An ice break-off from the Tasman Glacier has been far bigger than expected – instead of the 10 million tonnes […]
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TVNZ/Newstalk ZB: Solar System may be older than thought
The journal Nature has reported that the solar system could be almost two million years older than previously thought, according […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Sam Fisher – How will court decide whether weather warming?
Sam Fisher, in an opinion piece in the NZ Herald, looks at the legal action being threatened against NIWA by […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Anthony Doesburg – Wet or dry? Super computer has the forecast
Anthony Doesburg writes in the New Zealand Herald about NIWA’s new supercomputer, which the organisation hopes will allow it to […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Picking winners in science
Shaun Hendy writes in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald about the strategy of ‘picking winners’ in science […]
Continue reading3 News: Dogs can understand human emotion – research
Researchers from the University of Otago have found that dogs are able to differentiate between a number of human emotions, […]
Continue readingExperts on 60 Minutes vitamin C ‘miracle cure’ story
The Science Media Centre sought comment from experts on the 60 Minutes piece Living Proof, which examined the story of […]
Continue readingProfessor Linda Bryder: Responses to ‘A History of the “Unfortunate Experiment”‘
From NZSkeptics: New Zealand’s Education Act 1989 states that academic freedom means freedom ‘within the law to question and test […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Double earthquake caused Pacific tsunami
The tsunami which devasted Tonga and Samoa in September of last year was caused by two almost simultaneous earthquakes, shows […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Study identifies TB gene
An international study involving a University of Otago researcher has for the first time used a specific genome scanning technique […]
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