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BMJ report questions pain relief of acupuncture
The Australian Science Media Centre has rounded up scientific opinion on the British Medical Journal paper questioning the effectiveness of […]
Continue readingExpert Comment on Nature paper on surface temperature
Climate scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University in the USA have published a new analysis of […]
Continue readingExpert comment on Nature Antarctic warming paper
New research published in the journal Nature suggests that Antarctica is warming despite earlier signs that the icy continent was […]
Continue readingLanguage links island populations to ancient Taiwan
New Zealand scientists have used language to plot the origins of most populations in the islands of South East Asia […]
Continue readingThe Magnetic Pole and Shackleton’s epic journey
As descendants of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton last week trekked to the South Pole to commemorate the 100th anniversary of […]
Continue readingNIWA’s weather summary for 2008
Significant weather and climate events – 2008 National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research PART ONE: Temperature & High Rainfall […]
Continue readingBush’s marine reserve move – the pros and cons
President Bush this week announced the creation of three new US marine reserves in the Pacific Ocean collectively covering an […]
Continue readingMetService report: the weather in 2008
By MetService Weather Ambassador, Bob McDavitt A fact sheet on how the weather is forecast compiled by the Science Media […]
Continue readingEinstein, Darwin, Newton and…Rutherford
100 years ago — on 10 Dec 1908 — New Zealand’s most preeminent scientist, Ernest Rutherford, received the Nobel Prize […]
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