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'They're not dumb': New research on why some of us believe conspiracy theories

What turns Kiwis toward conspiracy theorising? A new study reveals surprising insights.

How many snakes and exotic reptiles have entered New Zealand?

Live python at Auckland factory a very unusual specimen.

Could cats become a carrier of bird flu?

New York Times: Do we need to ramp up bird flu surveillance in our feline companions?

'Uncharted territory': Heat surge puzzles scientists

Record-breaking heat in 2023 and 2024 puzzles scientists, defying climate predictions.

Science body urges PM to reconsider cuts to research funding

Royal Society Te Apārangi weighs in on Govt-ordered cuts to humanities research grants.

'Life upside down': Long Covid sufferers reveal daily struggles

Long Covid leaves Andrea Vanek housebound, struggling with severe symptoms.

Opinion: For the sake of 600,000 children, science must be bold

New York Times: Is it better to be safe and let thousands continue to die?

GNS job cuts: Emergency management bosses told of 'significant risks' for natural hazards watchdog

Cost-cutting GNS Science shake-up sparked worries within NZ's emergency management agency.

Public servants offered support to retire or move to Australia amid job cuts

An internal document describes retirement as 'your next work-life balance adventure'.

Scientific breakthrough gives new hope to building quantum computers

Financial Times: Experts compare achievement to first human-made nuclear chain reaction.

Funding research for economic return sounds good – but that’s not how science works

OPINION: The Marsden Fund was set up to support pure research.

Single H5N1 bird flu mutation could let it latch easily to human cells, study finds

The US already has a stockpile of vaccine doses that target H5N1.

'Chilling': Govt slashes Marsden Fund money for humanities, social sciences

Cutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say.

Inside your body, ageing unfolds at remarkably different rates

Parts of our bodies start ageing earlier than others, right down to our organs and cells.

‘We don’t know what we’ll discover': World-first dissection of rare whale in Dunedin

Only seven specimens of the spade-toothed whale have been recorded in history.

MRI scans show ‘huge’ differences between male and female brains

A world-first study using imaging technology may explain the gender gap in mental health.