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Anti-jetlag drinks take off
The product developed with the company Flyhidrate consists of three different coloured drinks, designed to be consumed at different stages of a long-haul flight.

Website to get tails wagging
Animal-loving science students design network to bring pets and their owners together.

Influenza shock for hospitals
Intensive checking for influenza at two hospitals has shown that the number of infected patients is around one-third greater than was previously thought.

Maths - yes, it can really cause you pain
Being confronted with maths can cause some people physical pain, researchers have found.

Ross Sea deal: Critics want more
A compromise between the United States and New Zealand could create the world's largest marine protected area in the Ross Sea.

Bright future for robots
NZ scientists say view of androids as closer to humans than objects will help as they become part of daily life.

Test improves IVF chances
New Zealand researchers hope to greatly improve the efficiency of making babies in the laboratory by developing an accurate egg test.

Boffins work on invisibility cloak
A "cloaking device" that makes things invisible, the effect of a depleting ozone layer on the prevailing wind and just how birds tell the time before migrating.

Scientist fired over GE flowering
A senior government scientist was fired for allegedly allowing genetically modified ryegrass plants to flower and potentially release pollen without proper protection.

From cows' milk to breast
New Zealand scientists are hoping to produce a baby formula good enough to match the nutritional quality of breast milk.

Great Barrier Reef's coral cover shrinks
Coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef has been reduced to half of what it was in the 1980s, an alarming new study has found.