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Energy drinks can trigger heart attacks

Too many energy drinks can trigger sudden heart attacks even in healthy people, according to scientists, who have warned parents to watch how many cans their children consume.

We laughed before we talked

Why do we laugh? The obvious answer is that something is funny. But if we look closer at when and how laughter occurs in ordinary social situations, we see that it's not so simple.

Climate change: Communities uproot

There will be a need to uproot communities and retreat from some areas because of climate change, the chief executive of Local Government New Zealand says.

Man's face and neck rebuilt in 27 hour procedure

A hospital known for pioneering face transplant surgery has carried out its most complex operation yet, reconstructing a man's lower face and neck.

Forestry industry to trial drones

Makeup tests on animals banned

The Government has relented to a campaign to ban animal trials for the second time in a year, this time within the cosmetics industry.

Medieval remedy kills...superbug MRSA

A thousand-year-old medieval remedy for eye infections which was discovered in a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill the superbug MRSA.

Chance of El Nino weather doubles

Hipster beards just a way to get women

Last year scientists declared we had reached a "peak beard" situation. Bearded hipsters, they said, would start picking up their razors in the realisation that their facial hair was no longer unique.

Ancient sea monster found

The jagged teeth of a hefty predator that lived in our waters 80 million years ago have been discovered in a Hawkes Bay forest.

Lockheed develops climate change weapons

You don't know your star sign

Almost nobody was born under the sign they think they are, as the astrological calendar has failed to be updated as our position in relation to the stars has changed.

Tiny black hole could explode Big Bang

The detection of miniature black holes by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) could prove the existence of parallel universes.

Kiwi-made cosmetic beats world's best

A small NZ beauty company has recorded a breakthrough in scientific tests.

Why we laugh inappropriately

An attack of the giggles can sometimes appear at the strangest moments, but laughter often isn't to do with comedy value.

Richard III to finally get royal burial

Dug out of a car park five centuries after his mutilated body was unceremoniously interred, England's Richard III will finally be given a burial fit for a king.