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Male praying mantis fights to avoid being eaten
20 January 2021
Sexual reproduction in the insect world is often a risky business and never more so than when the risk of being eaten is high.
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Biggest-ever animals' special link to New Zealand revealed
13 January 2021
New Zealand waters provide an important migratory route for the biggest animal to ever exist, the Antarctic blue whale.
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Here's how giant dinosaurs may have spread seeds in prehistoric world
6 January 2021
It’s an insight into ecosystems that existed more than 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
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Scientists exploring gene variations in humans ... and goats
1 December 2020
The work being done by a pair of geneticists and the team in the School of Biological Sciences is vital for health and the economy – everything from disease to goats' milk.
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Top award for research on exercise and the brain
18 November 2020
Research on the link between exercise and a healthy brain has earned Dr David Moreau one of the year’s top science prizes, the Early Career Research Excellence Award for Social Sciences from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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Tracking humpback whales through song
18 November 2020
Scientists are tracking humpback whales by listening in on the songs they sing as they migrate past New Zealand each year on their way to breeding grounds nearer the tropics.
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Mathematician honoured with research medal
18 November 2020
Professor Eamonn O’Brien of the University of Auckland has been awarded this year’s Hector Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for his contributions in the field of group theory.
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What makes us who we are?
17 November 2020
How do children with dyslexia turn out years later? How common is pregnancy depression? Is there a migraine personality? Does learning a second language change the brain?
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Getting to the guts of the matter, both vaping and the gastrointestinal system
11 November 2020
Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) investigating the vaping puzzle, and the finer points of our gut, have been awarded over two million in research funding by Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund.
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Microsoft selects Māori engineering student for graduate internship
7 November 2020
Arran Davis (Ngāti Hine, Te Uriroroi) has been selected by Microsoft for a graduate internship based in Seattle, Washington State. He was due to leave for America in October, but the effects of Covid mean he was still able to attend his graduate ceremony at the University of Auckland.
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New Zealand’s first student-built satellite ready for lift off
3 November 2020
New Zealand’s first satellite designed and built by university students is about to be launched into space via Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle.
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Succeeding when pain won’t leave you alone
3 November 2020
There were times for student Lin Kee, when the idea of finishing her studies and graduating seemed unlikely, if not impossible.
