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![What's the unhappiest decade of your life?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
What's the unhappiest decade of your life?
Recent research into happiness reveals some intriguing patterns.
![Kiwis on to hot source of energy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwis on to hot source of energy
Scientists have turned to an intriguing place to source cheaper, more efficient energy - blazing-hot magma kilometres below the ground.
![Watch: Man v angry wasps](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Watch: Man v angry wasps
A researcher filmed himself burrowing into a wasp nest sparking a massive swarm of fury.
!['Fat people should be fined' - experts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Fat people should be fined' - experts
A new study reveals the fear of losing money is all the incentive people need for weight loss.
![Pacific nations desperate for climate action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pacific nations desperate for climate action
A sense of 'alarm and panic' is being felt at the Pacific Climate Change Conference as rising sea levels threaten small nations.
![Delving deep into history](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Delving deep into history
Scientists have probed more than 100m beneath Orakei Basin in a bid to reveal the explosive history of ancient Auckland.
![Terminal cancer patients saved in new trial](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Terminal cancer patients saved in new trial
A revolutionary cancer treatment that remembers the disease and remains like a watchman to prevent it returning is being developed.
![Exposing the injuries beneath the waves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Exposing the injuries beneath the waves
Student and surfer Debbie Remnant says her project to understand surfing injuries is a "real passion".
![Science behind the quake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Science behind the quake
The latest big quake comes after more than 15,000 others, most of them too weak to be felt, in an aftershock sequence triggered by the 2010 Darfield earthquake.
![Antarctica: Life on the ice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Antarctica: Life on the ice
Antarctica is the coldest, most remote and naturally hostile place. What kind of maniac would choose to live there? Jamie Morton went there to find out.
![Richard Dawkins suffers stroke](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Richard Dawkins suffers stroke
Well-known atheist and biologist has been forced to cancel his upcoming New Zealand tour due to health problems.
![The NZ brain behind big breakthrough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The NZ brain behind big breakthrough
As news of the biggest scientific breakthrough in recent times broke today, a retired Bay of Plenty resident sat down and read the headlines with excitement.
![Professor Roy Kerr on the big scientific breakthrough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Professor Roy Kerr on the big scientific breakthrough
As news of the biggest scientific breakthrough in recent times broke early this morning, a retired Bay of Plenty resident sat down and read the headlines with excitement.
![Einstein was right! Here's the proof](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Einstein was right! Here's the proof
After decades of effort scientists have succeeded in detecting gravitational waves from the violent merging of two black holes in deep space.
![Watch: Gravitational waves explained](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Watch: Gravitational waves explained
Scientists announced Thursday that, after decades of effort, they have succeeded in detecting gravitational waves from the violent merging of two black holes in deep space.
![Is this proof Einstein was right?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Is this proof Einstein was right?
The hotly-anticipated confirmation of "ripples" wiggling through the fabric of space-time would be one of the most important discoveries of the past century: NZ physicist.
![Kevin Schawinski: Living in a zombie galaxy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kevin Schawinski: Living in a zombie galaxy
Like a zombie, the Milky Way galaxy may already be dead but it still keeps going.
![Fear of God: It's what makes us nicer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fear of God: It's what makes us nicer
Scientists have found a long-awaited explanation as to why humans have for centuries maintained orderly societies: the fear of an angry god.
![Babies who develop early: Geniuses in the making?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Babies who develop early: Geniuses in the making?
Does learning to walk and talk early signal academic excellence in adulthood?
![Science & Tech: Heart disease](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Science & Tech: Heart disease
Heart disease kills more people in New Zealand than in most other OECD countries, according to a recent international OECD health report.
!['Resting Bitch Face' is real](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Resting Bitch Face' is real
Queen Elizabeth has it. So does fashion designer Victoria Beckham. And actress Kristen Stewart - poor thing, she's practically the poster girl.
![Which face do you see? Image reveals eye strength](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Which face do you see? Image reveals eye strength
How good's your eyesight? This optical illusion could reveal if you need glasses.
![Beards may hold future antibiotics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Beards may hold future antibiotics
Microbiologist Adam Roberts went digging through men's beards in search of poop.
![Full moon means no umbrella](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Full moon means no umbrella
The moon can influence the rainfall on Earth, scientists have found.