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NZ study supports banned drug

Beauty wakens the beast

Study says males exaggerate ills

Research has confirmed what many women have long suspected - men are prone to exaggerate symptoms when they're not feeling well.

Small wonders: a blessing or a curse

Cleaner could be dirty

How whale droppings could save the planet

Researchers estimate that the iron-rich faeces of sperm whales helps remove 400,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year.

<i>Rob Fenwick</i>: Sea levels set for dramatic rise

Polar scientists are united on the likelihood of level rises - but how much and when?

Billionaires join disease battle

British scientists begin project to search for life on Mars

British scientists have started an ambitious project aimed at searching for signs of extraterrestrial life on Mars.

'Mars' team all dressed up with nowhere to go

Anti-fear drug 'could help wipe painful memories'

Soldiers and others in dangerous professions could take anti-fear medications to cope with stress.

Scientists solve mystery of resistant flu virus

Whale-rider link stops orca autopsy

An orca that washed up dead near Whakatane has been buried in a nearby Maori cemetery despite researchers wanting to perform an autopsy.

Rare rats off the hook as DoC gives them island sanctuary

Your countryside needs you: Call for citizen scientists

Members of the public are being urged to become "citizen scientists" by recording their sightings of local wildlife to save endangered species.

Virtopsy: Cutting edge forensic pathology

Scalpel-free, virtual autopsy, or 'virtopsy' - a radical new approach to forensic investigation.