Scientists suggest Auckland students recently returned from a school trip to Mexico with flu-like symptoms are “very likely” to have […]
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British Government’s plan for carbon capture & storage
Britain’s energy secretary, Ed Miliband has announced that no new coal-fired power station will now get government consent in the […]
Continue readingFears allayed about massive methane burp
A major spike in the powerful greenhouse gas methane nearly 12,000 years ago wasn’t the result of a catastrophic release […]
Continue readingHuman cloning work shows a “complete lack of responsibility”
Fertility expert Panayiotis Zavos, founder of the Zavos Organization based in Lexington, Kentucky has renewed controversy about human cloning with […]
Continue readingLow vitamin intake linked to asthma – BMJ
A low intake of vitamins A and C could raise the risk of asthma, a team which reviewed 40 studies […]
Continue readingFrom the RSNZ journals: Road kill, parasites, plant invasion
A number of papers appearing in journals published by the Royal Society of New Zealand are now available online and […]
Continue reading‘Sex-biases’ in the brain
New Zealand researchers studying the complex interplay of sex hormones, behaviour and the brain have found new evidence for the […]
Continue readingItaly’s deadly earthquake – scientists respond
Italy’s deadliest earthquake in nearly three decades has killed at least 150 people, left tens of thousands homeless and smashed […]
Continue readingFirst Robot Scientist Makes Gene Discovery
Researchers working at Aberstwyth University in Wales have created a robot that has become the first man-made device to independently […]
Continue readingBurying carbon emissions – where do they go?
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) — in geological formations deep underground — is one of the major options proposed by […]
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