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Prepare for the zombie apocalypse

While post-election US has already been compared to an episode from The Walking Dead, researchers have worked out what a zombie apocalypse would look like.

Nanogirl: Plants talking to scientists

COMMENT: Scientists have taken phytoremediation one step further by combining it with nanobionics - the process of modifying biology with engineering.

Nat Geo doco follows Kiwi science on ice

A National Geographic documentary series following Kiwi scientists in Antarctica premiered at Scott Base and in Christchurch this evening.

Deadly brainwashing power of parasites

Horror parasites brainwash their victims, driving them to kill themselves. And they're in your backyard.

Have we been making our snapper smaller?

For the first time, scientists will construct a detailed picture stretching back more than 500 years of how we've affected our most important fisheries species - potentially genetically.

Record heat may be new normal by 2025

The hottest year on record globally in 2015 could be an average year by 2025 and beyond if carbon emissions continue to rise at the same rate, new research has found.

NZ history: Reconstructing 20,000 years

Scientists will reconstruct more than 20,000 years of NZ's ecological history to better understand how our species will respond to climate change.

Super sensors eye NZ's Alpine Fault threat

Ultra-sensitive fibre-optic sensors extending nearly a kilometre below the Southern Alps will transform what we know about one of the biggest earthquake threats facing New Zealand.

Q&A: Revealing the threat that lies beneath

Science reporter Jamie Morton talks to GNS Science earthquake geologist Dr Rob Langridge about a renewed effort to catalogue a nationwide web of active faults threatening New Zealand.

Fisherman's Foxton find stuns Sydney scientists

A wayward scientific instrument has completed a remarkable year-long journey across the Tasman Sea, delighting the Aussie researchers who thought it'd been lost for good.

Is this the oldest brain in the world?

Pickled grey matter has given scientists incredible insight to dinosaur brains.

Kiwis take research to Brando's paradise

Kiwi scientists have brought their pest-busting expertise to a spectacular Pacific atoll formerly owned by late legendary actor Marlon Brando.

NZ researchers punch above their weight

New Zealand is punching above its weight in its output of top-quality research, with a new index ranking the country above larger nations like Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

Scientists hunt for ocean 'tipping point'

Kiwi scientists are simulating how New Zealand's coastal environment will respond to potentially disastrous effects of acidification caused by climate change.

Is the Bermuda Triangle mystery solved?

Researchers claim they have discovered the answer to the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle.

NZ researcher probes lunar 'moonquakes'

A New Zealand-based researcher is investigating "moonquakes" - a curious lunar phenomenon first discovered by Nasa's Apollo missions.