A new law passed in Parliament today gives police wider powers to take DNA samples from people charged with a […]
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Canadian SMC about to get off the ground
The Science Media Centre of Canada is most likely the next branch of the SMC network to open for business, […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Cold comfort for blocked noses
A feature in the Weekend Herald by senior features writer Chris Barton on the Government’s move to limit availability of […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: $1 million Science prizes, Folic acid, and the 3 Rs
PM dishes up $1 million in prizes The most lucrative prize for science ever offered in New Zealand has been […]
Continue readingLow-dose radiation exposure and cardiovascular disease
It’s been hypothesized that occupational exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation could increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease, but until […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Study calls into question Govt’s folic-acid block
Martin Johnston of the New Zealand Herald writes about new research which puts to rest fears about a relationship between […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Brian Fallow – Kyoto window dressing for Copenhagen
New Zealand Herald economics editor Brian Fallow on the emissions trading scheme. An excerpt: (read in full here) “In the […]
Continue readingAre ultra-high caffeine drinks bad for children?
Controversy has met release onto the market of several brands of ultra-high caffeine ‘energy shot’ drinks. The shots contain as […]
Continue readingFood production will have to rise by about 50% in 40 years
British scientists are calling for billions to be invested in crop research and for the development of genetically modified crops […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/AP: 32 more planets discovered
European astronomers have found another 32 planets in solar systems outside ours, bringing the total number of exoplanets to more […]
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