From the Otago Daily Times: New Zealand scientists, part of a team which includes researchers at prestigious US university Stanford, […]
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Experts respond: asthma and exposure to magnetic fields
A new study has suggested that exposure to magnetic fields during pregnancy may be linked to asthma in children. However, […]
Continue readingExperts list most vulnerable deep sea habitats
Contamination from waste and litter dumping, deep-sea mining and fishing, and climate change are among the threats outlined in a […]
Continue readingReport stirs up freshwater policy debate
New Zealand’s waterways will not being getting cleaner any time soon under current government policies, according to a new report […]
Continue readingMaternal and perinatal death report raises concerns
A recent report on maternal and perinatal deaths has raised some tough questions about maternal care in New Zealand. The […]
Continue readingClimate change complexity
In today’s New Zealand Herald, meteorologist Jim Hessell describes the complexity of the earth’s atmosphere and how it will react […]
Continue readingOwen Glenn: science & innovation key
In an opinion piece for the New Zealand Herald, businessman Owen Glenn makes a case for science and innovation to […]
Continue readingNation-wide prostate cancer screening rejected
The health select committee has advised the government not to implement a national prostate cancer screening programme, but instead promote […]
Continue readingPrimate research in the UK
A new report published today recommends that scientific research on monkeys should continue in the UK – subject to rigorous […]
Continue readingSalt – how much is too much?
Writer Kate Fraser investigates the health effects of salt and what we are doing to mitigate them. An excerpt (from […]
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