La Niña continues, with mild conditions nationally, and likely dry in the south NIWA – A moderate La Niña in […]
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Spa-like seawater conditions 50 million years ago
GNS Science: If you lived in New Zealand 50 million years ago, you would have been able to enjoy a […]
Continue reading“Irreversible” climate change no argument for giving up
A new study of the long-term effects of CO2 emissions on climate by a group of US and European scientists […]
Continue readingThe fake Viagra-terrorism link and other stories
People who buy fake drugs on the internet supporting terrorism as well as risking their lives, according to the International […]
Continue readingBMJ report questions pain relief of acupuncture
The Australian Science Media Centre has rounded up scientific opinion on the British Medical Journal paper questioning the effectiveness of […]
Continue readingInteresting dairy farming statistics from DairyNZ 07-08 report
The 2007-08 report from Dairy NZ and Livestock Improvement Corporation has some interesting statistics about the dairy industry in New […]
Continue readingExpert Comment on Nature paper on surface temperature
Climate scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University in the USA have published a new analysis of […]
Continue readingThe burden of undiagnosed diabetes
Following last week’s New Zealand research which showed diabetes goes undiagnosed in one in five Maori, comes a study from […]
Continue readingLovelock: One billion better than nine billion
It is a wonderfully philosophical and pragmatic 90 year-old James Lovelock who is interviewed in New Scientist this week. The […]
Continue readingNew Zealand lagging in child vaccinations – Unicef
Unicef’s State of the World’s Children report has just been release and while it paints a good picture of the […]
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