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NZ's largest land quake-maker: Researchers study thousands of years of Alpine Fault shakes
Scientists find clever new way to reconstruct massive, ancient Alpine Fault earthquakes.
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A fast-rising proportion of Covid-19 sequences are a subvariant thought to be homegrown.
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New Alzheimer’s drug can slow disease by a third
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New 3D maps reveal hundreds of old landslides, faults near Auckland
Maps reveal 800 historical landslides near Pukekohe, along with faults, volcanic features.
Autism breakthrough hoped for through 'bug transfers'
Researchers explore a new way to ease stomach problems suffered by many autistic people.
Cooler, drier winter on the way, say forecasters
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Son's grief prompted ground-breaking stroke research
For Valery Feigin, four decades of pioneering stroke research was triggered by a tragedy.
China’s Mars rover finds signs of recent water in sand dunes
The rover spotted cracks and crusts in the salt-rich Martian dunes.
Award boosts cancer researcher's work to improve Māori health outcomes
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Ministry shelves plans for long-delayed Covid-19 prevalence surveys
Health Ministry shelves plans for Covid-19 surveys, after more than a year of delays.
Weather: Atmospheric river may bring heavy rain, ‘juicy’ humidity to northern NZ
Subtropical moisture-packed 'atmospheric river' set to soak the Upper North from weekend.
Explained: The science behind today’s big quakes
Today's big Hawke’s Bay jolts struck in an area well-known for seismic activity.
Who really discovered the DNA double-helix structure?
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Breakthrough Kiwi cancer tech enters major deal with drug giant
Breakthrough NZ cancer therapy moves closer to market after deal with pharma giant.
Will this NZ tech help make climate-friendly green hydrogen a global reality?
A just-launched Kiwi spin-out is taking its clever green hydrogen tech to the world.
NZ's seas are still running warm - why?
With winter closing in fast, New Zealand’s seas are still running abnormally warm.
Kermadecs quake: Today’s 7.3 event struck in ‘hot-spot’ for activity
A jolt that sparked an emergency tsunami risk assessment hit in a known area for quakes.
One-in-a-million monster tsunami hit NZ in past
The largest underwater landslide ever documented here may have produced a 70m tsunami.
NZ study: Can these factors help predict tomorrow’s meth users?
Can we predict – or even prevent – those likely to become tomorrow’s meth users?
Zealandia: The 100-million-year story of the lost continent beneath NZ
Scientists reconstruct the 100-million-year story of the sunken continent beneath NZ.
'Nasty bug': Flu season begins early ahead of another bumper year, warning for daycares
Virologist says flu is already on the rise in NZ, as long-absent strains return.
Local Focus: Eight million tonnes of sediment still coats Esk Valley
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California researchers attempt ocean climate solution
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‘Disastrous’ melting of Greenland, Antarctic ice sheets in hyperdrive
Greenland and Antarctic ice melting three times faster than 30 years ago.
Your hair is going grey. This glitch may explain why
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