Online privacy concerns and inequality in internet access are highlighted in the latest New Zealand data from the World Internet […]
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UPDATED: DHBs to control water fluoridation – In the News
The Government has announced planned legislation that will move responsibility for water fluoridation from local councils to District Health Boards. […]
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The current Zika outbreak in Brazil may have had its origins in Polynesia, says new research speculating the virus was […]
Continue readingTen science successes profiled in the Herald on Sunday
In a two-page spread in the Herald on Sunday, science journalist Jamie Morton lays out ten New Zealand science and […]
Continue readingTiny NZ Spider has the fastest jaws – Expert reaction
A New Zealand spider is the fastest in the world at snapping up prey with its jaws, according to a […]
Continue reading‘Peak Antibiotics’ documentary on Prime
The NZ On Air-funded documentary Peak Antibiotic, which aired on Prime this week, tells the story of antibiotic resistance and […]
Continue readingBusiness R&D spend rises – Expert reaction
New Zealand businesses increased their research and development spending by more than 15 per cent in the last year, according […]
Continue readingWet and dry extremes in climate models questioned – Expert reaction
International scientists have pooled together data from the last 1,200 years on the relationship between water and the climate in […]
Continue readingPig heart beats in baboon for two years – US expert reaction
International scientists may have overcome an key obstacle in xenotransplantation, successfully transplanting a heart from a pig into a baboon […]
Continue readingHuman sacrifice built complex societies – In the News
Ritual human sacrifice played a central role in helping those at the top of the social hierarchy maintain power over […]
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