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Best before labels 'best for us'
Food producers say they would risk a public backlash if they remove "best-before" labels from products in New Zealand.

Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake cools down
The temperature of the lake has now fallen to about 33C and other monitored indicators show less activity.

Parents who stumble on words may help children learn language
Parents who stumble over their words need not worry - it may even help their children learn to talk.

Manuka honey hailed as weapon in superbug battle
Manuka honey, the premium product found on fashionable breakfast tables, could play a role in the battle against antibiotic-resistant superbugs, scientists reported yesterday.

Success: Down to earth focus earns growing revenue
Research and development business specialises in NZ's key crop - grass.

Magnitude 4 aftershock hits Christchurch
The quake struck at 2.23pm, 10km east of Christchurch at a depth of 10km, GNS Science said.

No more scars: Fishy gel to boost healing after nasal surgery
A new gel developed by researchers in Australia and New Zealand will aid healing and eliminate scarring for millions of people undergoing nasal surgery around the world.

Is this a Conversation worth having?
There's a new player in science communication that has emerged across the Tasman.

Anna Sandiford: The CSI effect
Crime shows such as CSI: Miami have brought forensic science to the masses.

Jim Hopkins: Give those old beliefs a bit of a shakeup
The moon's got nothing to do with it. Unless it does. Which it may. Perhaps. We just don't know. It's a bit like having lucky numbers for Lotto.

Find will rekindle interest in Aboriginal leader
The grave of a famous Aboriginal leader has been discovered in a suburban front garden.

New Zealand missing the boat on clinical trials
New Zealand is good at doing small, complex clinical trials. We are reasonably priced, we have robust ethics oversight and good researchers.

NZ research sheds light on black hole explosions
New Zealand researchers have shed new light on the phenomenon which causes black holes to explode.

Remembering to remember
With so many ways of storing data, are we forgetting how to remember? Not according to US writer Joshua Foer, who reveals new and remarkable strategies for memorising. By Robin McKie.

The blurred reality of humanity
If you can be sure of one thing, then surely it is that you exist. Even if the world were a dream or a hallucination, it would still need you to be dreaming or hallucinating it.