Science

Discoveries, laboratories and the night sky.

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    Five places to watch Saturday's supermoon

    On Saturday evening the largest full moon of the year will rise from the sea to the east of the city. The city's amateur astronomers' association and the city…

    Sep 25, 2026 0
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    From swab to sequence

    Every sample that enters the lab arrives in a sealed, labelled bag with a barcode that will follow it for the rest of its life. Scan, log, refrigerate: the ro…

    Sep 30, 2026 0
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    Found by ear: three years to a new tree frog

    The office of the city nature reserve reported this week that a survey team has found a tree frog never before described, in a stream valley 900 metres up in …

    Oct 6, 2026 0
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    Ninety-six qubits, thirty quiet days

    A quantum computing laboratory in the city's new coastal district announced this week that the 96-qubit superconducting processor it developed has run steadil…

    Oct 11, 2026 0