NIWA has published it’s climate outlook for the next three months: La Niña weakening, with a mild end to autumn […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Tea drinking and oesophageal cancer
A new study just published today in the British Medical Journal has found a link between drinking hot tea and […]
Continue readingRed and processed meat eaters face greater risk of disease
New research from the US published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that individuals who eat more red meat […]
Continue readingDrilling back in time in the name of climate science
Can looking at samples of five million year-old rock sediment tell us the consequences of warming the earth by pumping […]
Continue readingQueensland’s coast blighted by leaked oil – experts respond
Pelicans and turtles are among the animals suffering the effects of an oil spill from a cargo ship that has […]
Continue readingPeking Man’s age revised by 200,000 years
The bones of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus, commonly known as ‘Peking Man’, may be 200,000 years older than previously thought, according […]
Continue readingStudies uncover health impacts of melamine consumption
Nearly six months after the San-Lu tainted milk powder scandal in China broke drawing New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra into […]
Continue readingExperts respond: Australia’s draft carbon reduction legislation
The Australian Science Media Centre rounded up comment from scientists on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme exposure draft legislation released […]
Continue readingExperts respond: Obama’s stem cell research policy shift
The British Science Media Centre rounded up comment from scientists on President Obama’s move to lift limits on embryonic stem […]
Continue readingSMC Briefing: Biosecurity – heading off the threats
LISTEN ONLINE: MEDIA BRIEFING: Tuesday, 10 March 10.30am As an isolated, island nation, New Zealand has managed to keep at […]
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