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Silent killer’s revival needs urgent action – Peter Saxton
Last year New Zealand recorded the highest number of annual HIV diagnoses ever – we need to evolve and modernise […]
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UPDATED: A snapshot of New Zealand’s science and innovation system has laid out where we are doing well and where […]
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We love evidence, here at the SMC. So when the chance came up to put our own work under the microscope, […]
Continue readingMeat the future – Ralph Sims
By mid-century, it’s estimated the world’s population will exceed 9 billion and they’ll need to be fed, writes Massey University’s […]
Continue readingWhy I joined the call to fund a 24/7 operations centre for GeoNet – Shaun Hendy
Following the Kaikoura earthquake, calls have been made for a 24/7 hazard monitoring system. Professor Shaun Hendy, author of Silencing Science, […]
Continue readingJapanese earthquake and tsunami – Expert Reaction
A tsunami has struck the coast of Japan following a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, with further tsunamis expected. The Australian Science […]
Continue readingAntimicrobial resistance – Expert Q&A
Growing rates of antimicrobial resistance could leave us without effective drugs to treat serious infections – “the end of modern […]
Continue readingKaikoura earthquake – Expert Q&A with GeoNet
Scientists are still unravelling what happened a week ago on several faults near Kaikoura and Culverden. We asked GeoNet scientists […]
Continue readingCanterbury tsunami following earthquake confirmed – Expert Reaction
Scientists have confirmed a tsunami did occur along the Canterbury coastline following Monday morning’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake. It reinforces the […]
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