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Five well-publicised geoengineering proposals to reduce the impact of climate change in the polar regions are "extremely ...

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This week, the US Health Department announced the cancellation of several mRNA vaccine development contracts. The cuts and restructuring of collaborations […] ...

The Government will be changing aspects to New Zealand's higher education system, informed by a recently released report by ...

An open letter signed by more than twenty AI experts calls on the government to better regulate the new technology, pointing to low trust and possible harms. The Science Media Centre asked the authors ...

Details of new changes to research funding under sweeping science sector reforms have been released today. The briefing confirms that set up of the NZ Institute for Advanced Technology will be paid ...

The 2018 ban on offshore oil and gas exploration is facing a repeal, with part of the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill due for its third reading in Parliament today. A last-minute amendment passed on ...

An overseas company has announced plans to “bring back” the South Island giant moa. Colossal Biosciences, working with Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and Canterbury Museum, says it expects to “resurrect” ...

Warmer, saltier water from deep in the Southern Ocean has started rising to the surface, bringing up more carbon dioxide, a recent study shows. Fresher, cooler surface waters had helped sea ice expand ...

The new national Science Curriculum is expected to become available later this year, after a rewrite was paused in 2024. The 2025 Budget included almost $40 million over four years on science kits for ...