Academics, advocates, patients and politicians wrestled over the legal, ethical and scientific issues surrounding the funding of treatments for suffers […]
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Chief science advisor on changing climate and oceans
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, says New Zealand faces significant impacts from climate change in […]
Continue readingDietary fats and heart disease in New Zealand- experts respond
Switching ‘bad’ fats for ‘good’ fats in the typical Kiwi diet would have a substantial impact on heart disease in […]
Continue readingCar occupants exposed to more pollution than cyclists
Ongoing research at the University of Canterbury has found that the air inside cars contains more pollutants than the air […]
Continue readingProf Shaun Hendy on cities and innovation
Prof Shaun Hendy (Victoria University of Wellington and Callaghan Innovation) looks at the relationship between city size and smarts in […]
Continue readingNZ-born Mike Morwood, discoverer of Flores Hobbit, dies – experts respond
Professor Mike Morwood, the New Zealand-born archaeologist who became world famous for helping discover the extinct Homo species Homo floresiensis […]
Continue readingEarthquakes – engineering snapshot on 6.5M quake
IPENZ: The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) has today released an Engineering Snapshot – key points and lessons […]
Continue readingGNS Science – update on probability of future earthquakes
A press conference this afternoon held by Wellington City Council and Civil Defence on the earthquakes featured an update from […]
Continue readingEarthquakes near Wellington – lastest news and expert commentary
UPDATED: Wellington is largely open for business again following Sunday’s magnitude 6.5 earthquake. Scientists yesterday re-evaluated probabilities for aftershocks suggesting […]
Continue readingDown’s syndrome and chromosome 21 silencing – experts respond
US researchers have successfully silenced the extra chromosome responsible for Down’s syndrome in cells, opening up potential for treatment of […]
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