Synthetic biology breakthrough Geneticist Dr Craig Venter was integral to the sequencing of the human genome. Now he claims to […]
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PODCAST: 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 […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Two types of ‘flu, water, and 3 degrees C
Swine flu – lessons one year on This time last year, as Kiwis prepared to attend weekend dawn parade and […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Ash, DNA swaps and kiwi GM research
Ash means empty skies over Britain Thousands of travellers are feeling the effects of a large volcanic eruption in Iceland, […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: A new ancestor, blood alcohol and online enforcement
New human ancestor discovered A team of scientists, including three Australians, have uncovered the skeletal remains of a new species […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Blood alcohol, the GRA Summit and Phil Jones’ exoneration
The science of blood alcohol levels The Government is considering whether or not to reduce the current adult blood alcohol […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Future electronics, meat consumption and the NZBio and Kea Awards
Life after silicon – future electronics The journal Science gives over much of this week’s issue to the role silicon-based […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Clean streams, factory farming and Gardasil
Black spots in clean streams report The fact that the disappointing results outlined in the Clean Streams Accord report were […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Undersea cables, climate change fatigue and Science-a-Twitter
Pipe dream or economy booster? The news yesterday that a group of wealthy businessmen including Warehouse founder Stephen Tindall and […]
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