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The fake Viagra-terrorism link and other stories

Blog  |  Published: 28 January 2009

People who buy fake drugs on the internet supporting terrorism as well as risking their lives, according to the International […]

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Lovelock: One billion better than nine billion

Blog  |  Published: 27 January 200927 January 2009

It is a wonderfully philosophical and pragmatic 90 year-old James Lovelock who is interviewed in New Scientist this week. The […]

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Do embargoes make journalists lazy?

Blog  |  Published: 26 January 2009

You know that feeling – its gone 7pm in the newsroom and you’ve still to hear back from the two […]

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SMC Heads-up: the coming week in science (to Jan 29)

Blog  |  Published: 23 January 2009

Dear science reporters, Upcoming events, new research and SMC backgrounders and a taste of what might be on the news […]

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New research on maternal diets and fetal health

Blog  |  Published: 22 January 200922 January 2009

Around the world, over recent decades, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity and associated diseases such as Type […]

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Obama will “restore science to its rightful place”

Blog  |  Published: 21 January 2009

Barack Obama may have looked slightly confused today as he fluffed his lines during his swearing in ceremony in Washington […]

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The Week In Science: New reseach and hot issues – to Jan 22

Blog  |  Published: 15 January 200919 June 2011

The silly season is over and the country’s newsroom’s are starting to fill up again with (ahem) enthusiastic and refreshed […]

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Controversy over ‘fat tax’

Blog  |  Published: 15 January 200915 January 2009

We are in the grips of an obesity epidemic here in New Zealand, with one in three adults now overweight […]

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UK stem cell research falters as US looks to give green light

Blog  |  Published: 13 January 2009

Today’s Independent newspaper in Britain carries the front page news that stem cell research focusing on controversial human-animal hybrid cloning […]

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The state of science journalism in New Zealand

Blog  |  Published: 09 January 2009

If you’re a journalist you’ll be glad to have seen the back of 2008, the year in which the gradual […]

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