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![Anna Sandiford: The CSI effect](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Anna Sandiford: The CSI effect
Crime shows such as CSI: Miami have brought forensic science to the masses.
![Jim Hopkins: Give those old beliefs a bit of a shakeup](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Jim Hopkins: Give those old beliefs a bit of a shakeup
The moon's got nothing to do with it. Unless it does. Which it may. Perhaps. We just don't know. It's a bit like having lucky numbers for Lotto.
![Find will rekindle interest in Aboriginal leader](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Find will rekindle interest in Aboriginal leader
The grave of a famous Aboriginal leader has been discovered in a suburban front garden.
![New Zealand missing the boat on clinical trials](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New Zealand missing the boat on clinical trials
New Zealand is good at doing small, complex clinical trials. We are reasonably priced, we have robust ethics oversight and good researchers.
![NZ research sheds light on black hole explosions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
NZ research sheds light on black hole explosions
New Zealand researchers have shed new light on the phenomenon which causes black holes to explode.
![The blurred reality of humanity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The blurred reality of humanity
If you can be sure of one thing, then surely it is that you exist. Even if the world were a dream or a hallucination, it would still need you to be dreaming or hallucinating it.
![Sky watchers get a 'supermoon' treat (+ photos)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Sky watchers get a 'supermoon' treat (+ photos)
A "supermoon", which looked larger and brighter due to its proximity to the Earth, has been all around the world.
![Why newly evolved genes may be as vital as ancient ones](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Why newly evolved genes may be as vital as ancient ones
Research debunks the theory that "newer" genes are less essential to our survival than more established ones.
![PM's chief scientist hits out at quake forecasters](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
PM's chief scientist hits out at quake forecasters
The Prime Minister's chief science adviser today hit out at earthquake forecasters such as Ken Ring, saying no one can predict when a quake will strike.
![Rebuilding Christchurch business: Canterbury Scientific](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Rebuilding Christchurch business: Canterbury Scientific
Canterbury Scientific Limited opened the doors to its new $1.2 million laboratory complex in Addington a few days before February's devastating earthquake.
![Key to mental fitness - work the brain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Key to mental fitness - work the brain
Scientist says that exercise is the key to mental fitness.
![North pole is going west](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
North pole is going west
The magnetic north pole is moving faster than at any time in human history.
![Wellington quakes 'just a coincidence'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wellington quakes 'just a coincidence'
Three earthquakes have struck Wellington this week - one measuring 4.7 - but a seismologist says they are not linked the Christchurch quakes.
![Christchurch earthquake: Map faults before rebuild: geologist](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Christchurch earthquake: Map faults before rebuild: geologist
The earthquake and last week's deadly tremor were on faultlines that did not exist on GNS Science's database.
![<i>Inside Money:</i> The weather is the news: pay attention](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Inside Money:</i> The weather is the news: pay attention
I remember when the weather was innocent and free.
![Campbell's TV3 interview with 'Moon Man' a 'train wreck'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Campbell's TV3 interview with 'Moon Man' a 'train wreck'
Giving "Moon Man" and self-proclaimed earthquake predictor Ken Ring airtime in the media has turned out to be a very bad idea last night, writes Peter Griffin.
![Christchurch Earthquake: Core policies not safe from change](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Christchurch Earthquake: Core policies not safe from change
The Govt is not ruling out changes to Working for Families or student loans as it considers how to foot the bill for Christchurch's recovery.
![Two minutes' silence for victims of the Christchurch earthquake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Two minutes' silence for victims of the Christchurch earthquake
New Zealanders have paid tribute to the victims of the Christchurch earthquake with two minutes' silence marking the moment the disaster struck last week.
![Time capsule unearthed in Christchurch quake](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Time capsule unearthed in Christchurch quake
Last week's 6.3 magnitude earthquake unearthed a time capsule under the toppled statue of one of Canterbury's founding fathers, Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said today.
![Christchurch earthquake toll likely to be about 240 - police](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Christchurch earthquake toll likely to be about 240 - police
The death toll from the Christchurch earthquake is likely to be about 240, police say.