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Expert Reactions

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

Malnutrition in hospitals

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 28 August 200822 September 2008

The problem of malnutrition in our hospitals will be discussed at the New Zealand Dietetic Association National Conference in Hamilton […]

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Coral reef conservation failing

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 27 August 200822 September 2008

One of the largest studies to date of coral reef protection measures warns that conservation zones are in the wrong […]

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Benefits of HRT for older women

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 August 200822 September 2008

Brand new research published today in the British Medical Journal(1) shows the results of one of the world’s longest and […]

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Climate change – impacts in our neck of the woods

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 August 200822 September 2008

Climate scientists opened the Australia and New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference in Auckland last night with a warning […]

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A global problem: Vanishing bees

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 19 August 200822 September 2008

In response to recent declines and collapses in honey bee populations worldwide, the United Nations has launched a $27 million […]

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Prince Charles warns of the risk of GM crops

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 August 200822 September 2008

The Prince of Wales warned this week that the development of genetically modified crops risked creating “the biggest disaster environmentally […]

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Enhancing Sport Performance

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 14 August 200822 September 2008

The 2008 Olympic Games have now begun, and we are all focused on the performance of our athletes. We asked […]

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Air Quality at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 August 200822 September 2008

With the 2008 Olympic Games fast approaching, some in the media are raising the issue of Beijing’s air quality and […]

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30 years of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 24 July 200819 June 2011

Three decades ago today, on 25 July 1978, Louise Brown, the world’s first ‘test-tube’ baby was born. We asked New […]

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Experts Respond on Royal Society climate change paper

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 July 200822 September 2008

The Royal Society of New Zealand has today released a statement on climate change. The statement says that the globe […]

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