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A 'Catalogue of Life' will include fossils and living species (file)

New Zealand's 'Catalogue of Life'

A "Catalogue of Life" being released in Wellington this week makes New Zealand the first country in the world to provide an inventory of its entire known living and fossil life.

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Cathy Hutchinson, paralysed from the neck downwards, used the arm to drink coffee (AAP)

Paralysed woman uses her mind to control robot arm video

Using only her thoughts, a Massachusetts woman paralysed for 15 years directed a robotic arm to pick up a bottle of coffee and bring it to her lips, researchers report in the latest advance in harnessing brain waves to help disabled people.

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A donar company has been handing out 'cash for eggs' leaflets ast university (file)

'Cash for eggs' deal at UK unis video

Women at England's Cambridge University are the latest group to be offered cash to donate their eggs to infertile couples.

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Self-driven car in Las Vegas

Driver-free cars hit the road video

Nevada drivers could soon be sharing the road with vehicles that don't need them.

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Doctor holds a Truvada pill (Reuters)

HIV prevention drug close to approval

Drug regulators on Tuesday affirmed landmark study results showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill can also help healthy people avoid contracting the virus.

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A British scientific review has found no link between mobile phones and cancer (Reuters)

No proof of cellphone health risk - review video

A British scientific review has found no link between mobile phones and cancer.

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Forty-four percent of the SPARX group who carried out at least four of the seven challenges recovered completely

Computer game lifts teens from depression

A computer game developed at Auckland University is just as effective in overcoming teenage depression as one-on-one counselling.

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Taking one too many to the head can cause long-term damage (file pic)

Contact sports linked to brain shrinkage video

A new study has found that years of repeated blows to the head suffered during contact sports can cause parts of the brain to shrink.

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The researchers successfully grew hair and whiskers on the mice's smooth skin

Baldness cure: Scientists grow human hair on mice video

A new study by Japanese scientists is raising hopes for remedying baldness.

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