The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, says there is “little consistency” in the use and respect […]
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David Krofcheck on the Fukushima radioactive water leaks
Three-hundred tons of highly radioactive water is pouring into the Pacific Ocean every day from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant […]
Continue readingSMC moves to new base at Royal Society HQ
The Science Media Centre has relocated from its tiny base on Wellington’s Manners St to the Royal Society of New […]
Continue readingExpert Q&A: Alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria
United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has ordered the 20-strong inspection team investigating alleged use of chemical weapons in Damascus to […]
Continue readingFonterra’s false alarm – what are Clostridium sporogenes?
The Ministry for Primary Industries has completed testing on Fonterra’s whey protein concentrate and found no trace of the potentially […]
Continue readingAre airlines to blame for antibiotic resistance? Experts respond
Is increased international travel responsible for rising antibiotic resistance in New Zealand? Or is agriculture to blame? Or maybe doctors? […]
Continue readingChief science advisor on changing climate and oceans
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, says New Zealand faces significant impacts from climate change in […]
Continue readingNZ-born Mike Morwood, discoverer of Flores Hobbit, dies – experts respond
Professor Mike Morwood, the New Zealand-born archaeologist who became world famous for helping discover the extinct Homo species Homo floresiensis […]
Continue readingEarthquakes – engineering snapshot on 6.5M quake
IPENZ: The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) has today released an Engineering Snapshot – key points and lessons […]
Continue readingGNS Science – update on probability of future earthquakes
A press conference this afternoon held by Wellington City Council and Civil Defence on the earthquakes featured an update from […]
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