Topic: New Zealand
One of the world's most popular fruits, the apple, has been genetically sequenced, an exploit that could lead to crisper, juicier and more flavoursome harvests, scientists said on Sunday. The genome comprises 600 million base pairs, or "rungs" of DNA in the ...
Greenpeace members gathered Saturday in the Polish port city of Gdansk to mark the 25th anniversary of the sinking of their iconic flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, by French secret agents. Ledares of the global environmental group, including executive director Kumi Naidoo, and ...
In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird. The achievement marks a major step towards drafting the genome of ...
Scientist: iceberg flotilla driven eastward, away from New Zealand, by strong windsStrong westerly winds in the southern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergs originally headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the country, an oceanographer said Tuesday. A shipping ...
Hundreds of icebergs split from Antarctic ice shelves float toward NZ; ships, sailors warnedShips are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The area ...
Hundreds of icebergs split from Antarctic ice shelves float toward NZ; ships, sailors warnedShips are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said. The area ...
A cluster of Antarctic icebergs were heading towards New Zealand after being spotted around 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of the country, scientists said Friday. Icebergs are a rare sight in the sub-Antarctic waters south of New Zealand but in 2006 a ...
HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - An estimated 166 million people worldwide have either tried using cannabis or are active users of the drug despite scientific research showing its adverse effects on health, two researchers in Australia said. The figure, taken from the ...
WELLINGTON (Reuters Life!) - Long before humans fully colonized New Zealand some 750 years ago, a giant, and now extinct, eagle ruled the skies, swooping down on its prey of flightless birds, according to a new study. Scientists have known about the ...
Powerful earthquakes that have jolted Asia recently do not presage a disaster, although it is only a matter of time before the next catastrophe befalls the quake-prone region, seismologists say. From India to Japan, Indonesia and as far south as New Zealand, ...
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New Zealand Earthquake
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