This weekend, the National Party held its Bluegreens Forum in Akaroa, announcing a environmentally-related initiatives. Among those announced were an […]
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NIWA Seasonal Climate Outlook: February – April 2011
NIWA has published its climate outlook for the next three months: “Warmer than normal conditions likely to continue into autumn” […]
Continue reading3 News: Underwater exploration to find 8th wonder of the world
An international team made up of scientists from GNS Science, Waikato University and the US are using submersible vehicles (UAVs) […]
Continue readingStuff: NZ fourth in world in rate of cancer
Rebecca Todd writes in Stuff about new statistics out from the World Cancer Research Fund showing that New Zealand has […]
Continue readingScientists uncover how probiotics benefit health – research in Nature
From our colleagues at the AusSMC: Research from Tokyo and Australia has provided the first-ever clues on the mechanisms underlying […]
Continue readingThe Southland Times: What is life without Cerf-ing the net?
In an opinion piece in The Southland Times, Jillian Allison-Aitken writes about Vincent Cerf, the “father of the internet”, and […]
Continue reading3 News/NZPA: Statins work, but little help for low-risk patients
In the last few years, the use of statins as a protective measure against heart attacks, even in people with […]
Continue readingThe Press: Whose fault is it anyway? The scientists remain divided
Paul Gorman writes about the divergent views of scientists regarding whether or not faults lie directly beneath the gravels of […]
Continue readingSMC network featured in The Lancet
British medical science journal The Lancet has done a write-up on the rapidly expanding Science Media Centre network, detailing the […]
Continue readingExpert on review questioning use of statins to prevent cardiovascual disease
A review by the Cochrane Collaboration of medical studies on the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs (statins), suggests the drugs have […]
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