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![<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Scientist's racy novel turns up the heat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Scientist's racy novel turns up the heat
The worlds of climate change and steamy sex collide ... and a classic is born.
![Scientists read the minds of the living dead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Scientists read the minds of the living dead
Scientists have succeeded in reading the mind of a man thought to have been lacking all awareness after a traumatic head injury.
![You don't have to be bipolar to be a genius - but it helps](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
You don't have to be bipolar to be a genius - but it helps
Scientists have for the first time found powerful evidence that genius may be linked with madness.
![<I>Lancet</I> withdraws paper on MMR vaccine-autism link](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<I>Lancet</I> withdraws paper on MMR vaccine-autism link
Medical journal's editors retract paper 12 years after it was published, saying several of its elements are "incorrect".
![Moa 'flew from South America'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Moa 'flew from South America'
Ancestors of NZ's extinct flightless bird, the moa, probably flew here from South America and then lost the ability to fly home.
![Research leads to possible emissions breakthrough](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Research leads to possible emissions breakthrough
NZ researchers may have discovered a breathrough for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
![10 big questions on climate change answered](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
10 big questions on climate change answered
WeatherWatch analyst Philip Duncan puts readers' 10 most commonly asked climate change questions to Niwa's Dr James Renwick.
![Gas link possible in Nelson nerve-disease deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Gas link possible in Nelson nerve-disease deaths
Scientists are investigating a possible link between a rare degenerative nerve disease and a toxic gas blamed for four Nelson port workers 'deaths.
![Young texters gr8 spellers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Young texters gr8 spellers
Traditionalists may not like it, but it appears that children who text regularly may be better spellers and readers.
![<i>Philip Duncan:</i> Climate change facts melting away](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Philip Duncan:</i> Climate change facts melting away
Kiwis are under-informed when it comes to climate change, says weather blogger Philip Duncan.
![Half of Kiwis doubt global warming: poll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Half of Kiwis doubt global warming: poll
Respondents say concept is 'a giant con' or not conclusively proved by scientists.
![Scientists stunned by fire-dancing chimps](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Scientists stunned by fire-dancing chimps
Chimpanzees have been seen performing a "fire dance" in behaviour that could indicate an ability to understand and even control fire.
![Mobile phones may improve memory - study](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mobile phones may improve memory - study
Mobile phones may improve memory and protect against Alzheimer's disease, scientists have discovered.
![Conjoined twins out into a new world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Conjoined twins out into a new world
The Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne yesterday farewelled their two star patients, Trishna and Krishna, as they left five weeks after being surgically separated.