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A new study was published in The Lancet this month, which looked at body mass index (BMI) and cause-specific mortality […]
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NIWA has published it’s climate outlook for the next three months: La Niña weakening, with a mild end to autumn […]
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So what happens to the traditional cycle of publishing scientific research in journals when a major player like the Massachusetts […]
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Tony Lambert, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Auckland and Charlene Hallett has recently submitted an MSc thesis […]
Continue readingETS submissions a mixed bag of science and lobbying
The first wave of submissions to the ETS Review Committee have been published on the New Zealand Parliament website. The […]
Continue readingRed and processed meat eaters face greater risk of disease
New research from the US published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that individuals who eat more red meat […]
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