A group of expert climate researchers has rounded robustly on 16 scientists who complained in the Wall Street Journal (No […]
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The SKA bid – an insider’s perspective
Lisa Harvey-Smith, a scientist working for the CSIRO in Australia, writes about the impending decision on the Square Kilometre Array […]
Continue readingIs sugar as toxic as alcohol?
In a ‘provocative’ commentary article, several scientists have called for sugar to be regulated as a harmful substance like alcohol […]
Continue readingEasy-to-understand nutrition info gets green light from researchers
As New Zealand policy-makers examine ways to help consumers make healthy food choices, a new Otago study has shown that […]
Continue readingWhen good research could be used for terrorism
Prominent scientists — including a New Zealander who is one of the world’s leading virologists — have published commentaries on […]
Continue readingMove to suppress dual-use research “a wise one”
Prominent scientists — including a New Zealander who is one of the world’s leading virologists — have published commentaries on […]
Continue readingUnderwater sound increases mussel biofouling
New Kiwi research has found that biofouling mussels may be more likely to make their home on the hull of […]
Continue readingProf Marc Wilson on the End of the World
Associate Professor Marc Wilson, from the Department of Psychology, Victoria University, talked to TVNZ’s Breakfast show about the Mayan calendar, […]
Continue readingSMC Heads Up to 2 Feb: Funding, depressing overtime, SCANZ 2012 and more…
The Science Media Centre’s latest Heads-Up newsletter is out – bringing you the latest science and tech news and a […]
Continue readingAnatomy of a disaster: preliminary report on the February 22, 2011 Christchurch quake
Scientists have confirmed in a new research paper on last year’s disastrous February 22 Christchurch aftershock that computer modelling showed […]
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