Science
Career destroyed over battle of the planets
An Auckland student's academic career is ruined amid claims his team manipulated results around the discovery of a planet.
Rare Maui's dolphin numbers still dropping
The world's rarest dolphin could be down to fewer than 80 individuals, with conservationists enraged after a female was killed last month.
Scientists find 'supergiant' from the deep
NZ scientists retrieve a creature from the depths that looks like a giant albino flea.
Huge Antarctic iceberg set to break away
Amazing images show how an iceberg the size of Manhattan is close to splitting from Antarctica.
Gingrich moon base dreams not lunacy
Several science policy experts say Newt Gingrich's moon outpost ideas are based in mainstream science.
Sun sets on weatherman's career
Retiring MetService weather ambassador Bob McDavitt issues a final weather warning.
Biggest solar storm in six years
AP
The sun is bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm in more than six years.New light on nebulas
NICKY PHILLIPS - © Fairfax NZ News
If God had an eye, it would probably look like this.Aggressive pukeko injure men
Recent history suggests NZ birds have a lot in common with the Alfred Hitchcock kind.
Rakaia River photo voted top satellite image
An image of the braided Rakaia River in Canterbury has won an online vote for satellite imaging firm DigitalGlobe's best satellite image of 2011.
Milky Way teeming with 'billions of planets'
SETH BORENSTEIN - AP
The more astronomers look for other worlds, the more they find that it is a crowded and crazy cosmos. They think planets easily outnumber stars in our galaxy and they are even finding them in the strangest of places.Doomsday Clock ticks closer to armageddon
The world has inched closer to apocalypse after scientists moved the Doomsday Clock one minute closer to the zero hour.
Hybrid sharks 'evolution in action'
The world's first hybrid sharks have been discovered off the Australian coast, scientists say.
Lunar probes to resolve mystery of moon's interior
IRENE KLOTZ - Reuters
Two Nasa probes are due to arrive at the moon this weekend to resolve a long-standing mystery.Tasty foods linked to addiction
Sugar and fat produce changes in the brain which resemble the effects of addictive drugs, a Waikato University scientist says.
Study linking virus and chronic fatigue retracted
A prestigious scientific journal is retracting a controversial 2009 report that linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a virus.
Experiment verifies early infant memories
We can have accurate memories of things that happened to us as young as age two, researchers say.
Multinational crew blasts off for space station
A trio of astronauts has blasted off aboard a Soyuz rocket on a mission to bring the ISS back up to full manpower after an August cargo launch accident disrupted flights.
First Earth-sized planets found
MICHAEL DALY - © Fairfax NZ News
Nasa announces discovery of the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star.Torrential rain on the move?
Warmer weather could see a shift in the locations of New Zealand's wettest places.
Historic waka dug up in Southland
Southland history buffs and Maori are celebrating a rare find after part of a waka was dug up.
PM announces science prizes
The top awards in this year's Prime Minister's Science Prizes go to two climate-related projects.
Science proves crows are no bird brains
KATE NEWTON - © Fairfax NZ News
New Zealand scientists have discovered that crows seem to understand basic physics.Excited scientists find 'signs' of elusive God particle
Scientists confirm finding signs of an elusive particle thought to be the cornerstone of the universe.
More data sought on fracking ban
PAUL GORMAN - © Fairfax NZ News
Christchurch City councillors want to know more about a controversial fuel-extraction method that has been linked to earthquakes.Greenhouse gas storage possible - NZ study
A NZ-backed project finds carbon dioxide can be safely and reliably stored underground.
'Elvis' monkey, psychedelic gecko found
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A psychedelic gecko and a monkey with an "Elvis" hairdo are among 208 new species described last year by scientists in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia.Scientists eagerly await 'God Particle' news
MICHAEL DALY
Scientists eagerly await the results of the latest tests to find the elusive 'God Particle'.Sea sponge toxin promises hit on cancer target
Armed only with sea sponges, Wellington scientists have notched up another hit in the fight against cancer.
The Misplaced Stuff: Nasa loses moon, space rocks
SETH BORENSTEIN - AP
Astronauts may have had the ''right stuff'' to go to the moon, but when it comes to keeping track of what they brought back, Nasa seems to have misplaced some of that stuff.Thousands of asteroids near Earth
About 1000 asteroids big enough to cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth are orbiting relatively nearby.
Massive asteroid Vesta 'unlike any other'
ALICIA CHANG - AP
New views of the massive asteroid Vesta reveal it is more like a planet than an asteroid, scientists said.Voyager keeps going and going
ALICIA CHANG - AP
More than three decades after launching, NASA's workhorse spacecraft is inching closer to leaving the solar system behind.Images show how trench swallows volcanoes
MICHELLE COOKE - © Fairfax NZ News
New images show the slow march of undersea volcanoes into the Tonga Trench.Sensing a rise in psychic beliefs
A study shows Kiwis' perceptions of psychics have improved considerably.
'Super-Earth' planet in zone for life
The most Earth-like planet ever discovered is circling a star 600 light years away.
Scientists find monster black holes, biggest yet
Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist - each one 10 billion times the size of our sun.
Nasa finds planet that's just about right for life
Nasa has found a new planet outside our solar system that's eerily similar to Earth in key aspects.
No landing date yet for US mystery craft
AP
A secretive unmanned space plane is staying in orbit a little longer.Climate change menaces Africa's cocoa
The weather may not always have been kind to cocoa farmers in West Africa, but until recently it was at least broadly predictable.
Kiwi's space photos stun astronomers
A Kiwi man is the first amateur photographer to capture another solar system.
Wildest weather in the universe
KIRAN CHUG - © Fairfax NZ News
A new exhibition showing the solar system's wild weather will make Wellington look tame.
Mars rover lifts off
A Nasa rover is on its way to Mars to look for life habitats there after being launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.
Signal received from Mars moon probe
MELISSA EDDY AND VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - AP
The European Space Agency has received the first signal from an unmanned Russian spacecraft bound for a moon of Mars since it got stuck in Earth's orbit two weeks ago.Google quits renewable energy plans
Google has abandoned an ambitious project to make renewable energy cheaper than coal.
NASA's 'dream machine' to explore Mars
MARCIA DUNN - AP
It's big as a car and as well-equipped as a laboratory, NASA's newest Mars rover blows away its predecessors in size and skill.
Space station astronauts return to Earth
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts returning from the International Space Station has touched down safely in the snow-covered steppes of Kazakhstan.
China spacecraft returns to Earth after docking test
An unmanned Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth successfully after more than two weeks in orbit.
Space station dumping rubbish over us
MICHAEL FIELD - © Fairfax NZ News
Nasa reveals how the International Space Station deals with its trash - it throws it out over NZ.First woman awarded science honour
Ground-breaking biochemist Professor Christine Winterbourn is the first woman scientist to be awarded NZ's top science honour.
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