Genes are encoded in DNA, and closely related species will often have the same genes in the same order in the genome. However, over millions of years of evolution, this shared gene order gets lost as the DNA gets broken, ...
Biotechnology
May 18, 2021
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Researchers say conservation of some of the world's most endangered species needs to take cultural knowledge of the animals into account when working out how best to protect them.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2021
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A new study from the University of Auckland looks at the animals' roles in moving seeds from one place to another.
Paleontology & Fossils
Jan 6, 2021
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410
Scientists have re-investigated a 60-year-old idea by an American physicist and provided new insights into the quantum world.
Quantum Physics
Oct 6, 2020
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In almost all human cultures, colors are associated with different emotions such as hate, love, anger and sadness.
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2019
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62
A kiwi physicist has discovered the energy difference between two quantum states in the helium atom with unprecedented accuracy, a ground-breaking discovery that contributes to our understanding of the universe and space-time ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 14, 2018
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Scientists have further evidence that an ancient family of languages spread across most of the Australian continent over the last 6000 years, rapidly replacing pre-existing languages.
Social Sciences
Mar 13, 2018
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41
University of Auckland scientists have carried out the first-ever large scale investigation into the effects of ship noise in the waters of the Hauraki Gulf.
Ecology
Jan 10, 2018
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67
A higher proportion of young snapper in fishing areas north of Auckland are related to adult snapper from the Goat Island Marine Reserve, confirming what scientists have long suspected: the reserve acts as a giant snapper ...
Ecology
Oct 18, 2017
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37
A slater-like crustacean that lives in the sand on Auckland's Piha beach has provided new evidence that animals have biological clocks influenced by the tide as well as the more familiar circadian clock that follows the day/night ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 20, 2017
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