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Expert Reactions | Published: 18 June 201528 March 2016

Wellington emergency medicine doctor Paul Quigley has made a public call for pure MDMA to be considered for legal sale. […]

In the News | Published: 18 June 201528 March 2016

A ‘walking’ bat fossil discovered in central Otago has revealed the super-sized origins for two of New Zealand’s three bat species. […]

In the News | Published: 17 June 201518 June 2015

Almost 10,000 hectares of ocean off the West Coast of the South Island will be protected from damaging commercial fishing. […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 June 201516 June 2015

A large new study has added weight to claims that there are cardiovascular benefits to eating chocolate. But – before […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 June 201513 January 2020

The latest reports from South Korea confirm that 16 people have died in an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). […]

In the News | Published: 16 June 2015

Crazy surf at Lyall Bay – awesome stuff #whywellington pic.twitter.com/w3y9f3R2yZ – Mike Cousins (@orbzuc) June 14, 2015 Flooding in Dunedin, […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 15 June 201515 June 2015

Fiona Fox, Director of the UK Science Media Centre, writes on her blog about the recent scandal around Nobel laureate […]

In the News | Published: 12 June 201512 June 2015

Nobel prize winner and UK Royal Society Fellow Tim Hunt has caused controversy by saying laboratories should be segregated along gender […]

Reflections on Science | Published: 12 June 2015

On the university of Otago Bioethics Centre blog, centre Director Prof John McMillan writes about the leaked details of the […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 June 201528 March 2016

Health authorities have approved the use of hemp derived medication Elixinol – on a one-off basis – to treat a […]