More “undeniable evidence” The State of the Climate 2009 report, released this week by the US National Ocean and Atmospheric […]
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Women face long wait for abortions New Zealand women seeking an abortion can expect to wait an average of 25 […]
Continue readingNewsletter digest: GST and healthy food, climate scientists cleared and science paraphrased
SMC Briefing: GST and healthy food The price of fruit and veggies was in the media spotlight this week on […]
Continue readingNewsletter digest: Nanoparticle safety, NZ innovation, cellphone masts/radiation and soil carbon
Concerns raised about nanoparticles Creating materials on the nanoscale is an area of science tipped to hold huge potential for […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Soil carbon and emissions, agri-tech at Fieldays and the Qantas Media Awards
Soil carbon and cutting emissions Did you know that there’s more carbon in the dirt beneath our feet than in […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Space capsule landing, oil drilling, and Fieldays
Aussie-bound space capsule due Scientists in the desolate South Australian outback are preparing for the touch down of a Japanese […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Southern Ocean carbon sink and NZ’s synthetic bio sitrep
Will the Southern Ocean carbon sink hold? Ice core records show there was a sharp rise in carbon dioxide in […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Synthetic cells, troubled teens and Interphone
Synthetic biology breakthrough Geneticist Dr Craig Venter was integral to the sequencing of the human genome. Now he claims to […]
Continue readingPODCAST: UPLoad 2010
On Tuesday night I was able to go and see UPLoad 2010. Titled ‘The Great Broadband Debate’, it covered (amongst […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Neanderthals, mining, NIWA vs Hide and the XT failure
Discover your inner Neanderthal Scientists now have a “rough draft” for the genetic make-up of Neanderthals after sequencing 60 per […]
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