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The Principles of Sport and Health Management in New Zealand

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Foundations for Health, Science and Sport was established in 2021 to provide…
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  • May 17, 2021
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Reviewer Role – ScienceLogic, The Network Management Company

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Established in 2021, ScienceLogic has been a US-based information and technology services…
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  • May 16, 2021
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Science Experiment Kits For Kids

Science Experiment Kits For Kids
Whether your children are still in preschool or are older, there is…
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  • May 14, 2021
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What to Look For in Science Tutors in Auckland

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Science tutors in New Zealand are often used to dealing with students…
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  • May 14, 2021
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Zoo’s New Frog Facility to Aid Conservation Effort

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In a bid to save one of New Zealand’s remnants of its…
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  • April 24, 2021
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New Zealand to Fight Scourge of Wilding Pines

Wilding Pines
Pulling out weeds is the bane of most gardeners’ lives but in…
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  • April 24, 2021
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New Zealand Weeds Invade Cyberspace

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The history of science and the discoveries made by some of the…
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  • April 24, 2021
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History of Science Focus For New Video Contest

History of Science Focus For New Video Contest
The history of science and the discoveries made by some of the…
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  • April 24, 2021
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Aussie Chests Protected by New Zealand Wool Vests?

New Zealand Wool Vests
New Zealand’s innovative wool research company, Canesis Network Ltd, has found yet…
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  • April 24, 2021
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Kiwi Schools Sought for Undersea Adventure

Undersea Adventure
New Zealand schools can sign up for a virtual field trip to…
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  • April 24, 2021
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New Zealand Explorers Map New Undersea Volcano

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A volcano the size of Wellington Harbour is one of the finds…
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  • April 24, 2021
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Tubeworms Exciting Find For Sub Off New Zealand

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Tubeworms, which exist without a mouth, gut, or anus, are just one…
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  • April 24, 2021
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Tracking Device Keeps Tabs on Kiwi Multisport

Kiwi Multisport
For 243 gruelling kilometres each year, more than a thousand keen sportspeople…
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  • April 24, 2021
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Double-digit Temperature Jump Unlikely but Rise Inevitable

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A projected double-digit rise in the global temperature is unlikely, New Zealand…
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  • April 24, 2021
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‘Extinct’ Wallabies Can Still Call Australia Home

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Mainland Australia is again home to Tammar wallabies, wallabies that their former…
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  • April 24, 2021
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Public Asked to Keep Tabs on Migrating Whales

Public Asked to Keep Tabs on Migrating Whales
Southern Right whales appear to spend life enjoying an endless summer, spending…
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  • April 20, 2021
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Stonehenge Opening Launches Year of Physics

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If you’ve always wondered what E=mc² actually means, what sort of bloke…
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  • April 20, 2021
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New Restrictions on Seal Watching in New Zealand

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Getting up close and personal with New Zealand seals is a popular…
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  • April 20, 2021
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Santa Claus Helps Kids Be Good

Santa Claus Helps Kids Be Good
It’s the time of year when children and those young at heart…
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  • April 20, 2021
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Saddlebacks Celebrate Anew Kiwi Christmas

Saddlebacks Celebrate Anew Kiwi Christmas
For the first Christmas in more than a century, a native New…
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  • April 20, 2021
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World’s Rarest Duck Settles Into Island Home

World's Rarest Duck Settles Into Island Home
It’s been a 200-hundred year exile, but, finally, the world’s rarest duck,…
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  • April 20, 2021
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New Island Home for Rare Frogs

New Island Home for Rare Frogs
In a bid to keep alive an ancient species of frogs, forty…
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  • April 20, 2021
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Pink Dinosaur Boosts Volcano Viewers

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A pink dinosaur has made a volcanic island off the east coast…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Hole in Ozone over Antarctica Shrinks

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The hole in the earth’s ozone, the protective layer which filters out…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Slice of New Zealand Supports Olympic Flame

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When the Olympic flame finally wends its way into the Olympic stadium…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Kiwi Researchers Developing Novel Orchids

Kiwi Researchers Developing Novel Orchids
New Zealand scientists are developing ways to change the colour and patterns…
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  • April 5, 2021
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New Find of Threatened New Zealand Frogs

New Find of Threatened New Zealand Frogs
Eleven hitherto unknown-about New Zealand frogs have been found surviving in a…
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  • April 5, 2021
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New Device Measures Fuel Consumption of Diesel Boats

New Device Measures Fuel Consumption of Diesel Boats
Running out of diesel miles away from a destination is no longer…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Paradise to be Restored on Motuihe Island

Paradise to be Restored on Motuihe Island
It’s only 15 kilometers from Auckland, but once you are on Motuihe…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Mini-Fridge Solves Diabetics’ Travel Woes

Mini-Fridge Solves Diabetics' Travel Woes
Like many good inventions, Olaf Diegel’s was born of necessity: a diabetic,…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Memory Influences Judgement of Food Quality

Memory Influences Judgement of Food Quality
In what is believed to be a first, New Zealand scientists have…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Report Suggests Marine Reserves Enhance Environment

Report Suggests Marine Reserves Enhance Environment
The verdict is in: marine reserves really do work. New Zealand’s conservation…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Making Ocean Life Count

Making Ocean Life Count
The sea holds more than 15,000 fish, more than 6,800 species of…
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  • April 5, 2021
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Local Tsunami Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn

Local Tsunami Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn
A tsunami with the same devastating force as the Indian Ocean tsunami…
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  • March 29, 2021
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Rat Removal Helps ‘Primeval’ New Zealand Island

Rat Removal Helps 'Primeval' New Zealand Island
For threatened species in New Zealand, one of the country’s offshore islands…
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  • March 29, 2021
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Food Shortages Threaten Antarctic Wildlife

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Tiny shrimp-like crustaceans that are at the heart of the Southern Ocean…
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  • March 29, 2021
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South Island Kokako to Be Deemed Officially Extinct

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New Zealand’s ‘grey ghost’, the South Island kokako, is soon to become…
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  • March 29, 2021
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Kiwi Ingenuity Helps Iceland Grow Prawns

The name Iceland suggests a land of vast stretches of frozen terrain,…
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  • March 29, 2021
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Goldmine in Golden Roe of New Zealand’s Kina?

