John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about this year’s New Zealand International Science Festival, the theme of which […]
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3 News: Carter Observatory reopening this weekend
Dan Parker reports for 3 News that Wellington’s Carter Observatory, which has been closed for the last two years, will […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Brainbox wins award for disease research
Beck Vass writes in the New Zealand Herald about Professor Richard Faull, who last night was announced as the Supreme […]
Continue readingODT: Tune in to ‘inner scientist’ to filter nonsense
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about recent talks given in New Zealand by renowed physicist and science […]
Continue readingODT/NZPA: Healthy society gives women eye for less masculine features
New research suggests that a nation’s overall health influences what heterosexual women find attractive, with some of the women tested […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Funds boost for hi-tech materials
Christopher Adams writes in the New Zealand Herald about the Materials Accelerator – a new programme designed to help commercialise […]
Continue readingODT: Drinking in pregnancy a worry
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about a recent talk in Dunedin by Dr Ruth Napper about the […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Clean streams, factory farming and Gardasil
Black spots in clean streams report The fact that the disappointing results outlined in the Clean Streams Accord report were […]
Continue readingDairying and Clean Streams report highlights increasing pollution
Agriculture Minister David Carter today sharply criticised dairy farmers who are failing to meet agreed targets for controlling pollution. His […]
Continue readingThe Press: Beyond climate change calamity
In an opinion piece, David Round (University of Canterbury) writes in The Press about the disastrous effects of climate change, […]
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