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Expert Reactions | Published: 06 October 202309 October 2023

A group of 16 New Zealand researchers say we should start treating illnesses such as influenza and RSV more like […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 October 202311 December 2024

With the next solar maximum on the horizon – where solar activity peaks – new space players are operating in an […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 03 October 202304 October 2023

New Zealand scientists are calling for an immediate and dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, after seeing the record low […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 29 September 2023

What are the psychological factors behind why youth commit crime? What does the evidence say around prevention? The Science Media […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 27 September 202329 September 2023

Three overseas experts say Long COVID misunderstanding is widespread, due to common pitfalls in the research, including a lack of […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 22 September 2023

ESR has detected the highly mutated COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 – known as ‘Pirola’ – in New Zealand wastewater samples taken […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 September 2023

A boil water notice is in place for Queenstown and Frankton, as officials work to find the source of a cryptosporidium outbreak. The […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 13 September 202313 September 2023

MPI is trialing suction dredging methods to remove the invasive seaweed Caulerpa from the seafloor at Aotea Great Barrier Island. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 11 September 202311 September 2023

A major UN report has taken stock of how the world is tracking with its Paris Agreement goals. The Synthesis […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 05 September 2023

Biological invasions cost the global community an estimated USD$423 billion in 2019, and those costs have quadrupled every decade since […]