From The Guardian, December 2, a column by George Monbiot commenting on Lord Turner’s cliamte change report. More at Monbiot’s […]
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Comcom issues guidelines to discourage greenwashing
The Commerce Commission today issued fair trading guidelines to advise businesses using environmentally friendly branding and marketing material In the […]
Continue readingWhen the coral dies – the implications of ocean acidification
Oceans are becomingly increasingly acidic as rising carbon emission levels see increased amounts of dissolved CO2 entering oceans. But what’s […]
Continue readingISSCR Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells
A commentary published in the December 4 issue of Cell Stem Cell discusses the new International Society for Stem Cell […]
Continue readingSwindled: the dark history of food fraud
A fascinating insight into food adulteration past and present is provided in a new book by food writer and historian Bee […]
Continue readingThe father of New Zealand science
A column by Virginia Winder published in the Taranaki Daily News, looking at James Hector, one of the pioneers of […]
Continue readingUpton: We need new middle ground on climate change
Simon Upton on the way forward for tackling climate change. Read in full here. “…for the sake of environmental credibility […]
Continue readingCalculating the emissions from a ‘standard cow’
An opinion piece from Australia businessman Tom Quirk, who spent 15 years as an experimental research physicist, university lecturer and […]
Continue readingCell biology owes much to late scientist Palade
From the Manuwatu Standard: (not online) Tim Brown in the Analyse That column remembers the achievements of George Palade “the […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Dr Wayne Mapp – Science in for a shake-up
The new Minister for Research, Science and Technology used last night’s New Zealand Association of Scientists awards ceremony to give […]
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