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How your friends can make you fat, happy and smoke-free!

Blog  |  Published: 07 January 200919 June 2011

New Scientist‘s cover story this week looks at some fascinating social research under way that suggests moods, attitudes, behaviours can […]

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2008 ends in climate change media confusion

Blog  |  Published: 06 January 2009

The Dominion Post continued its climate change sceptic-friendly run of articles today with a re-print of Daily Telegraph writer Christopher […]

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NZ methane mitigation research in New Scientist

Blog  |  Published: 27 December 2008

The current issue of New Scientist features an interesting article which draws on research underway in New Zealand and highlights […]

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Biodiversity – how much remains to be discovered?

Blog  |  Published: 17 December 2008

For more than 200 years, countless scientists have devoted themselves to the task of elaborating and cataloguing in minute detail […]

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KAREN funding shortfall feared, FRST lays out its cards

Blog  |  Published: 16 December 200816 December 2008

As Computerworld reports today, science minister Dr Wayne Mapp’s briefing notes have flagged potential problems at the Government-funded high-speed research […]

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Briefing papers reveal snapshot of CRIs’ financial health

Blog  |  Published: 15 December 200815 December 2008

The new minister for research, science and technology, Dr Wayne Mapp, wasn’t joking earlier in the month when he said […]

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The Reverse Diabetes Diet

Blog  |  Published: 09 December 200809 December 2008

Author of The Reverse Diabetes Diet Dr Neal Barnard is in New Zealand today to promote his book. We asked […]

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Swindled: the dark history of food fraud

Blog  |  Published: 04 December 200804 December 2008

A fascinating insight into food adulteration past and present is provided in a new book by food writer and historian Bee […]

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PODCAST: Dr Wayne Mapp – Science in for a shake-up

Blog  |  Published: 02 December 200802 December 2008

The new Minister for Research, Science and Technology used last night’s New Zealand Association of Scientists awards ceremony to give […]

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Simon Collins: engineering a good story

Blog  |  Published: 28 November 2008

It was a night for celebrating the builders of dams, hotels and slaughterhouses at the Engineering Excellence Awards on Thursday […]

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