New water quality grades for New Zealand’s swimming spots have been covered widely by media in the wake of a […]
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Meeting has obesity in the crosshairs
Experts gathering in Auckland this week have one health concern firmly in their sights: Australasia’s obesity epidemic. The Australia and […]
Continue readingObesity, children and the future – ANZOS 2012 Briefing
What we feed ourselves and our children will shape the future of New Zealand. The complex problem of obesity – […]
Continue readingBad news for women: negative media and stress – experts respond
With 24 hour news channels, smart phones and constant exposure to the internet, it is almost impossible to avoid news […]
Continue readingNobel prize in chemistry – experts respond
Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the […]
Continue readingScience & the economy – Julia Lane on Radio NZ
The question ‘Is science good for the economy?’ will be the focus of an NZ IceFest panel discussion this week. […]
Continue readingNobel Prize for Physics – experts respond
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Serge Haroche and David J. Winelan. The Laureates independently invented […]
Continue reading10 years of the UK SMC – Video
As part of the celebration of the their 10 year anniversary, a special film was commissioned about the UK Science […]
Continue readingEU finds GM maize and cancer study ‘inadequate’
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has conducted an initial review into a highly criticised French study linking herbicide resistant […]
Continue readingFertile mouse eggs created from stem cells – experts respond
Japanese researchers have turned mouse stem cells into germ cells that give rise to eggs in living mice, which then […]
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