The Government’s new childhood obesity plan, released this week, has been widely covered – and critiqued – in the media. […]
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Childhood obesity plan – Expert reaction
A wide-ranging series of initiatives designed to tackle childhood obesity was unveiled by the Government yesterday afternoon. The package is […]
Continue readingIndigenous cancer inequalities compared – In the news
The gap in overall cancer rates between Māori and other New Zealanders is more pronounced than that between indigenous and non-indigenous […]
Continue readingAntarctic melt and long term sea level rise – In the news
New modelling of Antarctic ice-sheet loss paints a grim picture of long-term sea level rise. The new paper published in […]
Continue readingGlobal cancer comparison highlights Maori inequality – Expert reaction
Cancer rates are higher for Maori than other New Zealanders, but the same is not true for other countries’ indigenous […]
Continue readingClimate canaries in the New Zealand Herald
What are the ‘sentinel species’ that are first affected by a warming climate? Science Reporter Jamie Morton investigates in today’s […]
Continue readingNew Zealand’s oil spill record scrutinised – In the News
More than our tons of oil have been spilt in New Zealand waters since the Rena oil spill in 2011, […]
Continue readingGetting to grips with glacial erosion – Expert reaction
New research from GNS science, published today in Science, shows that faster moving glaciers carve out more of the landscape […]
Continue readingNobel Prize in Chemistry – Expert reaction
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Prof Tomas Lindahl of the Francis Crick Institute, jointly with […]
Continue readingDNA reveals Polynesian dog’s travels
The genetic heritage of New Zealand’s first dog, the now extinct kuri, is being unravelled by University of Otago scientists […]
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