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Commission: Councils need Govt help on climate change
Productivity Commission backs councils' calls for Govt help to meet $14b climate threat.
NZ pulls out of world's biggest radio telescope project
Academic says project would have brought huge benefits to NZ's science community.
Mystery space object's fleeting visit: What was it?
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Japan to import deadly viruses as scientists prepare for Rugby World Cup
SCMP: Experts want to study some of world's deadliest viruses in preparation for RWC.
Floating Antarctic ice goes from record high to record lows
The amount of ice circling Antarctica has plunged, and it's baffling scientists.
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Auckland's coastal environment has been found to be teeming with plastic particles.
Several NZ centres fail key drinking water standard
Some of NZ's main centres have failed to meet a key safety standard for drinking water.
Monster kauri log to shed light on mysterious ancient event
Monster kauri log unearthed near Kaikohe could prove immensely important to science.
Crocodiles went through a vegetarian phase, too
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Big changes for cruise ships in New Zealand
Many cruise liners coming to New Zealand will need to adhere to tougher standards.
Plastic not so fantastic: Bags banned from today - what you need to know
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Kiwis help prove 70-year-old theory, with big implications
Study's implications range from better transport to unravelling Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
Study finds urgent need to understand NZ's blue backyard
NZ is missing crucial opportunities to manage its vast marine estate, researchers warn.
Scientists discover huge freshwater aquifer below the Atlantic Ocean
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Nanogirl: Music instrumental in students' academic performance
COMMENT: Music skills can help children with development in other areas of their learning.
Star surgeon's next case: teaching us how not to get cancer
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Cure for baldness on the way after stem cell breakthrough
A potential cure for baldness was presented at a conference Los Angeles.
Plans for new-look Scott Base revealed
Scott Base's cluster of Chelsea cucumber green buildings to redeveloped into three.
Kiwis in urgent hunt for vaccine to save countless kids
Kiwi help narrow down search for a vaccine to save thousands of kids from pneumonia.
Unleashed, robo-insect takes flight
New York Times: Tiny wings and tinier solar cells power a new robotic "bee."
Why the cyborgs are coming — but they won't kill us
Times: Cyborgs will one day rule the world. But don't worry, they'll need us.
Nasa rover on Mars detects puff of gas that hints at possibility of life
New York Times: Mars, it appears, is belching a large amount of a gas.
Old spy images show Himalayan glaciers are melting fast
The Himalayas has only 72 per cent of the ice that was there in 1975.
Concerns raised about IVF 'add-on' procedure
Chances of having children may decrease with $2000 add-on, researchers indicate.
Could deer antlers hold the clues to cure cancer?
'Deer can completely regenerate an organ. No other mammal has that ability.'
Weather questions: How cold does it have to be to see your breath?
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Letters: Want more taxes, anyone?
More bureaucracy, heaps more rhetoric but much less real council control.
Poverty tied to high Maori, Pacific child obesity rates
Study finds poverty one reason for ethnic differences in weight issues.
Wilding war: The pest that could swallow a quarter of NZ
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