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World first: Lab-grown brains as active as premature babies
"It's exciting as the brain is considered a black box. We have no idea how it's wired."
"It's exciting as the brain is considered a black box. We have no idea how it's wired."
The skull, probably a male's, belonged to a species called Australopithecus anamensis.
Who'd vote for candidates who can't read English or who try to sidestep regulations?
Our mild winter took a grim turn this month - potentially breaking a 30-month heat streak.
When a leech attaches itself to her, expert Anna Phillips 'gets pretty excited.'
The numbers show how grossly sub-par HRC is when compared with other councils around NZ.
The last time Ruapehu erupted was on September 25, 2007.
"The monster was the bait, the science was the hook," Neil Gemmell says of monster hunt.
Multi-storey timber buildings have already been erected in London and Australia.
Fingerprints, facial recognition information, photos, usernames and passwords found.
An extremely rare polar climate event may be about to seriously mess with NZ's weather.
Huge tracts of 'the lungs of the planet' are ablaze.
Scientists have warned against developing in coastal areas as data reveals climate threat.
Otago scientists are about to announce whether they've found the Loch Ness monster.
New York Times: Meet the scientist working to save these poorly understood animals.
If it seems you've been hearing a lot about GE lately, you're not mistaken. Here's why.
They were once testing sites for some of the most lethal weapons known to humankind.
Silk spider library could be a storehouse for designing space gear and even dresses.
"We'll have a few more cool spells than we are used to in early spring."
The fair will be open for the public tomorrow and Friday.
Scientists reveal another monster NZ bird - this time, an ancient 1.6m-high penguin.
A quick, hard hit of exercise helps your brain just as much as a long walk or bike ride.
President Donald Trump is reducing the amount of habitat set aside for wildlife.
Scientists say no indication last night's quake had an impact on big-risk Alpine Fault.
A Taranaki tornado, container-toppling winds in Auckland, and now – alien hailstones.
The carbon footprint of seemingly virtuous vegan food is not always clear.
The time has come for an overhaul of NZ's 'out of date' GE regulations, top panel finds.
How do you get up close to one of the world's angriest volcanoes? With a drone, of course.
Cost over-runs expected in massive effort to protect our birds from a nationwide plague.
COMMENT: Making cement for concrete is responsible for about 8 per cent of emissions.