A Greenpeace-commissioned report investigating the possible extent of oil spills off New Zealand’s coast has receive widespread media coverage. The […]
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Should we move species threatened by climate change?
From the Conversation. Republished here under creative commons licence. By Tracy Rout, University of Melbourne; Doug Armstrong, Massey University; Eve […]
Continue readingAntarctic reserves back on the agenda at CCAMLR
Policy makers are hoping an Antarctic conservation meeting in Hobart could lead to no-fish zones in the Southern Ocean, but […]
Continue readingOne in 2000 Brits carry brain disease protein – experts respond
A large-scale survey in the UK suggests around one in 2,000 people carry an abnormal prion — a mis-folded brain […]
Continue readingSix myths about vaccination – and why they’re wrong
Republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons license. By Rachael Dunlop, University of Technology, Sydney Recently released government figures show […]
Continue readingNobel Prize recognises basis of computational chemistry
Three scientists who laid the groundwork for moving chemistry into the digital era have been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize […]
Continue readingHiggs Boson theory earns Nobel for Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to the theorists who predicted the Higgs Boson particle 50 years before […]
Continue readingNobel Medicine Prize for discoveries in cell transport
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three researchers responsible for unravelling the complex world of […]
Continue reading‘Designer babies’ patent – experts respond
A patent on a method which allows prospective parents to pick and choose their children’s traits prior to undergoing fertility […]
Continue readingUS Shutdown hurting science
The Washington Post‘s Joel Achenbach examines how the current US Government is affecting innovation and science in the States (via […]
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