New research led by the University of Adelaide challenges advice that pregnant women should increase their intake of fish oil. […]
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Elevated trans fats in dairy supply may be linked to health risk
New Zealand Herald’s Chris Barton investigates new evidence of palm kernel-derived trans fats in New Zealand dairy products and their […]
Continue readingLandmark ‘Census of Marine Life’ effort culminates today
The first-ever global Census of Marine Life will officially conclude today at a news conference in London, after a decade […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: IgNobels, Kiwi attitudes to science, SciBlogs anniversary
What do Kiwis think of science? Next week will see the launch of a study that looks at the public’s […]
Continue reading‘Dirty Weather’ Diaries of Reverend Davis — rescuing lost climate data from the past
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING: THUR 30 September, 1:30 pm (NZT) — Weather data salvaged from Northland missionary diaries and Australian First […]
Continue readingLight trap for single atom devised
University of Otago physicists have found a way to trap a single atom, using a clever technique to circumvent the […]
Continue readingWhat’s in our groundwater?
Groundwater is a crucial natural resource — around one third of the water used in New Zealand comes from underground […]
Continue readingPrenatal exposure to pesticides linked to attention disorders
US research suggests children who were exposed to organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother’s womb were more likely to […]
Continue readingRare double earthquake behind tsunami warning confusion
New research into the earthquake responsible for the deadly 2009 tsunami in Samoa and Tonga, has shown that it was […]
Continue readingMedical tourism increasing spread of superbug gene
A gene that confers resistance to nearly all existing antibiotics has been found in bacteria in India, Pakistan and the […]
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