Annabelle Jackman reports for 3 News on a recent paper, written by University of British Columbia scientists, which predicts that […]
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CAM therapies associated with adverse events in children
A paper published recently in the Archives of Disease in Childhood has shown that the use of complementary and alternative […]
Continue readingSunday Star Times: Robot sub to seek clues on Terraces
Lois Cairns writes for the Sunday Star Times about a submarine to be launched this week in an attempt to […]
Continue readingDominion Post: Hospitals on alert for new party drug
Britton Broun writes in the Dominion Post about mephedrone – a substitute for ecstasy – the growing use of which […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Wakfield’s MMR study described as ‘elaborate fraud’
The British Medical Journal has described Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 study, in which the MMR vaccine was linked to autism, as […]
Continue readingBriefing: How will Australia cope with peak oil?
A briefing by the Australian Science Media Centre has looked at the issue of peak oil in Australia, and how […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Science and innovation boards funding announced
Two new, independent boards which will be responsible for science and innovation funding, have been set up and their members […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Long relationships the key to health, study finds
Research carried out by University of Otago researchers has found that relationships of over 5 years – but not necessarily […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Chris de Freitas – Emotion clouding underlying science of global warming
Environmental scientist Chris de Freitas writes, in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, about the confusion around global […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Crystal ball gazing into 2011
An article in the Herald on Sunday looks forward into 2011, making predictions about a range of subjects from science […]
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