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Couple wanting a daughter abort twin boys
A couple so desperate for a baby girl that they terminated twin boys are fighting to choose the gender of their next child.

Please don't cry - it upsets a man's sex drive
Smelling a woman's tears can quell a man's sexual desire, a study has found.

<i>Jesse Dykstra:</i> Climate change, natural disasters and human vulnerability
Is climate change the greatest modern threat?

Growing anxiety over ban on herbal remedies
Hundreds of herbal medicinal products will be banned from sale in Britain next year.

NZ company contributes to strawberry research
Scientists from 38 organisations in ten countries collaborated to publish the complete DNA sequence of the woodland strawberry.

Files shine light on UFO sightings
NZ's most famous UFO sighting was a moving cluster of bright lights five times the size of a large fishing vessel that dazzled and spooked the occupants of a small plane, files released today reveal.

Thousands watch lunar eclipse from NZ (+photos)
Thousands of people turned their eyes to the sky for the first lunar eclipse visible from NZ in three years.

Front may obscure lunar eclipse
A front rolling across the country is set to obscure the first lunar eclipse in NZ skies in almost three years.

The carbon detectives
Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions is challenging enough. But what if we can't even measure the pollution we're trying to reduce?

Embalmed head of French king found - scientists
The embalmed head of one of the most infamous kings of France has been identified by scientists 400 years after his assassination.

Scientists find there is such a thing as beauty sleep
Researchers claim to have found the first proof that getting a regular eight hours' sleep a night can make you appear more attractive.

HIV breakthrough reported
Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure.