New Zealand biotech, Living Cell Technologies, firm has been given the green light to inject pig cells into humans as […]
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$25 million investment for innovation centre
The Government is pledging $25 million over 10 years with the Auckland City Council earmarking $20 million worth of land […]
Continue readingthe arithmetic of relentless consumption
New Scientist points out a few home truths this week in its special issue “The Folly of Growth”. Basically, the […]
Continue readingNew research on asthma
Two recent studies have been published on asthma. A study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal finds a decline in […]
Continue readingSeeing the light…
by Peter Griffin The headline in Sunday’s Irish Independent doesn’t pull any punches: “Top secret innovation will revolutionise internet use”, […]
Continue readingScientists urge action to protect Pacific Ocean
New Zealand marine experts have joined an international group of scientists in calling for urgent action to protect the health […]
Continue readingJane Goodall: Lessons from the chimps
Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall breezed through Wellington late last week to promote a new book and give a very-well received […]
Continue readingClimate solution or poverty trap?
Non-profit NGo, the Dev-Zone hosted a very interesting debate on Thursday night about biofuels and while the discussion threw up as many […]
Continue readingWhen science gets political…
On the face of it, science hasn’t had much of a look-in during the protracted presidential debates that have played […]
Continue readingBiology, physics and chemistry are out, “science for life” is in
You’ve got to have sympathy for battling science teachers like Dawn Garbett, who writing in the Herald this week expressed […]
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