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Simple test shown to slash bowel cancer death rate

Corn smut - great tasting and good for you too

A corn infection that US farmers have spent millions trying to eradicate, is in fact packed with unique proteins, minerals and other nutritional goodies, tests have found.

Chile to host biggest telescope

Biotech row heads to top US court

Chimps grieve like humans

Diabetes patient speaks out on pig-cell trial

Results from the pig-cell trial so far indicate improved control of blood-sugar levels and reduced need for insulin injections.

Dogs do understand you, study says

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Why first man on Mars will probably be Chinese

The US will be a hitch-hiker on other nations' space programmes, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Expert Aussie keeps 1200kg shark on ice

Shark expert Vic Hislop denies he paid thousands for a monstrous hammerhead which is now in a freezer while he decides what to do with it.

Climate scientists 'naive'

Human genes to be injected into goats, cows, and sheep

Scientists have been given permission to put human genes into goats, sheep and cows for the next 20 years.

Groundbreaking NZ device measures vitamin D

On your YikeBike, pal

A Kiwi inventor has won the award for best brainwave at an international gadget fair in the United Kingdom.

African fossils hailed as the 'Rosetta Stone of humanity'

Bones of fallen put bitterness to rest

As negotiators are stalled in a deal to unite Cyprus, forensic experts are helping to bury the ghosts of a bloody conflict.

How sex, food and war drive technology

Writer Peter Nowak starts his survey of technology by linking war, porn and fast food - the idea surfaced after he saw the lurid sex tape of Paris Hilton.