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Dog attacks on children – Expert Reaction
Another dangerous dog attack has been reported in Australia this morning as a three-year-old boy in Newcastle was bitten while riding […]
Continue readingEnvironment Commissioner’s Zero Carbon Act recommendations – Expert reaction
The new Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, has released his first report, containing advice for the Government on […]
Continue readingNew round of science journalism projects awarded
Journalists around the country are getting underway on important stories this week, thanks to grants issued in the second round […]
Continue readingBrown Marmorated Stink Bug – Expert Q&A
A number of car shipments were turned away at the border last month because they were infested with Brown Marmorated […]
Continue readingSurveillance may be appropriate for some precancerous lesions – Expert Reaction
For some types of cervical lesions, women under 30 may be better served by regular monitoring than by immediate treatment, […]
Continue reading2018 flu season and influenza vaccine – Expert Q&A
PHARMAC has announced it will fund this year’s seasonal influenza vaccine that covers four strains of the flu. Following reports […]
Continue readingNZ economy grew faster than greenhouse gas emissions – Expert reaction
New Zealand’s economy grew faster than the country’s greenhouse gases over the past 25 years, according to a new report. […]
Continue readingBiofuels could lead NZ to a green transport future – Expert reaction
New Zealand could build a renewable low-carbon transport fuels industry – but only if the nation decides to act, according […]
Continue readingA letter to my grandchildren – Jim Salinger
Prominent climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger has spent much of his career studying climate change – in the NZ Herald, […]
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