Romy Udanga writes in Business Day about the release of the first complete draft sequence of the apple genome – […]
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Newsletter Digest: Water issues, food insecurity, NZ’s energy strategy and IPCC review results
Wrangling over water issues Polluted rivers, dirty dairying, greening the MacKenzie Country, dams for hydro-power and water allocation — these […]
Continue readingSunday Star Times: Jessica Alba wins in the mathematics of sex appeal
According to research conducted by a Wellingtonian anthropologist, men find women with waist-to-hip ratios of 0.7 most attractive. The ratio […]
Continue readingDominion Post: Researchers dying to discuss the afterlife
Michael Forbes writes in the Dominion Post about Massey University researchers who aim to study near death experiences. The study […]
Continue reading3 News: Web full of unregulated cigarette advertising
Samantha Hayes reports that a University of Otago study has found that despite an international ban on tobacco advertising, YouTube […]
Continue readingTimaru Herald: Land use impact on water ‘not known for decades’
Gerald Piddock writes in the Timaru Herald about groundwater – scientists say that the impact on our groundwater of intensive […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: DNA focus of dolphin count
Researchers will use DNA profiling to count Maui dolphins, which are the world’s rarest. An excerpt: (read in full here) […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Top researcher dies
Sir Graham Liggins has died, age 84. The researcher was known for his landmark work in foetal development, and the […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Gavin Ellis – Paying the piper
Gavin Ellis shares his lecture notes about the end of journalism, and why predictions of its death have been exaggerated. […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Auckland: Raised from the sea
John Roughan writes in the NZ Herald about the creation of New Zealand – an event which happened fairly recently […]
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