By MetService Weather Ambassador, Bob McDavitt A fact sheet on how the weather is forecast compiled by the Science Media […]
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Medical myths for the festive season
A new study published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal looks at a number of holiday myths […]
Continue readingBiodiversity – how much remains to be discovered?
For more than 200 years, countless scientists have devoted themselves to the task of elaborating and cataloguing in minute detail […]
Continue readingJoe Bennett: Potatoes swimming in gravy
Dominion Post columnist Joe Bennett on the significant events that transpired in the International Year of the Potato. Column available […]
Continue readingKAREN funding shortfall feared, FRST lays out its cards
As Computerworld reports today, science minister Dr Wayne Mapp’s briefing notes have flagged potential problems at the Government-funded high-speed research […]
Continue readingShaun Coffey: Now is the time for more R&D, not less
IRL chief executive Shaun Coffey writing in the New Zealand Herald today, comments on the Government’s plan to scrap the […]
Continue readingEndosulfan approvals revoked
The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) has revoked approvals for the insecticide endosulfan, and has prohibited its importation, manufacture and […]
Continue readingAustralia’s emission trading scheme plans
News wrap: Reuters: Q+A: What are Australia’s carbon trading plans? The Australian: $1.4bn to soften pain of carbon trading scheme […]
Continue readingBriefing papers reveal snapshot of CRIs’ financial health
The new minister for research, science and technology, Dr Wayne Mapp, wasn’t joking earlier in the month when he said […]
Continue readingNew research shows “exercise on prescription” works
A New Zealand study by Dr Beverley Lawton and colleagues, from the University of Otago, Wellington, has been published today […]
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