Expert Reactions

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 October 201528 March 2016

The Government has laid out its strategy for science over the next decade in a new National Statement of Science […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 October 201528 March 2016

New Zealand’s leading ‘blue skies’ research fund boosts Kiwi science, but could be tweaked for greater efficiency, says a new […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 October 201528 March 2016

Calcium gives you strong bones, right? Not according to new Kiwi research. Increasing calcium intake through diet or supplements should […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 29 September 201528 March 2016

The Kermadec Islands and surrounding ocean – one of the Pacific’s most diverse and pristine marine environments – is to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 29 September 2015

Salty streaks identified by an orbiting spacecraft could be the first solid evidence of liquid water – a key ingredient […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 11 September 201528 March 2016

Paying farmers to reduce their impact on the environment is working overseas, but ‘cash for conservation’ schemes are too often […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 September 201528 March 2016

The medical fallout from a historic hormone treatment has revealed that the amyloid beta protein associated with Alzheimer‘s disease may […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 September 2015

Invasive Argentine ants carry a virus linked to colony collapse in bees as well another insect virus new to science, […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 September 201526 February 2019

By 2050 it will be almost impossible to find a seabird that hasn’t eaten plastic, predicts a new Australian study. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 28 August 201528 March 2016

Countries should move away from establishing ‘Marine Protected Areas’ (MPAs) with varying limits on fishing activity and focus on clear […]