Peter Beck and Mark Rocket aim to make history by launching the first privately constructed rocket from the southern hemisphere. Photo / Doug Sherring
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
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A graveyard of ancient crocodiles has revealed that the world was once home to a veritable menagerie of crocs… More
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With a pending World Health Organisation report on the effects of mobile phone usage on the brain, the evidence… More
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Catherine Masters meets the latest recipient of the Rutherford Medal. Gattaca was on the television the other… More
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The country's top science award, the Rutherford Medal, was presented to Professor Peter Hunter last night for… More
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