The latest report from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, covering the climate outlook and its potential […]
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Smelly genes identified by NZ researchers
Changing the name of a rose might not alter its smell, but a few tweaks in you DNA could, according […]
Continue readingDrug funding key issue at conference
Academics, advocates, patients and politicians wrestled over the legal, ethical and scientific issues surrounding the funding of treatments for suffers […]
Continue readingDietary fats and heart disease in New Zealand- experts respond
Switching ‘bad’ fats for ‘good’ fats in the typical Kiwi diet would have a substantial impact on heart disease in […]
Continue readingCar occupants exposed to more pollution than cyclists
Ongoing research at the University of Canterbury has found that the air inside cars contains more pollutants than the air […]
Continue readingProf Shaun Hendy on cities and innovation
Prof Shaun Hendy (Victoria University of Wellington and Callaghan Innovation) looks at the relationship between city size and smarts in […]
Continue readingMore 1080 needed to save native birds and plants – Environment Commissioner
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says DOC should use more 1080 poison in pest control. The Commissioner, Dr Jan […]
Continue readingFlying NASA telescope in Christchurch skies
A NASA telescope will be scanning the skies above Christchurch for the next few weeks — flying 12km up in […]
Continue readingPolar ice loss speed-up may not last – experts respond
Satellite observations have measured accelerating polar ice mass loss over the past decade as part of the Gravity Recovery and […]
Continue readingBiosecurity forum looks hard at NZ border
Biosecurity in New Zealand- have we gone soft at the border? was the title of a conference which has raised […]
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