Remains of extinct giant parrot found in New Zealand
New Atlas - Tue 6 Aug 19While most parrots today are small enough to perch on your shoulder, you probably wouldn't want to do that with a newly discovered ancient ancestor of the bird. Palaeontologists in New ...
Improving mental health in rainbow communities
Medical Xpress - Tue 6 Aug 19Research from Victoria University of Wellington has helped create a new resource to address the high rate of mental health difficulties faced by New Zealand's rainbow communities.
50 Million Years Needed for New Zealand's Bird Biodiversity to Recover
Discover Magazine - Mon 5 Aug 19New Zealand's kiwi birds, a national symbol, are endangered. And scientists say the rest of the island's bird populations have also been hard hit by humans. (Credit: Lakeview Images/Shutterstock) When ...
50 million years needed for NZ’s lost birds to recover
Cosmos Magazine - Mon 5 Aug 19When whole lineages go extinct, what are the long-term evolutionary impacts? Tanya Loos reports.
It would take 50 million years to recover New Zealand's lost bird species
Phys.org - Mon 5 Aug 19Half of New Zealand's birds have gone extinct since humans arrived on the islands. Many more are threatened. Now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on August 5 estimate that ...
It would take 50 million years to recover New Zealand's lost bird species, ScienceDaily - Mon 5 Aug 19New Zealand government plans to ease abortion restrictions
Medical Xpress - Mon 5 Aug 19New Zealand's government announced Monday that it plans changes to the country's abortion laws that would treat the procedure as a health issue rather than a crime.
Bid to better protect Scotland's 'Dinosaur Isle'
BBC News - Fri 2 Aug 19There are fears that Skye's fossils of creatures from more than 165 million years ago are threatened by irresponsible collectors.
Newly-discovered prehistoric marine predator was a big deal in its time
New Atlas - Thu 1 Aug 19Half a billion years ago, in the Cambrian Period, most animals were smaller than a person's little finger. That makes the recent discovery of a marine predator from that time all the ...
These Fossils Preserved in Opal Are a Gorgeous, Iridescent Window Into the Past. Scientists Are Fighting to Save Them from the Black Market
TIME - Thu 1 Aug 19Cloaked in white dust and surrounded by expansive plains, the town of Lightning Ridge produces the bulk of the world’s precious black opal. This rare gemstone, prized for its dazzling ...
Human-driven extinction cost New Zealand 50 million years’ worth of bird evolution
ZME Science - Fri 9 Aug 19Losses include but are not limited to those giant eagles at the end of Lord of the Rings.
Here’s why Rocket Lab changed its mind on reusable launch
Ars Technica - Wed 7 Aug 19"Once would be wonderful. Anything more would be really fantastic."
Move over, Elon! SpaceX rival wants to catch its rocket boosters with HELICOPTERS
Daily Mail - Wed 7 Aug 19The ambitious plans were revealed at the Small Satellite Conference in Utah, this week, and comes after SpaceX revolutionised controlled landings.
Rocket Lab plans reusable booster for satellite launches
Reuters - Wed 7 Aug 19Small-satellite launch firm Rocket Lab announced on Tuesday a plan to recover the core booster of its Electron rocket using a helicopter, a bold cost-saving concept that, if successful, would ...
Watch SpaceX's droneship catch a rocket part that fell from space - CNET
CNET Cutting Edge - Wed 7 Aug 19SpaceX is getting good at this.
Rocket Lab will reuse its rockets by catching them with a helicopter
Engadget - Wed 7 Aug 19SpaceX won't be the only company reusing its rockets for payload deliveries. Rocket Lab has unveiled plans to recover the first stage of its Electron vehicle. The strategy's ...
Rocket Lab plans to catch rocket boosters midair with a helicopter - CNET
CNET Cutting Edge - Tue 6 Aug 19Playing catch with a rocket.
Rocket Lab Plans to Snag Falling Boosters with a Helicopter and Refly Them
SPACE.com - Tue 6 Aug 19The California-based company plans to start recovering and reflying the first stage of its Electron launch vehicle in the near future.
Small satellite launcher Rocket Lab unveils plans to recover its rockets midair with helicopters
The Verge - Tue 6 Aug 19An animation of how Rocket Lab’s recovery process will work | Image: Rocket Lab Small satellite launcher Rocket Lab is following in the footsteps of rocket behemoth SpaceX with ...
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket will go reusable, with the company aiming for mid-air helicopter recovery
TechCrunch - Tue 6 Aug 19Private rocket launch startup and SpaceX competitor Rocket Lab made a big announcement today: It’ll be looking to re-use the first stage of its Electron rockets, returning them to Earth ...
Bruce Campbell on Keeping It Real With Ripley's Believe It or Not
Gizmodo - Wed 31 Jul 19In part one of our film industry kvetch sesh with Bruce Campbell, we covered the banality of superheroes, how Evil Dead changed over the years, and why Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke ...
Rocket Lab plans stage 1 capture using helicopter
The Engineer - Wed 7 Aug 19Kiwi launch provider Rocket Lab is planning to reuse part of its Electron Rockets, capturing the falling first stage using parachutes and a helicopter. Phase one of the plan will see the first ...
Air New Zealand is fake changing its name in another boundary-pushing safety video
Fastcompany Tech - Wed 31 Jul 19The All Blacks rugby team stars in the new safety video. Air New Zealand had a good run. After 79 years in operation, the airline is changing its name. Henceforth, New Zealand’s favorite ...
New Zealand's biodiversity will take millions of years to recover
Eurekalert - Mon 5 Aug 19The arrival of humans in New Zealand, some 700 years ago, triggered a wave of extinction among native bird species. Many more species are currently under threat. Recent calculations by scientists ...