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Royal Society Publishing Photography Awards 2024

Stunning images from the awards that celebrate the beauty of science

Science funding drought prompts concern for kids from teacher who quit her job

A teacher was so shocked at science shortfall, she quit her job and started a movement.

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A meteor shower considered to be one of the best will peak this weekend.

Sharks hunting prey wins top photo award

The Royal Society Publishing Photographic Awards celebrates the beauty of science

Public servants offered support to retire or move to Australia amid job cuts

An internal document describes retirement as 'your next work-life balance adventure'.

Scientific breakthrough gives new hope to building quantum computers

Financial Times: Experts compare achievement to first human-made nuclear chain reaction.

Funding research for economic return sounds good – but that’s not how science works

OPINION: The Marsden Fund was set up to support pure research.

Dr Michelle Dickinson sends heartfelt goodbye to Nanogirl Labs after liquidation

'Your belief in us made this extraordinary journey possible,' Dickinson says.

Dr Michelle Dickinson’s Nanogirl Labs in liquidation

Prize-winning science communicator's company is in liquidation as funding cuts cited.

Can sitting too close to a screen damage your eyesight?

The danger now comes from smartphones, tablets and computers.

Watch: Secret radioactive waste facility built; neighbours 'horrified' they weren't told

The Health Ministry argues the facility was built in secret due to 'national security'.

'Taste, texture, price': Why Kiwis have stopped buying fake meat

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Omicron variant XEC ‘rising steadily’ in NZ as scientists watch for early signs of Christmas wave

Recently arrived XEC now accounts for about a quarter of Covid-19 cases around NZ.

Heatwave behind NZ’s hottest summer could become ‘almost annual’ by 2040s

Regional NZ heatwaves once considered one-in-300-year events now concerningly more common.

Troubling new analysis: Why NZ needs tougher laws for serial speedsters

Study investigating speeding in NZ reveals a worrying link between tickets and crashes.