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Trash sucks: A Norwegian city uses vacuum tubes to whisk waste away
Rubbish is sucked out of the city with the force of half a million household vacuums.
NZ's next big export? Medicinal cannabis mission off to Europe
Big overseas markets for medicinal cannabis spur a Kiwi trade trip.
Motat wins top international award at 'Oscars of the museum world'
Once ranked one of the world's most boring attractions, Motat makes a comeback.
Opinion: Drawing on memory can help us solve problems
Research shows people remember the past to solve problems in the present.
Budget 2025: $212m in cuts to existing business, science and innovation programmes
No surprises in another thin year for the sector.
Budget 2025: Every budget item in one interactive
Use the Herald interactive to explore Budget 2025.
How Litmaps is using AI to accelerate scientific discovery
A new Business of Tech episode is available now.
Callaghan shows start-up team the door, Auckland Mayor makes tech grab
Budget day is desk clear-out day for Callaghan's commercialisation team.
Toddler survives 15-storey fall thanks to small bush - here's how
'The child landing in that bush probably saved his life.'
Dr Siouxsie Wiles' Covid curse: ‘Abuse changed my world’
Pandemic fallout turned her into a hermit, but her future’s looking brighter.
Baby healed with world’s first personalised gene-editing treatment
NYT: The technique has the potential to help people with thousands of other rare diseases.
Govt appoints leaders for new research institutes in major overhaul
Barry Harris will lead the Bioeconomy Science Institute after the merger.
Jeremy Renner experienced something extraordinary when he was near death. Why?
New York Times: Scientists have spent decades trying to explain near-death experiences.
Genetic study retraces the origins of coronaviruses in bats
New York Times: Researchers contend that pandemic got its start in wildlife trade.
'Inspire the next generation': Boeing's new push in Kiwi schools
Giant exporter hopes students in regions can be part of the next generation of aviators.
'Crisis': Labour's new tech spokesman on the digital challenge
Reuben Davidson criticises funding cuts in science and innovation.
'Bold and courageous': PM sets priorities for new science council
The Prime Minister's new chief science adviser is Dr John Roche from MPI.
Universal antivenom within reach thanks to man bitten by snakes over 200 times – on purpose
Self-taught herpetologist Tim Friede has been exposing himself to snake venom for years.
How sergeant's Antarctic posting became the experience of a lifetime
Defence Force Sergeant Cam Sproull of Ōhope watched orcas hunting just metres from shore.
What nearly brainless rodents know about weight loss and hunger
New York Times: We might not be choosing to eat as consciously as we think.
17 ways to cut your risk of stroke, dementia and depression all at once
New York Times: New research has found overlapping factors in three common brain diseases.
Air NZ overhauls emission targets: How more sustainable fuel could power future flights
Airline says overseas turmoil doesn't change its goal to slash emissions.
Study links 350,000 heart disease deaths to plastic chemicals in 2018
Phthalates are chemicals added to plastic to make it more stretchy, soft or flexible.
Mother listens to late daughter's heart beating inside transplant recipient
This is the tear-jerking moment a mother listens to her late daughter's heart, which is now keeping another young girl alive.
Scientists made ‘tiny earthquakes’ to find where Yellowstone’s magma begins
Underneath Yellowstone National Park, magma bubbles and flows.
I'm a longevity expert. Here's how the new science of ageing can predict your future
New York Times: A new era of medical care is upon us, writes Dr Eric Topol.