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Meet iPhone 16. Built for Apple Intelligence. Turbocharged with the new A18 chip. Featuring all-new Camera Control. New 48MP Fusion camera. Macro photography and more.
The cost of cracking cancer: What the $1.6t race for a cure leaves behind
Financial Times: Pancreatic cancer is a killer, with few new treatments on horizon.
Plants cry out when they need watering - but humans can’t hear them
Recordings show plants make ultrasonic popping noises likely heard by insects and mammals.
Tasmanian tiger could be recreated, sent into the wild
US biotech behind project to recreate woolly mammoth turns its attention to thylacine.
Prince Charles backs radical plan to put masks on cows
Methane-catching masks on trial for British cows to reduce their carbon 'hoofprint'.
How DNA Analysis works
Matching genetic material at crime scenes can help investigators identify suspects. Video / NZ Herald
Opinion | Bio-medical research is our lifeline out of the pandemic
OPINION: Senior biomedical scientists put the case for more investment in the field.
Aiming high: Air NZ in push for domestic green jet fuel industry
Airline putting the foot down on biofuel development in this country.
The Covid-19 Wuhan lab leak theory highlights a glaring lack
OPINION: What may or may not have happened in China is not the biggest problem.
Cloned US ferret Elizabeth Ann cute as a button but wild at heart
The ferret was cloned from the genes of an animal that died more than 30 years ago.
Kiwi tech tackles silent struggle affecting millions of women
An idea five years in the making is ready to go to market.
What you need to know about NZ's Covid vaccine announcement
NZ has its first Covid-19 vaccine purchase deal. Jamie Morton explains what that means.
Pulp Friction: Taxpayers caught as tech startup collapses owing millions
Investors sank more than $7m into RipeTime plus seed funding from NZVIF.
Covid-19: Coronavirus vaccine to cost $50-$60
Boston company's vaccines first to go into clinical trials.
Local Focus: Apple orchards' big leap
Apple productivity makes a giant leap. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Comment: Will protein technology actually restore balance to the global food system?
The way consumers understand food is evolving
National would overhaul law governing gene editing
National would overhaul the Act that has long regulated biotechnology like gene editing.
Gene-edited NZ pigs: organ donors of the future?
Scientists are looking at whether a NZ breed of pig may make an ideal future organ donor.
Cow of the future? How gene-editing could help dairy's climate problem
Scientists to use latest gene-editing technology to create NZ's first "climate-smart" cow.
Focus: Wellington man upgrades himself with two chip implants
Focus: Wellington man upgrades himself with two chip implants. Video / Marty Melville
Strongest call yet for overhaul of 'out-dated' GE laws
The time has come for an overhaul of NZ's 'out of date' GE regulations, top panel finds.
AgriSea growing on a diet of seaweed and science
AgriSea brews up a case for the commercial power of seaweed.
Meth testing at the roadside - how far off is it?
NZ scientists are working on a test which could quickly tell if a driver is on drugs.
Forget to take medication? High-tech pill will alert you
Forget to take your medication? A new digital pill will alert you - and your doctor.
The Kiwi unravelling the mysteries of complex life
Nearly everything around you can be put down to a process called endosymbiosis.
Companies planning to microchip staff
In Sweden thousands of workers are already chipped with bank card technology.
Kiwi-made bionic hand up for top award
The Kiwi designers behind a bionic hand are finalists for a prestigious design award.