American researchers who say gender equity and other sociocultural factors — not national income, school type, or religion — determine […]
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Healthy eating on a budget – expert tips
Christmas is coming, and while for many New Zealanders the festive season does involve a feast, there will be many […]
Continue readingCERN results hint at Higgs Boson – experts respond
In a seminar held at CERN today, physicists presented the latest results of their searches for the Standard Model Higgs […]
Continue readingThe Higgs Boson – background information
Our colleagues at the Canadian Science Media Centre have kindly put together the following backgrounder on the Higgs Boson. What […]
Continue readingScientists claim success in burying carbon – experts respond
Australian scientists are claiming success following completion of a New Zealand-backed pilot carbon capture and storage project that saw thousands […]
Continue readingTime is running out – NZ scientists say why limiting global warming to 2degC is important
As delegates at the United Nations climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, negotiate what — if any — binding […]
Continue readingNZ Expert: “Slow” progress at Durban climate talks
A New Zealand energy expert who has just arrived back from the COP17 climate talks in Durban, says progress during […]
Continue readingExperts on factors which influence brain development in-utero and after birth
You are what you eat – so we are told, but can nutrition have an impact on how brainy your […]
Continue reading‘Last Ocean’ concerns canvassed at conservation think tank
Some of the 250 international scientists gathered in Auckland for a world conference on conservation biology, have just spent three […]
Continue readingEmissions rose as economy weakened – experts respond
Correspondence published today in the journal Nature Climate and undertaken by the Global Carbon Project, shows that CO2 emissions increased […]
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