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Inside New Zealand’s kina, the country’s indigenous sea urchin, is a delicacy…
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  • March 29, 2021
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Humans Designed By Jogging

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The disparity for modern jogging could be started by New Zealand’s athletic…
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  • March 20, 2021
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Jabs Help Endangered New Zealand Birds

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Immunizing New Zealand’s 83 remaining kakapo from a deadly bug that killed…
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  • March 20, 2021
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Ice-free Expanse in Antarctica Gains Protection

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A spectacular expanse of ice-free land in Antarctica now has increased environmental…
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  • March 20, 2021
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Ice Squashes Penguin Breeding Hopes

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For baby Adélie penguins on Ross Island in Antarctica, this summer looks…
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  • March 20, 2021
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Hi-tech Badges to Monitor Kids’ UV Exposure

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This summer, with the help of some nifty badges, scientists will be…
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  • March 20, 2021
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New Zealand Helps Seed Oceans with High-Tech Floats

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For the next three months New Zealand is helping seed the Pacific…
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  • March 20, 2021
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Hand-Reared Tuatara to Make Own Way on Island

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This spring, hundreds of young tuatara are making a new home on…
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  • March 20, 2021
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Government’s Investment in Science to Fuel Kiwi Innovation

The New Zealand government will invest NZ$212 million of new funding in…
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  • March 13, 2021
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Freeze-dried Rat May Be Used To Trap Stoats

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Freeze-dried rat and chemical rat smell are two potential new weapons in…
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  • March 13, 2021
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British Fertility Expert Argues for Cheaper IVF

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British fertility expert, Robert Lord Winston, believes that fertility treatment should be…
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  • March 13, 2021
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Exotic Parasite Found on New Zealand Ostrich Farms

For the first time in New Zealand, an exotic parasite has been…
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  • March 13, 2021
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Researchers Seek DNA ‘Barcodes’ for Kiwi Flora, Fauna

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New Zealand scientists are participating in an ambitious international research project that…
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  • March 13, 2021
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Computer Model Helps to Save Breathless Lives

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A computer simulation, designed by an AUT doctoral student, is helping to…
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  • March 10, 2021
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Cool Head Helps Prevent Brain Damage in Newborns

An international clinical trial has shown that a head-cooling device developed by…
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  • March 10, 2021
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New Zealand Schools Aid NASA with Cloud Research

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If students at New Zealand schools boast of helping out US space…
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  • March 10, 2021
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Kiwi Scientist Adds Voice to Climate Alarm

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A New Zealand scientist, honored in November by his peers a lifetime…
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  • March 9, 2021
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Unwanted Pines Turned Into Christmas Trees

Decorating the Christmas tree is one of the fun parts of the…
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  • March 9, 2021
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Too Much Childhood TV Linked to Unhealthy Adulthood

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Watching too much television as a child has long-lasting effects on adult…
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  • March 4, 2021
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New Zealand Students Develop Cellphone Detector

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A cellphone detector developed by a team of six New Zealand schoolboys…
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  • March 4, 2021
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Border Terrier Raring to Sniff Out Geckos, Skinks

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Two border terriers, being trained by New Zealand’s conservation agency, the Department…
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  • March 4, 2021
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Blue Moon in Downunder Night Skies

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In August, the full moon will rise twice a single calendar month…
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  • March 4, 2021
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Blue Paua Pearls Newest Entrant to Gemstone Pantheon

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New Zealand’s iridescent abalone, known as paua, have long beenprized for their…
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  • March 4, 2021
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Biophotonics to Enable Super-Fast Measurement of Humidity

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An Auckland University professor, his students and a research scientist for Fisher…
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  • March 3, 2021
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New Guide for New Zealand’s Antarctic Science

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For the next five years, three core areas of science will be…
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  • March 3, 2021
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Lighter, Stronger Alloys on the Way for Automotive Use

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Harley-Davidson of the future will be lighter and stronger thanks to recent…
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  • March 2, 2021
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Paradise to be Restored on Motuihe Island

It’s only 15 kilometres from Auckland, but once you are on Motuihe…
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  • March 1, 2021
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Overweight Girls, Young Women At Risk of Asthma

To add to another of the long list of woes that being…
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  • March 1, 2021
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Bugs in Soil Can Reveal Crime Secrets

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A revolutionary new technique could soon be helping forensic scientists to resolve…
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  • March 1, 2021
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Measuring Grass Growth From Space

Satellites could be a new weapon to help New Zealand farmers to…
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  • March 1, 2021
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Can’t Get That Song Out of Your Head?

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It’s truly annoying when an irritating song gets stuck in your head…
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  • March 1, 2021
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Why Sex is Good

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It is time-consuming, behaviourally and developmentally exhausting, and the genetic jumbling involved…
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  • March 1, 2021
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Giving Kiwi Green Thumbs Extra Boost from Science

What do you do when your apple trees host codling moth, your…
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  • February 28, 2021
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First Returning Albatross Flits Briefly Home

If nature is to be believed then spring is near, because one…
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  • February 22, 2021
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Photo Competition to Mark Ag Science Centenary

Photo Competition to Mark Ag Science Centenary To mark a century of…
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  • February 22, 2021
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Massey University Apartment – Provides You With A New Home

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