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Top Ten Science Stories of 2020

Top Ten Science Stories of 2020

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 10 December 202011 December 2020

2020 has been one of the most challenging years for scientists and journalists in recent history, as researchers and media […]

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Climate change risk assessment – Expert Reaction

Climate change risk assessment – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 August 202004 August 2020

New Zealand’s first nationwide climate change risk stocktake has highlighted ten areas of most concern. The Climate Change Response (Zero […]

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Cape Kidnappers risk report – Expert Reaction

Cape Kidnappers risk report – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 15 July 202015 July 2020

The Department of Conservation (DOC) has today released the risk assessment for landslides and rockfall at Clifton Beach, Cape Kidnappers in Hawke’s Bay. […]

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Lies, dam(ned) lies and flood statistics – Ian Fuller

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 18 April 201730 April 2017

Massey University’s Associate Professor Ian Fuller says we need to build up knowledge of past flood events so that we […]

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Lawmakers must keep up with the pace of changing technology – Michelle Dickinson

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 05 December 201611 April 2018

With technology advancing at breakneck speed, we risk foundering on ethical and legal decisions, writes Dr Michelle Dickinson – aka […]

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Disasters: Intervention is the key – Kelvin Berryman

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 20 March 201520 March 2015

What do we really mean when we talk about  reducing or managing the risk of disaster? Dr Kelvin Berryman, Director […]

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Italy quake experts cleared of manslaughter

In the News  |  Published: 11 November 201428 March 2016

An Italian court has overturned manslaughter convictions against six scientists for failing to give adequate warning of an 2009 earthquake […]

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Antibiotics and heart deaths – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 20 August 201428 March 2016

One of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics – clarithromycin – is linked with an increased risk of heart deaths, suggests a […]

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New Zealand tsunami hazard – the science updated

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 30 September 201328 March 2016

The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management today released a review of tsunami hazard in New Zealand, the first […]

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‘Research should be a clever and risky business’ – Sir Peter Gluckman

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 31 January 2013

Sir Peter Gluckman, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, is urging New Zealand’s science community to find ways to fund […]

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