Last year saw the start of the ‘Climategate’ email controversy, in which it was claimed that top climate scientists from […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Climate scenarios overhaul – Nature
A proposal for the next generation of climate scenarios for projecting future change features in this week’s Nature. This paper, […]
Continue reading‘IPCC: Cherish it, tweak it, scrap it?’ – scientists respond
In response to intensifying calls for reform of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), five influential climatologists have stepped […]
Continue readingMillions of people wasting time trying to get fit?
Are many of us wasting our time with efforts to get in shape? An article in the New Zealand Herald […]
Continue readingNew Zealand leads the way in high temperature superconductors
This week, the 18th International Superconductivity Industry Summit (ISIS-18) will take place in Wellington. The Summit brings together various companies […]
Continue readingResearch calls for substantial reduction in salt intake
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine this month has prompted calls in Europe for EU-wide […]
Continue readingClimate scientists respond to IPCC criticisms
This week, the NZ Herald ran an editorial calling for greater scientific rigour and new leadership for the IPCC. An […]
Continue readingExpert responds to ‘Gardasil’ HPV vaccine concerns featured on TVNZ’s Close Up
TVNZ’s flagship current affairs programme Close Up led its 2 Feb broadcast with an extended segment on the Gardasil HPV […]
Continue readingWakefield paper retracted by The Lancet
Prestigious medical journal The Lancet has formally retracted the paper in which Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind claims that the […]
Continue readingNIWA seasonal climate outlook: February – April 2010
NIWA has published its climate outlook for the next three months: “A cool end to summer, and continuing drier than […]
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