Expert Reactions

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 May 201603 May 2017

Scientists have broken through a technical barrier in human embryo research and now face an ethical one. Two separate studies […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 April 201605 July 2018

Influenza vaccinations are more effective in the morning, reports a new study. The UK research, published in the journal Vaccine, compared […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 April 201603 May 2017

New Zealand’s use of ‘hot air’ credits from Ukraine and Russia means we are cheating on our climate commitments, says […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 18 April 2016

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on Saturday morning (NZT), centred near the coast, 170 km from the capital Quito. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 14 April 201603 May 2017

Online privacy concerns and inequality in internet access are highlighted in the latest New Zealand data from the World Internet […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 April 201603 May 2017

The current Zika outbreak in Brazil may have had its origins in Polynesia, says new research speculating the virus was […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 April 201603 May 2017

A New Zealand spider is the fastest in the world at snapping up prey with its jaws, according to a […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 April 201603 May 2017

New Zealand businesses increased their research and development spending by more than 15 per cent in the last year, according […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 April 201603 May 2017

International scientists may have overcome an key obstacle in xenotransplantation, successfully transplanting a heart from a pig into a baboon […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 24 March 201629 March 2016

Costly clean-ups for ‘P’-contaminated homes have been grabbing headlines, but what are the real risks facing a family moving in? […]