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Devices installed in squid trawling nets to prevent sea lion bycatch lack evidence that they actually prevent sea lion deaths, […]
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A drilling expedition off the coast of Antarctica has revealed the continent once boasted a warm “near tropical” climate. In […]
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New research, published today in the journal BMJ, has analysed data from a large health survey, identifying an links between […]
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New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority has decided that if a cosmetic product contains nanomaterials, it must say be labelled as […]
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All UK children are to be given the flu vaccination after experts said it could save up to 2,000 lives […]
Continue readingGene doping in sport? – Morning Report
For Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report, William Ray investigates the current and future possibilities of genetic manipulation to enhance performance […]
Continue readingGenetic engineering the future of sports doping?
The New Zealand Herald‘s Dylan Cleaver talks with Graeme Steel, Chief Executive of Drug Free Sport NZ, about the future […]
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The Science Media Centre’s latest Heads-Up newsletter is out – bringing you the latest science and tech news and a […]
Continue readingJim Salinger on the NZ climate record – Dom Post
In the Dominion Post ex-NWIA climate scientist Prof Jim Salinger writes about the climate record he helped to create – […]
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