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Text-based Q&As and media briefings with experts on topical issues in the science and technology world.
Obesity, children and the future – ANZOS 2012 Briefing
What we feed ourselves and our children will shape the future of New Zealand. The complex problem of obesity – […]
Continue readingClimate change & the media – Prof Raffaella Ocone
Climate change is simultaneously happening, not happening, man-made, natural, a hoax and the end of the world as we know […]
Continue readingFood security – How will we feed 9 billion people in 2050?
Global food supply will have to double by the middle of the century to feed the world’s burgeoning population, and […]
Continue readingPoultry vaccine DNA swap creates new viruses
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have discovered that two different vaccines used to control an infectious disease in chickens […]
Continue readingSMC Briefing: Electric car technology
Electric vehicles are now a global reality, but what are the market and regulatory challenges we face in creating an […]
Continue readingSMC briefing: folic acid in foods
Adding folic acid to foods is back on the table — here’s a chance to get your head around it. […]
Continue readingBriefing: Marine resource use in the EEZ
Did you know that 96 percent of New Zealand is underwater? New Zealand’s ocean territory is vast. Its EEZ (Exclusive […]
Continue readingSea level rise – How much?
Sea-level rise is coming, and planning for it is already underway, but coastal development across New Zealand relies on sea-level […]
Continue readingGovernment drops national planning standard for least 80cm of sea level rise
Environment officials say they have no plans to continue creating a National Environmental Standard (NES) for future sea level rise […]
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