The editorial in today’s New Zealand Herald takes a look at the government’s new National Science Challenges. An excerpt (read […]
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Updated: A Huge tornado has devastated the US state of Oklahoma killing at least 24 people and injuring many more. […]
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The risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (cot death), is five times higher in babies who share parents’ beds, even […]
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The latest edition of the manual defining criteria for mental illness is set to have a major impact on how […]
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New research describes a breakthrough in IVF technology that proponents claim will significantly increase live birth rates in fertility clinics. […]
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Budget 2013 saw a net increase of around $50 million in science and innovation funding, according to Science and Innovation […]
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An article on the website of the US magazine The Atlantic, speculates on how a ‘breakthrough’ in cloning stem cells […]
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A genetic analysis of the little spotted kiwi has confirmed that all modern members of the species (numbering more than […]
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Scientists have successfully reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type […]
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