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Alpine Fault's high temperatures

A team of scientists drilling deep into the South Island's high-risk Alpine Fault have been intrigued to encounter unusually high temperatures just several hundred metres below ground.

Kiwi's time running out

Kiwi are likely to be lost from mainland New Zealand "within our grandchildren's lifetimes" and without continuing intervention could be extinct within 50 years.

LanzaTech the world's hottest bioenergy firm

New Zealand-founded LanzaTech has been named the world’s hottest bioenergy company in a prestigious annual list.

Wonder protein behind newborns' brain sex

Kisspeptin has now been found by New Zealand researchers to play a key role in moulding the male brain just hours after birth.

Laser goes skin deep for 3D picture

Imagine being able to peer deep below your own skin in 3D - and without even having to break the surface.

Eat, drink + be merry! Memorable meals

The maxim that it's not what you eat for dinner, but who you share it with, now has scientific credence.

Harsh times created judgmental gods

People living in hardship are more likely to believe in moralising, high gods, according to a major new study co-authored by New Zealand researchers.

Hitching a ride on a comet

Within a few days, scientists will manoeuvre Europe's £1 billion ($2.1 billion) Rosetta spacecraft directly above a massive ball of ice, dust and organic chemicals called Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

$2m helps put babes into pods

Sir Ray Avery's revolutionary baby incubator has been designed with the best of Kiwi ingenuity, the Auckland scientist and inventor says.

The chemistry for success

Making lessons relevant and suited to students' shortened attention spans are some of the reasons why young women are flocking to chemistry lessons at one school.

What the ice belt means for sea levels

Changes to the Southern Ocean's sea ice belt could mean see the global level rising several metres, says a new study which has shed more light on an ice-age mystery.

Bumblebees create a buzz

They clumsily bang against our windows and make themselves a springtime nuisance - but the humble bumblebee could prove more valuable to New Zealand's economy than we ever imagined, researchers....

A cure for forgetfulness?

12 Qs: Heather Hendrickson

1. Bacteria: friend or foe?

Quakes moving us closer to S America

A newly-discovered type of quake below the east coast has heaved the North Island closer to Chile - but only by the length of a pineapple lump.

Busting the penguin myths

They’re loveable, cute and raise caring families with their mate for life, right? Wrong. A new book busts the box-office myths.