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Earth's most surreal creature
It has been described as the most surreal creature that lived - and after more than four decades scientists believe they have finally nailed Hallucigenia’s position in the history of life.
It has been described as the most surreal creature that lived - and after more than four decades scientists believe they have finally nailed Hallucigenia’s position in the history of life.
His daily diet included crane and egret, washed down with a bottle of wine. The reign of Richard III only lasted two years.
This month, 950 scientists from some 40 nations will be in NZ for meetings on Antarctic research. Here's how NZ scientists are playing a leading role on the frozen frontier.
'You only live once - so do what you love." While hardly rocket science, the advice was just as important as anything else one of our most accomplished chemists.
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a vast tomb that they believe is connected with the reign of the warrior-king Alexander the Great.
The ocean is home to some weird and wonderful creatures. Here are some of the strangest.
Straddling a superbike at speeds of more than 300km/h, the track is a giddy blur beneath your wheels.
A boy who was born without ears has had a pair created from his own ribs.
Scientists at the Te Papa museum are hoping a colossal squid now in their possession is a male - making an already rare find an extraordinary one.
New Zealand's booming geothermal industry will now be backed by a multimillion-dollar research facility described as one of the most advanced of its kind.
The bizarre lives of some of our garden-variety creatures have been revealed in a book by two leading Kiwi biologists.
Meet InMoov. This C-3PO-like humanoid robot won't be able to boogie down, beat you at chess, or even fetch a cup of tea, but it's special for another reason.
Kiwi-developed technology will assist a historic hook-up when a spacecraft makes its long-awaited date with a comet next week.
A third of the permanent snow and ice on the Southern Alps has vanished in less than four decades, according to an analysis of aerial surveys.
NZ is joining the space race, with Rocket Lab building a world-first launch vehicle in Auckland to make it cheaper to send satellites in to orbit.
Helping close achievement gaps in our classrooms will be a priority for a leading academic appointed to a major new science education role.
Australia's decision to repeal its levy limiting fossil-fuel pollution makes it the first nation to turn back from a market approach to fighting global warming.
The storms that lashed Northland last week are a taste of the weather Kiwis can expect more often, says the co-author of an international study of climate change.
Rare fishlife, a juvenile great white shark and what could be a new species of seahorse have been found in a newly surveyed underwater area off Northland's east coast.
Hours stuck on our car-clogged city motorways could be just a memory by 2030, says a visiting Stanford University energy expert.
Not all chimpanzees are created equal. Not only are some more intelligent than others, but about half of this variation is genetically inherited.
Puritans, Goths, avant-garde artists, hell-raising poets and fashion icon Coco Chanel all saw something special in it.
As a young child growing up in the UK, Hong Kong and the US, Dr Michelle "Nanogirl" Dickinson was fascinated by science and superheroes.
Stunt scientist Tom Pringle last night claimed a Guinness World Record by using a potato bazooka to fire nine potatoes through a tennis racket in three minutes.
Maddie Hannah, 8, earned the title of "super-taster" after triumphing at a jellybean science experiment, hosted at the NZ International Science Festival in Dunedin.
A blood test to predict if someone will develop Alzheimer's within a year has been created, in a breakthrough that raises hopes that the disease could become preventable.