UPDATED: New funding to combat rheumatic fever announced today will provide for free drop-in clinics for sore throat testing and […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
National Science Challenges unveiled – Experts respond
UPDATED 11.00 AM, MAY 3: The Government this week announced the ten areas that have been selected for special focus […]
Continue readingEU votes against bee-harming pesticides – experts respond
The European Commission has voted in favour of a two-year moratorium on the use of a pesticide known to harm […]
Continue readingReconstruction of 2000 years of global temperatures – experts respond
A group of international scientists, including New Zealanders, have for the first time reconstructed temperatures for seven continental-scale regions for […]
Continue readingTexas fertiliser plant explosion – experts respond
An explosion at a fertiliser plant in the US is reported to have injured more than 100 people and killed […]
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PCE report calls for moratorium on longfin eel fishing – experts respond
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]
Continue readingLongfin eels – PCE calls for commercial fishing moratorium
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]
Continue readingWarming climate expands NZ wine country
A warming planet might not be bad news for New Zealand wine growers, according to a new study which predicts […]
Continue readingBird flu in China – experts respond
Updated: The WHO in China has recorded a total of 11 confirmed cases of human infection with influenza A(H7N9), including […]
Continue readingUpdated – Experts on regulatory bodies’ approach to GM products
UPDATED: Independent experts have responded to accusations that lax regulations are allowing potentially unsafe genetically modified products into New Zealand […]
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