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Death from above: Kiwi drones helping save island
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Letters: Treaty 'principle' missing
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Solving NZ's freshwater headache: 'We have waited far too long'
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NZ heatwave: Five big questions answered
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'Unforeseen effects': Kiwi scientists call for controls in wake of Chinese human gene-editing experiment
NZ scientists have condemned a controversial Chinese gene-editing experiment.
Scientists probing Taranaki's hidden quake risk
Scientists will try to model the hidden earthquake risk below Taranaki.
Study: Is water causing cancer?
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A Dunedin neuroscientist has discovered a new way to help people recover from stroke.
Auckland's carbon sink may be bigger than first thought
More CO2 might be getting sucked out of Auckland's atmosphere than first thought.
DOC considers crackdown on sale of moa bones, eggshells, online
Online sales of moa bones and eggshells could become as extinct as the bird itself.
Scientists clone monkeys condemned to be mentally ill
Chinese geneticists have been criticised after cloning five monkeys to be mentally ill.
Little spotted kiwi v ancient tuatara fight footage surprises
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Meet the incredible creature scientists can't kill
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Why scientists want you to sleep on it
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Learning local: Papakura kids design their own playground
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Mutant monkey experiment slammed
China's latest monkey cloning experiment sparks outrage and is labelled "monstrous".
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