Claire Kaplan, Author at Science Media Centre

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 June 202101 July 2021

The government has announced 18 new protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, along with limiting trawl fishing to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 21 June 202122 June 2021

New Zealand’s medicines regulator has given the provisional tick for kids as young as 12 to get the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 June 2021

Science has published a special issue on climate-induced relocation, including an editorial calling to decolonise research in the field to […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 27 May 2021

The SMC led a briefing about what questions patients are bringing to their doctors about the jab. Dr Maia Brewerton, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 May 202106 July 2021

Scientists have modelled how long it could take people to safely evacuate Auckland with advance warning of a volcano eruption. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 May 202115 May 2021

Default KiwiSaver schemes will no longer include investments in fossil fuel production, the Government announced today. The news is part […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 May 2021

U.S. researchers have found that MDMA-assisted therapy significantly reduced symptoms of severe PTSD in patients. Ninety people with severe PTSD […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 May 2021

The pandemic was a “preventable disaster”, says an international panel that reviewed the global COVID-19 response. It calls for immediate […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 May 202105 May 2021

New Zealand may be heading into a dry winter following a month of near record-breaking dry patches across the country. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 23 April 2021

New analysis of roughly 39 million groundwater wells around the world, including in New Zealand, sheds light on just how […]