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Farmers visiting Fieldays at Mystery Creek in June could not have missed the take-home message: that science and innovation are key to their continued success.

As a child growing up in Dunedin, Juliet Milne was always a sporty, “outdoorsy” type.

A NIWA scientist who spent years poring over handwritten scientific notes stored in about 50 large wooden drawers, has seen the fruits of her labour now being used in ways she never imagined.

Once, or twice a year, when the tides and moon align, the brightly coloured jewel anemone will spawn, sending trails into the ocean in a spectacle that few get to witness.

The new science season at Antarctica is just a few days away from opening and NIWA researchers are busy packing containers and shipping them to the ice where they will be reunited with them in the coming months.

A cool start to spring is about to be replaced by a sudden burst of warmth, according to NIWA meteorologist Ben Noll.

Students have been combing their creative and practical sides in the lead up to this year’s NIWA North Harbour Science and Technology Fair.

Students are a sceptical lot going by the entry titles into this year’s NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair.

Humans don't always make it easy on fish to get where they are going. New Zealand's first national set of Fish Passage Guidelines – co-developed by NIWA - is expected to help.

First-time science fair entrants Oliver Gunson and Jayden Kumar are on a mission to help reduce skin cancer rates caused by New Zealand’s harsh sun.

Identifying dolphins using photos of the unique pigment patterns on their fins can be used to help in the management of a species, says a NIWA scientist.

A 13-year-old Waikato school student has been testing his mother’s assurance that sunscreens past their expiry dates are still effective.