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Expert Reactions

A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.

Futher climate research emails released – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 November 201124 November 2011

The apparent release of further email correspondence between climate researchers based at the University of East Anglia is believed to […]

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NZ faces moral obligations as climate changes hit – scientist

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 November 201122 November 2011

New Zealand may initially get off relatively lightly as the world increasingly experiences the consequences of climate change, but will still […]

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If the world drops Kyoto, what will New Zealand do?

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 17 November 2011

In the early hours of Saturday morning the UN’s climate change body will release a report that has been described […]

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Lower drinking age linked to higher longterm harm

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 November 201117 November 2011

American researchers investigating the longterm impacts of a lower legal drinking age in some US states say the evidence points […]

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Possible association between the pill and prostate cancer

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 15 November 201115 November 2011

New research shows that in countries with higher contraceptive pill use by women, men have higher rates of prostate cancer. […]

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Captive breeding of black rhino not efficient – NZ researcher

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 November 201115 November 2011

The new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warning that the wild black rhinoceros sub-species (Diceros bicornis longipes) is […]

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Detecting consciousness in vegetative patients – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 November 201111 November 2011

What if you were trapped in your own body, unable to move or communicate in any way? How would any […]

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Powering Innovation report – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 November 2011

The Government today released the findings of an independent report into high value manufacturing in New Zealand, outlining major changes […]

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Fracking seen as likely trigger for minor quakes which hit Blackpool – report

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 November 201103 November 2011

A British report which found that fracking was the “highly probable” cause of two minor earthquakes in the Blackpool area […]

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Experts: South Island seismic risk needs re-evaluation

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 02 November 2011

Scientists  behind the first big compilation of research into the  Christchurch earthquakes say the seismic risk to the whole of […]

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