A new study has used millions of tweets from around the world to analyse how the moods of people change […]
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Water increasingly important in environmental perceptions
Climate change may be the world’s biggest environmental challenge, but New Zealanders are pre-occupied with issues of water quality at […]
Continue readingRWC Fever not healthy?
To many New Zealanders rugby is more than just a sport, but maybe we need to lighten up if we […]
Continue readingAnti-inflammatory drugs and cardiovascular risk
A review of research has clarified the heart and stroke risks associated with taking anti-inflammatory drugs. Australian and Canadian researchers […]
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New research has found that the incidence of a tissue damaging bacterial infection – necrotising fascitits – is rising in […]
Continue readingAll eyes on the sky for satellite re-entry
Our friends at the Australian Science Media Centre have collected useful background, resources and commentary ahead of the re-entry: NASA’s […]
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A new study suggests that geological stress caused by the September Darfield quake may have ‘loaded’ the fault that ruptured […]
Continue readingSpeed camera needed for neutrinos?
Physicists have said – in a paper and in a seminar at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) – […]
Continue readingAboriginal DNA sheds light on early humans – experts respond
A single lock of Aboriginal hair has revealed the genetic origins the first Australians and offered insight into the spread […]
Continue readingItaly quake trial gains NZ attention
The trial of six seismologists and an official in Italy in the wake of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake has become […]
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