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Author: Peter Griffin

NZ Herald: Brainbox wins award for disease research

In the News  |  Published: 25 March 2010

Beck Vass writes in the New Zealand Herald about Professor Richard Faull, who last night was announced as the Supreme […]

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ODT: Tune in to ‘inner scientist’ to filter nonsense

In the News  |  Published: 23 March 2010

John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about recent talks given in New Zealand by renowed physicist and science […]

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ODT/NZPA: Healthy society gives women eye for less masculine features

In the News  |  Published: 22 March 201025 March 2010

New research suggests that a nation’s overall health influences what heterosexual women find attractive, with some of the women tested […]

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NZ Herald: Funds boost for hi-tech materials

In the News  |  Published: 22 March 2010

Christopher Adams writes in the New Zealand Herald about the Materials Accelerator – a new programme designed to help commercialise […]

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ODT: Drinking in pregnancy a worry

In the News  |  Published: 22 March 2010

John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about a recent talk in Dunedin by Dr Ruth Napper about the […]

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Newsletter Digest: Clean streams, factory farming and Gardasil

Blog  |  Published: 19 March 2010

Black spots in clean streams report The fact that the disappointing results outlined in the Clean Streams Accord report were […]

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Dairying and Clean Streams report highlights increasing pollution

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 18 March 201019 March 2010

Agriculture Minister David Carter today sharply criticised dairy farmers who are failing to meet agreed targets for controlling pollution. His […]

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The Press: Beyond climate change calamity

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 18 March 2010

In an opinion piece, David Round (University of Canterbury) writes in The Press about the disastrous effects of climate change, […]

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NZ Herald: Act now to fight swine flu: Ministry

In the News  |  Published: 18 March 2010

Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald that the Ministry of Health is urging people to get their flu […]

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TVNZ/NZPA: Partners mimic pregnancy symptoms

In the News  |  Published: 18 March 2010

Waikato researchers have found that the partners (and sometimes relatives) of pregnant women often also get symptoms which mimic pregnancy, […]

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