A study published in the Pediatrics journal this month suggests that vitamin B12 may be an important nutrient in preventing […]
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Continue readingNew scientific research units for AUT
AUT: Eradicating a cause of economic loss in New Zealand’s dairy industry is one of several key research areas for […]
Continue readingQueensland’s coast blighted by leaked oil – experts respond
Pelicans and turtles are among the animals suffering the effects of an oil spill from a cargo ship that has […]
Continue readingPeking Man’s age revised by 200,000 years
The bones of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus, commonly known as ‘Peking Man’, may be 200,000 years older than previously thought, according […]
Continue readingStudies uncover health impacts of melamine consumption
Nearly six months after the San-Lu tainted milk powder scandal in China broke drawing New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra into […]
Continue readingChris Barton: Copyright not about criminalising kids
Chris Barton writing in today’s New Zealand Herald slams the section 92a provisions of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act […]
Continue readingExperts respond: Australia’s draft carbon reduction legislation
The Australian Science Media Centre rounded up comment from scientists on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme exposure draft legislation released […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Mike Lee on the Hauraki Gulf as a marine park
Mike Lee, Hauraki Gulf conservationist and chairman of the Auckland Regional Council, laments the slow progress towards establishing the Hauraki […]
Continue readingHow bad is the worldwide bee decline?
New Zealand has a love affair with bees. Not only are we a significant producer and consumer of honey and […]
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