Over the summer break, New Zealand Herald science reporter Jamie Morton has kept readers informed with two summer science series. […]
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2016 another scorcher year – Expert Reaction
2016 was the hottest year in New Zealand in over a century, surpassing the previous warmest year on record, 1998. […]
Continue readingCommunity targets wasps – In the News
A community-led conservation project – supported by Fairfax Media’s The Nelson Mail – aims to significantly reduce German and common […]
Continue readingLifestyle changes could cut bowel cancer burden – In the News
Targeting six lifestyle factors could considerably reduce bowel cancer rates, according to a new study investigating risk factors for the […]
Continue readingSmoking continues to drop in NZ – In the News
Using information from the 2013 Census, researchers say that smoking is declining at an ever-increasing rate. A study, published today […]
Continue readingWhat are NZ’s cybersecurity threats? – Expert Q&A
With the 14th annual Privacy, Security and Trust conference held in Auckland this week, the Science Media Centre asked cybersecurity […]
Continue readingQuakes didn’t stop school students achieving – In the News
A new study found, unexpectedly, that the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 did not negatively affect school leavers. Despite […]
Continue readingTop Ten Science Stories of 2016
Nature’s made herself well known in science this year, with the recent Kaikoura earthquake dominating media attention for the past […]
Continue readingChildhood risk factors predict future economic burden – Expert Reaction
US researchers using data from Dunedin’s longitudinal study say it is possible to predict in early childhood the segment of […]
Continue readingTesting finds campylobacter in nearly two-thirds of raw chicken – In the News
A Consumer NZ test of 40 fresh chicken products found campylobacter in nearly two-thirds of the samples, sparking calls for […]
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