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10am, 5.9.13: Japan’s government will pour $500 million into an attempt to contain and treat contaminated water at the site […]
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The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, says there is “little consistency” in the use and respect […]
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Three-hundred tons of highly radioactive water is pouring into the Pacific Ocean every day from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant […]
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The Science Media Centre has relocated from its tiny base on Wellington’s Manners St to the Royal Society of New […]
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United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has ordered the 20-strong inspection team investigating alleged use of chemical weapons in Damascus to […]
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Results are in for the latest government-backed science funding round, worth $278 million over coming years. The Ministry for Business, […]
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Mental health and substance abuse disorders were the leading cause of non-fatal illness worldwide in 2010, according to a new […]
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The Ministry for Primary Industries has completed testing on Fonterra’s whey protein concentrate and found no trace of the potentially […]
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Following allegations that the Syrian army used chemical weapons in Damascus, the government has allowed UN inspectors to investigate the […]
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