From today, the drink-drive limit has been lowered to 250 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath or 50 milligrams per 100ml […]
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Sea level rise to impact on New Zealanders – report
Flooding and erosion from rising sea levels are likely to significantly impact on New Zealanders in our lifetimes, warns the latest […]
Continue readingRoyal Society medals honour 2014’s top researchers
Twelve outstanding New Zealand researchers have been awarded medals at the Royal Society of New Zealand 2014 Research Honours event, […]
Continue readingFocus on future of drones
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – also known as drones – have exploded onto the market in recent years, with potential […]
Continue readingNew ancient NZ ‘Dawn Whale’ identified
Local palaeontologists have identified – and named – a previously unknown genus of ancient New Zealand baleen whale and two species within […]
Continue readingFunding NZ with science – The New Zealand Herald
Following up on the Government’s recent announcement that it is investing $139 million into 48 of New Zealand’s most promising research programmes, Teuila […]
Continue readingUpdated: Rosetta mission successfully lands probe on comet – experts respond
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission successfully landed the Philae space probe on the surface of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, just […]
Continue readingItaly quake experts cleared of manslaughter
An Italian court has overturned manslaughter convictions against six scientists for failing to give adequate warning of an 2009 earthquake […]
Continue readingSecond study confirms moa’s rapid extinction caused by early settlers
Even small human populations can wipe out big animal species, according to New Zealand research that suggests the moa extinction happened […]
Continue readingGeoengineering a solution to volcano-induced atmospheric cooling – Experts respond
A rather unorthodox geoengineering study has examined the potential for greenhouse gases to play a positive role in humanity’s future… […]
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