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Finding fitness on the web

Jump off the couch. A workout is only as far away as your computer screen, writes Susan Edmunds.

Beauty and the beasts dream exposes UK's dark side

Software lets parents monitor kids' calls

New spy software has gone on sale in NZ to allow parents to monitor their children's text messages and cellphone calls.

Changespotting: The bees' knees, and their brains too

Food fads: How bacon sizzled and people got sweet on cupcakes

Bacon. It's everywhere. Wendy's features it in the "Baconator" and Paula Deen crumbles it into quiche. Ditto for those deluxe cupcakes top-heavy with frosting. Is there a bakery or supermarket that doesn't sell them?

The write stuff

Bloggers have been elevated to front row status but now that they're 'in', can they maintain their objectivity?

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.

Kiwi nuclear attitudes could change in wake of Japan

University to begin trials of natural quit-smoking drug

Researchers hope link to New Zealand native plant will boost appeal to Maori smokers

Key to mental fitness - work the brain

Scientist says that exercise is the key to mental fitness.

'Lost' Indian region to get city of future

Drugs give hope to melanoma patients

Changespotting: At one with the ocean

Changespotting: Road or rail? OU choose

'Booty' eliminated from latest Bible edition

The newest edition of the New American Bible will replace the words "booty", "holocaust" and other phrases.

North pole is going west

The magnetic north pole is moving faster than at any time in human history.

Older workers choosing work over retirement

Many older workers are choosing work over retirement and often it's not for the money.