As part of a series on Seaweek 2015, New Zealand Herald science reporter Jamie Morten looks at the big questions […]
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AusSMC: The social media world has erupted into debate today over a visual conundrum – why is it that a […]
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Paul Gorman, science editor at The Press, visited Japan on an Asia New Zealand Foundation and Foreign Press Center of […]
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Despite a dramatic increase in the use of mobile phones, there hasn’t been a matching rise in the incidence of […]
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Experts are challenging claims that water fluoridation is linked to higher than expected rates of hypothyroidism. A new study published […]
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Containment at early stages is critical, say experts commenting on the detection of Queensland fruit flies in Auckland. The flies, […]
Continue readingNew Chief Scientific Advisor appointed – Radio New Zealand
Professor Richie Poulton is the newly-appointed Chief Science Advisor for the Ministry of Social Development, Radio New Zealand reports. An […]
Continue readingKiwi diet pill claims – experts respond
The company behind a new New Zealand weight loss product claim their latest clinical trial shows the pill works — […]
Continue readingFruit fly find prompts Auckland lockdown
The discovery of solitary male Queensland fruit fly in the Grey Lynn area of Auckland has biosecurity authorities on high […]
Continue readingOzone progress threatened – Experts respond
Scientists report that chemicals that are not controlled by a United Nations treaty designed to protect the Ozone Layer are […]
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