University of Canterbury scientists are helping their NASA counterparts to design new types of scramjets – super-fast planes which could […]
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A wrap-up of the science stories grabbing headlines here and internationally.
NZ Herald: Clouded thinking on change
Paul Holmes talks about his experience filling in for Leighton Smith last week, and why he can’t understand why people […]
Continue readingODT: Dead star secrets coming into focus
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about astronomer (and former kiwi) Dr Stuart Ryder, who is part of […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: NZ scientists to work with Nasa on $375m project
NASA and NIWA scientists are to cooperate on a $375 million project to better understand how fast greenhouse gases enter […]
Continue readingODT: Rise in flu-like illnesses
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about the slight rise in flu-like illnesses being reported among patients in […]
Continue readingSouthland Times: Humates may help make NZ greener
Sonia Gerken writes in The Southland Times about humates, which have been found in New Zealand and which, scientific testing […]
Continue readingDom Post: Coral faces killer ‘worse than climate change’
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about Victoria University research showing that sea snails are having a worse effect […]
Continue readingODT: Ethics and ‘Dr God’
An editorial in the Otago Daily Times looks at the announcement of the first fully functional synthetic genome,which was inserted […]
Continue readingETS will encourage New Zealand forestry
There has been a great deal of debate over New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in recent months, with the […]
Continue readingManawatu Standard: Scientists working on animal genetics
Jill Galloway writes in the Waikato Times about scientists’ efforts to better understand beef and sheep genetics in a bid […]
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