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.
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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.
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See you later, suckers
Our closest relatives in the animal world, chimpanzees and orangutans, have long been known to use tools. But octopuses?
NZ gas-cut plan rated better than climate leader's
A report by three top climate think-tanks says efforts planned by NZ to cut greenhouse gases stack up better than the EU's.
Key upbeat on Copenhagen talks
Prime Minister John Key heads to climate talks in Copenhagen tomorrow confident progress can be made.
Taking a hard line on climate change
The two official UN drafts are a step in the right direction or a hopelessly ineffective cop-out depending on who you listen to.
R&D 'not enough to make innovation pay'
New Zealand underperforms when it comes to innovation but spending more on R&D is not necessarily the solution.
NZ data to feature in fightback over emails
Evidence of rising temperatures in NZ is being used by Britain in an effort to lessen the fall-out from leaked scientific emails.