Experts are warning of potentially bad influenza season this year and encouraging vaccination. Influenza researchers Prof Lance Jennnings from Canterbury […]
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Overhunting and deforestation by Pre-European settlers in the Pacific led to extensive loss of bird life, according to new estimates […]
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A new study comparing the DNA of a giant squid held at Te Papa with samples from 42 of its […]
Continue readingBioethics informs debate – Gareth Jones
Bioethicists challenge boundaries society takes for granted – but must “tread carefully”, writes a leading bioethics expert. The University of […]
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Authorities are investigating a potential breach of GM requirements at Lincoln University following the discovery of a genetically modified fungus […]
Continue readingAustralian anthrax outbreak – experts respond
An outbreak of anthrax in New South Wales, Australia, has killed up to 40 cattle and several farms in the […]
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Auckland was shaken yesterday afternoon by two earthquakes measuring magnitude 3.1 and 3.9, centred in the Hauraki Gulf about 15 […]
Continue readingClimate future feature in the NZ Herald
In a NZ Herald two-page special report, Jamie Morten interviews three climate researchers from Victoria University Wellington about climate, change […]
Continue readingWhale strandings no family affair – research
A new study questions the hypothesis that mass whale strandings are the result of family members coming to the aid […]
Continue readingCallaghan Innovation on Nine to Noon – Radio NZ
On Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon show, Mary Wilson probes the government’s fledgling scientific Crown Entity, Callaghan Innovation, seeking […]
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