A healthcare department in Dallas, Texas, USA, has reported a case of Zika virus infection acquired through sexual intercourse rather […]
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NZ bowel cancer rates dropping – Expert reaction
Increasing economic development is linked with growing rates of bowel cancer, but some high-income countries – including New Zealand – […]
Continue readingHuman embryo gene editing gets UK go-ahead – Expert reaction
A regulatory body in the UK has approved the first research application to use new ‘gene editing’ techniques on human […]
Continue readingSTEM skills vital to NZ’s future – Steven Joyce
Writing in the Dominion Post, Minister of Economic Development Steven Joyce lays out the case for a skilled workforce – […]
Continue readingWhakatane fluoride decision fuels Govt re-think
The Whakatane District Council’s Policy Committee has voted narrowly in favour removing fluoride from the District’s public water supplies. Following […]
Continue readingUpdated: Zika virus outbreak – Expert reaction
Concern over the current outbreak of the mosquito-spread Zika virus in the Americas is growing. The virus is likely to […]
Continue reading#RoyalCam gets up close with nesting albatross
A family of Northern royal albatross nesting on the Otago Peninsula have become internet stars thanks to a 24-7 live […]
Continue readingHottest year on record – Expert reaction
Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest on record, according to independent analyses by NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
Continue reading‘Scientific’ whaling needs better scrutiny – Expert reaction
Scientists are frustrated with the International Whaling Commission over the lack of science in Japan’s scientific whaling programme, and are […]
Continue reading2015 Hottest year on record – NASA, NOAA
Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA […]
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