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Thursday, 11 March 2021, 2:54 pm Twenty-seven new Ngā Ahurei a Te Apārangi Fellows and Ngā Ahurei Honore a Te Apārangi Honorary Fellows have been elected to the Academy of the Royal Society Te Apārangi for their distinction in research and advancement of science, technology or the humanities. They are exceptional leaders in their communities and their areas of research and scholarship. Being made a Fellow is an honour that recognises distinction in research, scholarship or the advancement...

VIENNA--A U.N. scientific panel on Tuesday confirmed a previous finding that radiation from the 2011

The prototype did more than just break a leg during its debut performance.

Thursday, 11 March 2021, 5:47 am The world needs a new approach to biosecurity that can identify and deal with potential pandemics however they arise, says biosecurity expert Distinguished Professor Philip Hulme. Dist Prof Hulme, of the Bio-Protection Research Centre, says COVID-19 has shown it’s time for a holistic approach to biosecurity that integrates threats to human, animal, plant and environmental health, recognising that disease or invasions in one sector often spill over into the ot...

NASA shares the first acoustic recording of laser impacts on a Martian rock.

A peek at Taal Volcano’s main crater Published March 10, 2021 2:37pm The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Wednesday shared a photo of the main crater of Taal Volcano in Batangas. The photo, taken at 10:08 a.m. using real-time IP camera, showed the seemingly serene lake inside the crater amid a barren landscape. Alert Level 2 was raised over the volcano on Tuesday due to increased unrest with more volcanic earthquakes and acidity recorded. Over the past 24 hours, 51...

P172+18 is the most distant radio-loud quasar ever found. It could teach us how galaxies form and evolve.

Work is under way to decommission the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Feb. 1. (Shinnosuke Ito) Delays have long been common in the decommissioning of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, but one recent postponement carried special significance. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. in December said work to remove melted nuclear fuel from the three destroyed reactors would be delayed by about a year. The retrieval process was supposed to start this year...

Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 10:51 am The Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Canterbury has left for Raoul Island with MetService and GNS Science staff aboard to carry out essential tasks, including maintenance of critical weather and tsunami warning systems. Maritime Component Commander Commodore Mat Williams said the re-supply mission, which left on Monday, was delayed a week and scaled back after Auckland went into COVID-19 alert level three. The mission was now going ahead over the next week to c...

The bugs of Brood X are burrowing out of their underground homes in 15 US states. Prepare yourself for a lot of buzzing.