SCIENCE

If ‘correlation doesn’t imply causation’, how do scientists figure out why things happen?

If ‘correlation doesn’t imply causation’, how do scientists figure out why things happen?

NZ school science results improve – but international testing highlights a stubborn socioeconomic gap

NZ school science results improve – but international testing highlights a stubborn socioeconomic gap

Year 4 students just achieved their best ever result in a major maths and science test

Year 4 students just achieved their best ever result in a major maths and science test

these 4 projects blend First Nations knowledge and science to rewrite our understanding of the past

these 4 projects blend First Nations knowledge and science to rewrite our understanding of the past

Einstein wins again: Exotic gravity theories take a blow from new observations

Einstein wins again: Exotic gravity theories take a blow from new observations

Why timekeeping is now on the verge of a giant leap forward in accuracy

Why timekeeping is now on the verge of a giant leap forward in accuracy

The Arecibo Message fifty years later

The Arecibo Message fifty years later

Why did Louis de Broglie, Nobel laureate in physics, abandon his own pilot wave theory?

Why did Louis de Broglie, Nobel laureate in physics, abandon his own pilot wave theory?

You’re made of energy: The strange truth about where mass comes from

You’re made of energy: The strange truth about where mass comes from

A milestone legal case from 35 years ago holds important lessons for how courts deal with scientific evidence today

A milestone legal case from 35 years ago holds important lessons for how courts deal with scientific evidence today

RNA editing is the next frontier in gene therapy – here’s what you need to know

RNA editing is the next frontier in gene therapy – here’s what you need to know

Doubts grow about the biosignature approach to alien-hunting

Doubts grow about the biosignature approach to alien-hunting