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Day: January 15, 2009

The Week In Science: New reseach and hot issues – to Jan 22

Blog  |  Published: 15 January 200919 June 2011

The silly season is over and the country’s newsroom’s are starting to fill up again with (ahem) enthusiastic and refreshed […]

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Controversy over ‘fat tax’

Blog  |  Published: 15 January 200915 January 2009

We are in the grips of an obesity epidemic here in New Zealand, with one in three adults now overweight […]

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WHO surgical safety checklist – NEJM paper

In the News  |  Published: 15 January 200919 June 2011

The New England Journal of Medicine paper on the results of trials of implementing guidelines for surgery is now available […]

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Crocodiles in Canada, palm trees at the poles

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 15 January 200915 January 2009

55 million years ago, the Earth was a much warmer place than it is today. Shockingly warm, in fact. And […]

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700 year-old Maori house discovered

In the News  |  Published: 15 January 2009

From The Press: Otago University archaeologists have identified what they believe to be the site of a 700-year-old dwelling on […]

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