There’s a scene in the film Gattaca, which was written by New Zealand-born writer-director Andrew Niccol, that was going through […]
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Genetic testing – the legal and ethical questions
Lawyers, scientists and health officials gathered in Wellington yesterday to discuss the findings of the University of Otago’s Human Genome […]
Continue readingNZ ruminants research in the Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal’s South East Asia bureau chief Patrick Barta, visited New Zealand to report on research efforts underway […]
Continue readingBob Brockie: From Darwin to Destruction
Bob Brockie writing in the Dominion Post outlines how German biologist Ernest Haekel perverted the work of Charles Darwin to […]
Continue readingPaul Callaghan: Wool to Weta – Herald feature
Dr Paul Callaghan, Alan MacDiarmid Professor of Physical Sciences at Victoria University has just launched his book Wool to Weta: […]
Continue readingUK health watchdog issues warning on cold medicines
Britain’s healthcare watchdog, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has recommended that parents not give their children over-the-counter cold […]
Continue readingIs the story of the century being missed?
An interesting piece on the Time website by environmental reporter Bryan Walash looks asks whether the media’s patchy coverage of […]
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Continue readingJunk food back on the school menu
A new paper published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal discusses the Government’s recent decision to remove the healthy […]
Continue readingBOOTES-3 a major boost for New Zealand astronomy
New Zealand astronomers will seek a glimpse of the universe’s first generation of stars using BOOTES-3, a new gamma-ray telescope […]
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