The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the links […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
State of the Environment report – Expert reaction
The Government today launched a new environmental report – Environment Aotearoa 2015 – showing the overall state of our environment. The […]
Continue readingChildhood obesity plan – Expert reaction
A wide-ranging series of initiatives designed to tackle childhood obesity was unveiled by the Government yesterday afternoon. The package is […]
Continue readingGlobal cancer comparison highlights Maori inequality – Expert reaction
Cancer rates are higher for Maori than other New Zealanders, but the same is not true for other countries’ indigenous […]
Continue readingGetting to grips with glacial erosion – Expert reaction
New research from GNS science, published today in Science, shows that faster moving glaciers carve out more of the landscape […]
Continue readingNobel Prize in Chemistry – Expert reaction
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Prof Tomas Lindahl of the Francis Crick Institute, jointly with […]
Continue readingVictoria set to legalise medical marijuana – Expert Reaction
In an Australian first, the Victorian Government announced yesterday it would legalise marijuana for the treatment of medical conditions including […]
Continue readingWeighty neutrino discovery wins Nobel – Expert Reaction
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015 has been awarded to two researchers who unravelled the mystery of the neutrino […]
Continue readingScience strategy launched – Expert Reaction
The Government has laid out its strategy for science over the next decade in a new National Statement of Science […]
Continue readingMarsden Fund under the microscope – Expert reaction
New Zealand’s leading ‘blue skies’ research fund boosts Kiwi science, but could be tweaked for greater efficiency, says a new […]
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