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Scientists gagged by funding fears, says professor
A prominent professor says New Zealand needs a commission for science as many scientists are being gagged.
A prominent professor says New Zealand needs a commission for science as many scientists are being gagged.
The Aids Foundation is pushing for a pill to be approved here for use in HIV prevention after a similar move was made across the Tasman.
3D printers have been used to make guns, cars and bikinis - but Kiwi scientists have just taken the technology a step further.
A proposal that could see RNZ's award-winning science programme 'Our Changing World' axed has drawn worry and protest from the scientific community.
One of NZ's most prominent scientists, and the winner of the Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize, says too many scientists feel constrained in speaking publicly.
Crater Lake on top of active volcano Mount Ruapehu has been bubbling this afternoon as temperatures rise to the hottest on record.
Lessons of the Rena disaster will be passed on to the world with a new training programme on how to deal with wildlife hit by an oil spill.
Labs are renowned for having food-loving personalities and barrel-shaped bodies.
For the first time scientists have observed a slow-motion earthquake unfold deep beneath the sea.
COMMENT: I learned all our calculations for dealing with climate change could be swept aside by a non-linear event. This could be it.
Humans' use of natural glue dates back to 4000BC.
Star-gazers are enjoying their best view of Mars in a decade.
Intense training amid 35C heat and 80 per cent humidity may sound like hell to most of us, but to elite athletes it could mean all the difference in making it to the podium.
Half of Western European men are descended from one Bronze Age "king" who sired a dynasty of nobles which spread throughout Europe, a study has shown.
New Zealand can and must do more to fight climate change on the home front, say authors of a high-level report out today.
Feel like time is passing you by quicker than ever? Scientists may have discovered why.
ESR Forensics boss Dr Keith Bedford has had oversight of the forensic evidence in virtually every high-profile court case in New Zealand in recent decades.
Being almost too exhausted to write this very article about tiredness is painfully ironic, writes new dad Jamie Morton.
COMMENT: The internet contains a vast store of information which is much bigger than any individual brain can carry - and that's not always a good thing.
COMMENT: Our current system already proves an essential point: robots must be able to disobey in order to obey, writes Matthias Scheutz.
London's first timber skyscraper could be a step closer to reality after researchers presented Mayor of London Boris Johnson with conceptual plans.
The shedding of emotional tears is unique to humans, but our evolutionary, psychological and biological reasons for "crying it out" remain a mystery.
COMMENT: Any move to reduce the impact of poor quality science and base our decisions on genuine, peer-reviewed information is a positive one for NZ.
Forget everything you know about binge-watching TV. Alejandro "AJ" Fragoso has you beat.
New findings could explain why failures in the control of bed bug infestations are so common.
A team of Kiwi researchers have won funding to help tackle a mysterious protein that conspires against treatment for some forms of cancer.
COMMENT: We believe that random funding is a fair and transparent way to choose between equally qualified applicants, writes Kath McPherson.
An Internet investor has enlisted famed physicist Stephen Hawking to help him with a futuristic plan for seeking life in outer space. (April 12)
Popular geologist and palaeontologist Hamish Campbell has co-written two of the definitive books on how New Zealand was formed.