggests that in 250m years mammals will be pushed to extinction.
As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need much better models to predict its future
Some scientists have suggested this year could mark a regime shift for Antarctica.
What comes after the Big One? Study into central NZ's major earthquake risk
Scientists suspect decades of big quakes in centre of NZ could follow next major rupture.
‘It’s looking bad’: The four big trends to watch this El Niño summer
One of the strongest El Niños in 80 years has experts looking ahead to an extreme summer.