A new livestock virus spreading across Europe and panicking farmers in the Norther Hemisphere is unlikely to reach New Zealand […]
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SMC(UK) Fact Sheet on Schmallenberg virus
This fact sheet was produced by the SMC UK to give journalists a background on the Schmallenberg virus currently affecting […]
Continue readingResearch raises concern over sleeping pills
New research has found that several commonly prescribed sleeping pills are associated with a more than fourfold increased risk of […]
Continue readingMicrobes in soil could help fight crime
A bid by Massey University researchers to showcase the latest DNA sequencing technologies for students around New Zealand may help […]
Continue reading12 Questions for Sir Paul – NZ Herald
For the NZ Herald Online, Sarah Daniell poses 12 questions to well-known Physicist Sir Paul Callaghan. An excerpt (read in […]
Continue readingAntarctic Alliance group seeks marine reserves
An alliance of major conservation and environmental groups is calling for the establishment of a series of marine reserves around […]
Continue readingFossils reveal giant prehistoric NZ penguin
Fossils found on the East coast of New Zealand have been used to reconstruct the skeleton of an extinct prehistoric […]
Continue readingSteven Joyce on Radio NZ
The Hon Steven Joyce, the first politician to hold the economic development, science and innovation and tertiary education portfolios simultaneously, […]
Continue readingExperts on speeding neutrino experiment results
From the UK SMC: Prof Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey who promised to eat his […]
Continue readingNEEDNT food list receives nationwide attention
The publication of a list of non-essential, energy-dense, nutritionally deficient (NEEDNT) foods, has received blanket media coverage across New Zealand, […]
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