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Ship Ahoy!
11/03/2008
After months of planning and preparation the Tangaroa has finally left the port in Wellington to embark on its eight week voyage to the Southern Ocean.
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Polynesians pigs originated in South East Asia!
11/03/2008
Research being conducted at Auckland University suggests that the ancient origin of the Polynesian pig was in South East Asia. This overturns previously held views that the migration of humans and domesticated animals, such as pigs, originated in the same place.
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Measuring the world’s largest current
11/03/2008
How much water flows in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current? Scientists are trying to find the answer.
Voyage leader, Dr Mike Williams of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), is working with scientists from Australia and New Zealand to find the answer to this important question.
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Dragons in the mist
11/03/2008
We can gain an understanding of New Zealand’s ancient past through the study of our plants and their distribution. This enables us to find answers to questions such as: where do they come from; how long have they been in New Zealand; how often and when did they disperse from New Zealand to neighbouring islands or continents?
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Naturally healthy
11/03/2008
Dr Lai Yeap Foo, a scientist from Industrial Research Limited (IRL) in Lower Hutt, is discovering new and interesting natural products that can help keep us healthy.
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New Zealand team develops cryocooler
11/03/2008
Imagine a world where the temperature is so low that the air is liquid and some weird things happen. Welcome to the branch of physics and engineering known as cryogenics.
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Seeing x-rays in colour
11/03/2008
New colour x-ray technology is being developed at the University of Canterbury as a tool for medical imaging.
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Catalogue of Life on line
11/03/2008
At present, 45,634 New Zealand species have been catalogued as part of Species 2000, a global initiative to record all known species on Earth. No one knows how many species there are on Earth, but to date about 1.8 million species have been formally recognised. However there could be many millions more we have still yet to find!