Medsafe is calling for 70 cough and cold remedies to be banned from the shelves of supermarkets and dairies, citing […]
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Newstalk ZB: Groundbreaking scientists win prize
Dr Jeff Tallon and Dr Bob Buckley, of IRL, have been awarded the top prize at the Prime Minister’s Science […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Pollution researcher named top emerging scientist
The winners of the Prime Minister’s Science Awards were announced today, with doctoral student John Watt winning the top emerging […]
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Dom Post: Fishing limit decisions ‘guesswork’
Nick Churchouse writes in the Dominion Post about the view of an eminent NZ scientist that decisions on commercial fishing […]
Continue readingClimate change and risk fatigue – what can science do?
ONLINE BRIEFING: Tuesday 9 March 2010, 10.30 am NZT Climate scientists have been warning since the 2007 publication of the […]
Continue readingODT:Farming confronting technical conundrums
Neal Wallace of the Otago Daily Times writes about warnings that NZ’s pasture-based farming system might have to change. Stephen […]
Continue readingThe Press: Editorial: Taskforce report offers blueprint for research
An editorial in The Press discusses the recently-released report from the CRI taskforce, which has said that major reforms to […]
Continue readingODT: Facing up to global farming reality
Neal Wallance writes in the Otago Dilay Times about fears that food crises could outweigh climate change in the near […]
Continue readingDom Post: How Darwin opened a can of worms in New Zealand’s soil
Bob Brockie writes in the Dominion Post about Darwin’s discovery that earthworms are able, through their activity, to bury not […]
Continue reading‘Fish for the future’ – the science behind the catch
ONLINE BRIEFING: Monday 8 March 2010, 11 am NZT Seaweek kicks off this week with the theme ‘Fish for the […]
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