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Paracetamol risk for mums-to-be
Taking paracetamol while pregnant increases the risk of behavioural problems in school-age children, according to new NZ research.
Taking paracetamol while pregnant increases the risk of behavioural problems in school-age children, according to new NZ research.
New Zealand university students are about to battle international competition to decide who has built and programmed the best robot.
Scientists yesterday discovered the eyes were 35cm wide, at least 8cm bigger than the last one.
New Zealand scientists hope to discover what makes 350kg deep sea beast tick. Watch a live stream of the examination.
Scientists will soon examine an intact colossal squid for the first time in six years.
Scientists from New Zealand and around the world are ready to descend on the West Coast in a $3 million project to investigate the Alpine Fault with a deep drilling probe.
The University of Canterbury says it will build the world’s first human colour x-ray scanner with the help from a $12m government grant.
An asteroid nicknamed after a maligned dog and with the potential to cause catastrophic damage will pass within 40,000km of Earth this morning.
A newly discovered asteroid the size of a whale will fly by New Zealand tomorrow morning.
The world is a step closer to a low-emission sheep, thanks to leading work by Kiwi and US researchers.
The world as we know it is changing fast and the speed of that change is going to keep accelerating.
The UK Government's chief scientific adviser says he is impressed at the way science is being used to boost New Zealand.
A large meteor has been seen flying through the sky across New Zealand tonight.
A spate of small earthquakes around White Island today is not unusual and is nothing to worry about, seismologist John Ristau says.
Human skeletal remains found at an historical site at Gulf Harbour, Whangaparoa are estimated to be more than 100 years old.
A life-saving hand-held device developed at the University of Otago to quickly detect viruses and bacteria is set to go global - and millions could be sold.
A cure for diabetes is a step closer after scientists found what they believe is the root cause of the disease.
Dr Ian Singleton, the British conservationist, world-renowned orang-utan expert and director of the Sumatran Orang-utan Conservation Programme was hanging out at the Auckland Zoo this week.
Aussie cities are breeding bigger spiders - spiders that are watching you right now and probably planning to jump onto the back of your neck.
Researchers established that tiny life forms were thriving in a lake beneath 800 metres of pack ice, despite not seening sunlight or fresh air for around a million years.
Every year around 30 per cent of crops worldwide are destroyed by pests and diseases, but scientists from three New Zealand universities have teamed up to develop a product that will enable farmers to detect diseases much earlier.
A strong stance on climate change by New Zealand could inspire and embarrass other nations into following our lead, says a world-renowned climatologist.
Plans to build the world's largest solar power plant have been scrapped after the Australian govt's commitment to clean energy questioned.
If Salvadore Dali were God, he would surely have designed an animal that looked like Hallucigenia.
Rebecca Griffin's severe acid reflux used to give her hours of agony - to the point where she would consider making herself vomit to bring relief.
A pill that appears to cure alopecia has fully restored the hair of three patients in a breakthrough hailed by scientists as "dramatic" and "exciting".