Ngāi Tūhoe and palaeontologists have teamed up to go digging for dinosaurs and understand more about how these animals lived in […]
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Everyday chemicals could trigger cancer when mixed
Mixtures of common chemicals used in our environment may act in concert with each other in the human body to […]
Continue readingFossil reveals big origins of modern NZ bat
A ‘walking’ bat fossil discovered in central Otago has revealed the super-sized origins for two of New Zealand’s three bat species. […]
Continue readingNobel laureate’s comments creates sexism storm
Nobel prize winner and UK Royal Society Fellow Tim Hunt has caused controversy by saying laboratories should be segregated along gender […]
Continue readingApproving the new female libido-boosting drug – Expert reaction
An expert advisory panel for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted in favour of conditionally approving a […]
Continue readingEndangered Maui’s dolphin now on the cusp of extinction
A new warning has sounded for the world’s smallest dolphin, with a researcher now reporting there are less than 50 […]
Continue readingCanon Media Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2015 Canon Media Awards were announced in Auckland on Friday night, including those for the Science […]
Continue readingIs a megathrust quake around the corner? – Campbell Live
Campbell Live’s Tristram Clayton and Whena Owen interviewed GNS scientists last night about the latest findings on central New Zealand’s ‘megathrust’ quake zone. We […]
Continue readingTangata Whenua book wins 2015 Science Book Prize
The book Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History has won the 2015 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize, announced at the Auckland […]
Continue readingAustralian Federal Budget 2015 – Expert reaction
Australia’s Federal Government has delivered the latest federal budget, which includes funding top-ups and cuts to various scientific programmes. A […]
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