In its Wednesday editorial, the Dominion Post tackles the issue of freshwater quality in New Zealand, and last week’s release […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Patience a virtue in research – Idealog
Writing for Idealog, Profs John Boys and Grant Covic from the University of Auckland discuss their commercialised energy transfer research […]
Continue readingEPA looks to the future on Nine to Noon
The Environmental Protection Authority turns three this week. The Chair of the Authority, Kerry Prendergast, spoke with Nine to Noon’s […]
Continue readingFinding faults no easy task – GeoNet Blog
Writing on the GeoNet blog, Public Information Specialist Caroline Little explains why geologists don’t know the location of every fault […]
Continue readingMoving Beyond R&D – New Zealand Herald
Research & development funding is not a magic bullet, say Associate Professor Suvi Nenonen and Professor Kaj Storbacka, from the […]
Continue readingSynthetic cannabinoid consequences – Prof Ian Shaw
Professor Ian Shaw, a toxicologist at the University of Canterbury, gives a crash course in synthetic cannabis chemistry and addiction […]
Continue readingSiouxsie Wiles on the averting microbial apocalypse
Writing in the New Zealand Herald, University of Auckland Microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles examines the issue of antibiotic resistance in […]
Continue readingHigh antidepressant dose linked to self-harm – experts respond
A study published today in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that the risk for deliberate self harm doubles when depressed […]
Continue readingBearded beauty in the eye of the beholder
A University of New South Wales study by Rob Brooks, Zinnia Janif and ex-pat Kiwi Barnaby Dixson has burrowed into […]
Continue readingWater quality choices ahead – Sir David Skegg
Expanding dairying is certainly good for the economy, but will come at a cost, writes Sir David Skegg, President of […]
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