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Editorial: 100 Pure critic needs to be fair and accurate

Editorial: Russel Norman is absolutely right to say that scientists must be free to perform their academic duty to report environmental degradation.

Paul Little: Reality a hard sell to hopeful

Scientists 'undiscover' pacific island

Eruption response an 'overreaction'

Taupo's mayor has criticised the response to Mt Tongariro's eruption this week, calling it an overreaction and saying we need to "learn to live with a live volcano".

Skills crisis: Engineering students get 1000 extra places after Joyce cracks whip

Ruapehu a bigger threat

After Mt Tongariro spewed ash into the sky, scientists are closely watching its potentially more destructive neighbour Mt Ruapehu.

Scientists discover the 'white noise' of smells

Cubic view captures world's biodiversity

Deep sea creepers discovered

Weird underwater discoveries such as an egg-eating Australian sea serpent and a strikingly coloured worm named after Star Wars' Yoda could carry on for decades to come, with new research estimating that up to one third of species remain undiscovered.

Photos: A worm called Yoda

Project honours great Kiwi scientist

New business innovation institute will be named after the late Sir Paul Callaghan.

Green economy could pay for NZ

Mandatory emissions standards for new vehicles and an electrical "smart grid" are among a raft of ways New Zealand could tap into a global green economy.

Rare event turns eyes skyward

Civilised man on intellectual slide - expert

Genomics could affect court decisions

Genome sequencing is “revolutionising” medicine, but could also impact on how society deals with criminals with a genetic predisposition towards violence.