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![The trouble with good-looking people](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The trouble with good-looking people
Study finds people blessed with more symmetrical facial features are more likely to selfishly focus on their own interests.
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Taking science beyond the lab
Business is booming at New Zealand's only commercial wildlife forensics and DNA diagnostics lab, EcoGene.
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Gene discovery to identify women with cancer risk
Study finds fault in a gene that normally helps the body repair its DNA increases a woman's risk of ovarian cancer six-fold.
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Chris de Freitas and Keith Hunter: The great climate debate
Chris de Freitas and Keith Hunter says the global temperature has not risen over the past 13 years.
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All pain, no gain for hip patients
An artificial joint touted as the best on the market has turned into an international medical disaster. The Weekend Herald investigates why no one here saw it coming.
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Red zone re-opens after 5.1 aftershock
Buildings in Christchurch's red zone will be inspected this morning after a large 5.1 aftershock rattled the city.
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Study's aim: test to find men's cancer really early
A prostate test which could detect a single cancer cell passed in urine has been given a $800,000 funding boost.