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Patients write fears away

A group of patients having major operations will be asked to write about their deepest, most troubling thoughts to see if this helps their surgical wounds heal faster.

Mental disorders in for shake up

Children's tantrums, hoarding and skin picking - psychiatrists will soon be looking at these and more in a new light when their official what's what of mental disorders gets a makeover in May.

First hand transplant holds new hope

Going bananas

10 years ago, it was said we might have no bananas in 10 years, and experts say the logic remains as valid as ever.

GM fish closer to being served up

A genetically modified salmon which grows twice as fast as ordinary fish could become the first GM animal in the world to be declared safe to eat.

Warming at triple speed

Temperatures in the western part of Antarctica are rising almost twice as fast as previously believed, adding to fears that sea levels will rise.

Academic celebrated after death

A gifted academic who grew up in Karori has died suddenly in London, devastating her family.

A year of defining events

Three weeks before the ceremony and the [Olympic Stadium] was packed with thousands of people all doing things impressively.

NZer of the Year Finalist 2012: Peter Stewart

Call for helium balloon ban

A British chemist believes helium balloons should be banned to save the scarce resource.

Toxic end to dream island holiday

As soon as she took a bite of the fish caught and prepared for her by some Fijian locals, Amanda Austrin knew something was wrong.

NZ woman poisoned in paradise

A New Zealand woman has spent more than 30 weeks in hospital and cannot eat properly after she was poisoned while eating fish during a dream holiday in Fiji.

Bones from oldest dino yet

A set of fossilised bones kept for more than half a century in the dusty storerooms of the Natural History Museum in London belonged to the earliest known dinosaur to roam the land.

Editorial: Endangering animals for recreational gain repellent

Editorial: The use of animals in such a context should not win the approval of the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee.

Party pill tests on animals in doubt

Manufacturers of party pills could be prevented from testing their drugs on animals if they cannot prove it is worth the pain they could potentially cause.

Clean up waterways, say scientists

Two scientists speaking at a major freshwater conference have described reversing the fouling of New Zealand's waterways as our largest environmental problem.