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Peter Beck and Mark Rocket aim to make history by launching the first privately constructed rocket from the southern hemisphere. Photo / Doug Sherring

Peter Beck and Mark Rocket aim to make history by launching the first privately constructed rocket from the southern hemisphere. Photo / Doug Sherring

Star Wars-generation takes flight in the Southern Hemisphere Video 4:00AM Sunday November 22, 2009

If Wellingtonian Clare Keenan has her way, her grandmother's ashes will shoot into space later this month, enclosed in New Zealand's first sub-orbital rocket. Her dream, to honour her gran's memory with a rocket launch, will be made possible by a couple of Kiwi rocket geeks who, against all odds… More


Supercrocs walked with - and dined on - dinosaurs National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno, enveloped by the jaws of SuperCroc, holds the fossil head of DogCroc. Photo / AP 7:37AM Saturday November 21, 2009

A graveyard of ancient crocodiles has revealed that the world was once home to a veritable menagerie of crocs… More

On hold: the cellphone tumour rumour Over the 25 years since cellphones have gone from being uncommon to common, the incidence of brain tumours has scarcely changed. Photo / Getty Images 4:00AM Saturday November 21, 2009

With a pending World Health Organisation report on the effects of mobile phone usage on the brain, the evidence… More

From virtual heart to virtual human Professor Peter Hunter and his team are on the brink of a technological revolution. Photo / Richard Robinson 4:00AM Saturday November 21, 2009

Catherine Masters meets the latest recipient of the Rutherford Medal. Gattaca was on the television the other… More

Revolutionary medical work wins scientist $100,000 prize Peter Hunter. Photo / Richard Robinson 4:00AM Thursday November 19, 2009

The country's top science award, the Rutherford Medal, was presented to Professor Peter Hunter last night for… More



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