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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Is 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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Australia’s week of horror The bush fires that have ravaged part of southern Victoria have been in the headlines all […]
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The trouble with immunisation Immunisation has been in the news of late, with experts suggesting New Zealand faces a whooping […]
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Continue readingThe fake Viagra-terrorism link and other stories
People who buy fake drugs on the internet supporting terrorism as well as risking their lives, according to the International […]
Continue readingLovelock: One billion better than nine billion
It is a wonderfully philosophical and pragmatic 90 year-old James Lovelock who is interviewed in New Scientist this week. The […]
Continue readingDo embargoes make journalists lazy?
You know that feeling – its gone 7pm in the newsroom and you’ve still to hear back from the two […]
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