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Health alerts have been issued and bushfires threaten as a major heatwave hits heavily-populated parts of Australia this week. Our […]
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Milk producer Fonterra has recalled 8,700 bottles of its Anchor fresh cream after testing revealed a batch of the cream […]
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UK SMC: Scientists published in Nature Neuoscience today have concluded that caffeine enhances long-term memory by improving the process of memory […]
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UK SMC: Our colleagues at the Science Media Centre in London gathered expert reaction to new study modelling the effects […]
Continue readingPeter Gluckman: The changing culture of science
The Prime Minster’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman reflects on the forces of change in the world of […]
Continue readingAustralians claim Kiwi’s ancestor
Is New Zealand’s national bird about to go the way of Phar Lapp, Crowded House and pavlova? The Aussies are […]
Continue readingNZ climate policy ‘a disgrace’ – Brian Fallow
The New Zealand Herald’s Economics Editor Brian Fallow expresses his concern on climate policy in New Zealand. An excerpt (read […]
Continue readingFirstline’s science commentators on the year in science
TV3’s morning current affairs show Firstline did a very progressive thing when it set up a regular science slot in […]
Continue readingFDA crackdown on antibacterial soaps – experts respond
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling on soap manufacturers to come clean about how effective antibacterial hands […]
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