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Author: Daniel Walker

Bug of the Year 2025 – Expert Reaction

Bug of the Year 2025 – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 February 202513 February 2025

Bat hitchiking, mealybug milking, and defensive bleeding – the creepiest crawlies and freakiest fliers of Aotearoa are duking it out […]

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Scientists become environmental detectives with eDNA – Expert Reaction

Scientists become environmental detectives with eDNA – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 February 202512 February 2025

New technology is helping scientists to track down pests, detect endangered species, and find infectious viruses, all through the tiny bits […]

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Trump’s science spending cuts – Expert Reaction

Trump’s science spending cuts – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 February 202512 February 2025

The US government is cutting or limiting rafts of funding for science and health research. Some of the executive actions from President […]

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Five global crises are inextricably linked – Expert Reaction

Five global crises are inextricably linked – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 18 December 2024

‘Siloed thinking’ is holding back solutions to biodiversity, human health, climate change, water, and food security, according to a new […]

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What to know before becoming a new greyhound owner – Expert Q&A

What to know before becoming a new greyhound owner – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 12 December 2024

With the greyhound racing industry coming to an end, most of the 3,000 current racing dogs will be put up for […]

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Meth use skyrockets – Expert Reaction

Meth use skyrockets – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 December 2024

Cocaine and methamphetamine have been detected at their highest ever rates in New Zealand’s wastewater. Wastewater testing data show the volume of drugs […]

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New food standards for lab-grown meat – Expert Reaction

New food standards for lab-grown meat – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 December 202412 December 2024

Food regulators want to streamline how they assess the growing range of lab-grown foods, starting with cell-cultured quail meat. Instead of going through […]

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What’s the difference between NZ’s bird flu and overseas strains? – Expert Q&A

What’s the difference between NZ’s bird flu and overseas strains? – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 11 December 2024

Several strains of highly pathogenic bird flu have been found around the globe, and now in New Zealand. The virus […]

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Gene Technology Bill introduced to parliament – Expert Reaction

Gene Technology Bill introduced to parliament – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 December 202417 December 2024

We now have details of a new Bill which introduces long-awaited reforms to genetic modification rules, reducing restrictions for scientists to work with the […]

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Marsden Fund cuts will disproportionately affect Māori researchers – Expert Reaction

Marsden Fund cuts will disproportionately affect Māori researchers – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 December 202413 December 2024

With humanities and social sciences removed from the “blue-skies” research fund, many Māori-led research projects will no longer be funded. “Core” […]

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