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Hundreds of consumer products containing nanoparticles are already on the shelves, but almost nothing is known about their effects on […]
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New research suggests that the current estimate of a 0.4% fatality rate for swine flu may be inaccurate. The paper, […]
Continue reading‘Ant mega-colony takes over world’ – headlines mostly hype, says expert
Research reported online last week on BBC Earth News asserts that the vast numbers of invasive Argentine ants living in […]
Continue readingDr Paul Trotman: ‘Pandemic Panic’
A recent article by Dr Paul Trotman proposes an alternative view on swine flu and its treatment in the media. […]
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I had my first brush with a genetically-modified organism this week – and was pleasantly surprised at the experience. When […]
Continue readingScience Media Centre network set to grow
Peter Griffin, London – It was a pleasant surprise to have on a sweltering London afternoon and with competition from […]
Continue readingThe Guardian: a commitment to science journalism pays
If the editors and senior producers gathered at the World Congress of Science Journalists to debate whether science journalism is […]
Continue readingAusSMC: Discovery of first large Australian dinosaurs in 28 years
New research published in PLoS ONE today (Fri 3 July) describes the remains of three new species of dinosaur: two […]
Continue readingRemembering Joan Wiffen, New Zealand’s ‘Dinosaur lady’
Dr James Crampton, paleontologist and programme leader at GNS Science, comments: “I guess for me, her story is a wonderful […]
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