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Breakthrough cancer test predicts whether chemotherapy will work
Experts aim to classify patients as 'chemotherapy resistant' or 'sensitive'.
Innovation milestone: NZ approves lab-grown quail for consumption
Sydney's Vow Group plans to use cultured quail in various products.
Dr Siouxsie Wiles' Covid curse: ‘Abuse changed my world’
Pandemic fallout turned her into a hermit, but her future’s looking brighter.
Scientists claimed they brought back Game of Thrones beast from extinction. But did they?
Colossal claims to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf using ancient DNA.
Can reprogramming our genes make us young again?
A breakthrough in longevity research may be nearing its first human trials.
How Phillimore Properties came to own Future House
Future House could have been developed as offices. Instead, it became a privately owned hub for deep-tech innovation. Video / Dean Purcell
Introducing iPhone 16 | Apple
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.
Focus: Government announces end to restrictions on gene technology
Prime Minister Chris Luxon and Minister Judith Collins announced that the Government will end restrictions on gene technology. Video / Jason Oxenham
NZ's first brain chip implant
Kitea Health CEO Simon Malpas on NZ's first brain chip implant, a $20m raise, and R&D and science funding cuts. Video / Alex Burton
Opinion: Aotearoa’s most ambitious response to climate change and the biodiversity crisis
Climate change is causing increasingly frequent and severe weather events.
Pacific Edge lays out survival plans after major Medicare setback
The company says it could take up to four years to regain access to the US system.
Fonterra spends US$10m on US biotech stake
Fonterra has taken a small stake in US biotech company Pendulum.
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.
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.
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.