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Nasa balloon gets lift-off

Nasa has successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport to conduct near-space scientific investigations.

Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake shows signs of cooling

After a period of uncharacteristic bubbling and steaming, Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake is showing signs of cooling down.

Poorer nations more affected by climate change

The world's poorest people are suffering more extreme heat driven by climate change while wealthier nations, including New Zealand, remain less affected.

Q & A with Professor Sir Peter Gluckman

Policy-making is an area laden with risks - some of them with tremendous consequences.

Origami robot to clean up your stomach

An origami robot that can be swallowed in a pill and sent on missions inside the body promises a revolution in internal treatment of the digestive system.

Nano Girl: There's no one gene to outsmart them all

Over the last week downtown Auckland was filled with long black gowns and stiff mortarboards.

Meet NZ's extreme scientists

Tagging sharks, walking on volcanoes - science is a lot more than being stuck in a lab. Jamie Morton finds out how some researchers spend their days.

Tiny speck caused crack in space station

When you sit around imagining life aboard the ISS one thing you probably don't want to think about is a space junk slamming into your vessel.

Researcher weighs in on carbon trading tool

Scientists gagged by funding fears, says professor

A prominent professor says New Zealand needs a commission for science as many scientists are being gagged.

Renewed calls for HIV prevention pill approval

The Aids Foundation is pushing for a pill to be approved here for use in HIV prevention after a similar move was made across the Tasman.

3D printers' next big leap

3D printers have been used to make guns, cars and bikinis - but Kiwi scientists have just taken the technology a step further.

'Serious concerns' at RNZ proposal, say scientists

A proposal that could see RNZ's award-winning science programme 'Our Changing World' axed has drawn worry and protest from the scientific community.

Are scientists being gagged?

One of NZ's most prominent scientists, and the winner of the Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize, says too many scientists feel constrained in speaking publicly.

Ruapehu Crater Lake bubbling

Crater Lake on top of active volcano Mount Ruapehu has been bubbling this afternoon as temperatures rise to the hottest on record.

Rena to be made an example of

Lessons of the Rena disaster will be passed on to the world with a new training programme on how to deal with wildlife hit by an oil spill.

Nano Girl: Clues to obesity not only a dog's dinner

Labs are renowned for having food-loving personalities and barrel-shaped bodies.

Sea-quake boost for tsunami prediction

For the first time scientists have observed a slow-motion earthquake unfold deep beneath the sea.