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No more scars: Fishy gel to boost healing after nasal surgery
A new gel developed by researchers in Australia and New Zealand will aid healing and eliminate scarring for millions of people undergoing nasal surgery around the world.
Is this a Conversation worth having?
There's a new player in science communication that has emerged across the Tasman.
<i>Peter Bromhead</i>: An elite club for self-confessed experts
It's been an exhausting week for members of the Charlatan Society.
Anna Sandiford: The CSI effect
Crime shows such as CSI: Miami have brought forensic science to the masses.
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
New Zealand researchers have shed new light on the phenomenon which causes black holes to explode.
Remembering to remember
With so many ways of storing data, are we forgetting how to remember? Not according to US writer Joshua Foer, who reveals new and remarkable strategies for memorising. By Robin McKie.
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)
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
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
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
Canterbury Scientific Limited opened the doors to its new $1.2 million laboratory complex in Addington a few days before February's devastating earthquake.
Thirty-five jobs may go at Niwa
Thirty-five jobs may be up for the chop but affected staff are being consulted before any decisions, Niwa says.
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Rebuild from disaster with the click of a mouse
Technology to "print" a complete house is just around the corner.
Key to mental fitness - work the brain
Scientist says that exercise is the key to mental fitness.
North pole is going west
The magnetic north pole is moving faster than at any time in human history.
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
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
I remember when the weather was innocent and free.