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 Week in Science (to February 13)
The trouble with immunisation Immunisation has been in the news of late, with experts suggesting New Zealand faces a whooping […]
Continue readingThe week ahead in science (to Feb 5)
Dear science reporters, Upcoming events, new research and SMC backgrounders and a taste of what might be on the news […]
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 […]
Continue readingSMC Heads-up: the coming week in science (to Jan 29)
Dear science reporters, Upcoming events, new research and SMC backgrounders and a taste of what might be on the news […]
Continue readingNew research on maternal diets and fetal health
Around the world, over recent decades, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity and associated diseases such as Type […]
Continue readingObama will “restore science to its rightful place”
Barack Obama may have looked slightly confused today as he fluffed his lines during his swearing in ceremony in Washington […]
Continue readingThe Week In Science: New reseach and hot issues – to Jan 22
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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