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Nasa bombs the moon - but where was the fallout?

AgResearch posts small loss, but says times were tough

Space race comes closer to home

First dog death at Coromandel beach

A dog which died after visiting a Coromandel beach tests positive to the same toxin thought to have killed five dogs in Auckland.

Dog-killing toxin found in Thames

Trio awarded Nobel Prize for chromosome discovery

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<i>Chris de Freitas:</i> The high cost of being unprepared

Move over accountants - here come the scientists to save us

Sun may help battle skin cancer, studies find

Sunbathing is known to cause skin cancer - but it may also help people survive when they get it, scientists are reporting.

Rat poison discovered in dead penguins

Traces of the rat poison, Brodifacoum, have been found in two little blue penguins that died in the Hauraki Gulf.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Wellington's 'big one' likely to take some time

Boy or girl? The baffle of the sexes

The gender row over South African runner Caster Semenya shows the line dividing males from females is far from clear.

DoC looked at delaying poison drop

The head of the Department of Conservation said rat poison drops on two Hauraki Gulf islands should be delayed over public concerns.

Maori legend of man-eating bird is true

Scientists trying to breed toxic slugs