A rare strain of meningococcal disease has killed 6 people this year, triggering the Ministry of Health to ask doctors and […]
Continue readingBlog
Seed banking and native trees – Expert Reaction
Traditional seed banking – storing seeds at low temperatures – will fail to save a third of the world’s tree species from extinction, according […]
Continue reading
Mobile phone cancer link in rats – Expert Reaction
US research suggests a link between mobile phone radiation and cancer in male rats, but experts have cautioned that the […]
Continue reading
Abortion law reform – Expert Reaction
A briefing paper on abortion law reform has been handed to Justice Minister Andrew Little, after he commissioned the work in February. The […]
Continue reading
Kiwis not so sun smart – In the News
In the latest update from the Wellington Kids’Cam study – which put cameras on local kids to record the children’s […]
Continue reading
Moral decisions for driverless cars – Expert Reaction
In a scene right out of ‘The Good Place’, researchers have asked millions of people across the world what they […]
Continue reading
State of our air – Expert Reaction
The Ministry for the Environment’s latest environmental report shows that air quality in New Zealand is generally good, but some […]
Continue reading
Honours for Aotearoa’s top researchers, scholars and innovators – In the News
Exceptional New Zealand researchers have been honoured at the Research Honours Aotearoa, hosted by Royal Society Te Apārangi and held in […]
Continue reading
EPA’s reassessment of chemicals – In the News
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released a priority chemicals list of 39 chemicals – mostly insecticides, fungicides and weed-killers, that require […]
Continue reading
Mice with two mums – Expert Reaction
Researchers from China have bred healthy mice with two mums (and no dad) that went on to have normal pups […]
Continue reading