Scientists working with the World Health Organisation say they have found the first evidence of resistance to the world’s most […]
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Budget 09: the reaction from scientists
Finance Minister Bill English this afternoon delivered the 2009-10 budget. Key science and technology policy and funding initiatives are summarised […]
Continue readingBudget 09: What’s in store for science, R&D and innovation?
Finance Minister Bill English this afternoon delivered the 2009-10 budget. The SMC has summarised the policy and funding decisions announced […]
Continue readingPoles Apart co-author responds to Dr Reisinger’s comments
John McCrystal, co-author with economist Gareth Morgan of Poles Apart, the new book weighing up the arguments about climate change, […]
Continue readingPM tasks chief science advisor with fighting P
From the New Zealand Herald (read in full here): “Prime Minister John Key is proposing to combat the drug P […]
Continue readingDr Mike King: Examining pork’s ethics
Dr Mike King, an expert in animal science and ethical issues at the University of Otago, looks at the furore […]
Continue readingSMC Heads-Up The week in Science (to May 29)
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Continue readingRichard Dawkins: Writers’ and Readers’ Festival interview
One of the highlights of last Friday’s Writer’s and Readers Festival in Auckland was Morning Report’s Sean Plunket’s interview with […]
Continue readingNew Zealand gets a Chief Science advisor to the PM
Professor Peter Gluckman, the founding director of the Liggins Institute and a world-leading medical researcher, was today named the Prime […]
Continue readingAllergy Awareness Week
One in five New Zealanders suffer from allergic diseases, and symptoms range from relatively mild to severe and potentially life-threatening. […]
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