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Author: Dacia Herbulock

Fish oil during pregnancy – benefits questioned

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 October 201022 October 2010

New research led by the University of Adelaide challenges advice that pregnant women should increase their intake of fish oil. […]

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Elevated trans fats in dairy supply may be linked to health risk

Uncategorized  |  Published: 08 October 2010

New Zealand Herald’s Chris Barton investigates new evidence of palm kernel-derived trans fats in New Zealand dairy products and their […]

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Landmark ‘Census of Marine Life’ effort culminates today

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 October 201005 October 2010

The first-ever global Census of Marine Life will officially conclude today at a news conference in London, after a decade […]

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Newsletter Digest: IgNobels, Kiwi attitudes to science, SciBlogs anniversary

Blog  |  Published: 01 October 201005 October 2010

What do Kiwis think of science? Next week will see the launch of a study that looks at the public’s […]

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‘Dirty Weather’ Diaries of Reverend Davis — rescuing lost climate data from the past

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 30 September 201030 September 2010

ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING: THUR 30 September, 1:30 pm (NZT) — Weather data salvaged from Northland missionary diaries and Australian First […]

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Light trap for single atom devised

Expert Reactions, In the News  |  Published: 27 September 201028 September 2010

University of Otago physicists have found a way to trap a single atom, using a clever technique to circumvent the […]

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What’s in our groundwater?

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 25 August 201027 August 2010

Groundwater is a crucial natural resource — around one third of the water used in New Zealand comes from underground […]

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Prenatal exposure to pesticides linked to attention disorders

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 August 201020 August 2010

US research suggests children who were exposed to organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother’s womb were more likely to […]

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Rare double earthquake behind tsunami warning confusion

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 19 August 201019 August 2010

New research into the earthquake responsible for the deadly 2009 tsunami in Samoa and Tonga, has shown that it was […]

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Medical tourism increasing spread of superbug gene

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 August 201012 August 2010

A gene that confers resistance to nearly all existing antibiotics has been found in bacteria in India, Pakistan and the […]

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