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Writing in the Herald on Sunday, Juha Saarinen explores the shady world of cyber-attacks and international computer crimes. An excerpt […]
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Richard Easther, Professor of Physics (and Head of Department) at the University of Auckland, weighs in on the current debate […]
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Writing in the New Zealand Herald, Jamie Morton highlights new research from the University of Waikato detailing a lack of […]
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A group of international scientists, including New Zealanders, have for the first time reconstructed temperatures for seven continental-scale regions for […]
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WWI soldiers serving in the trenches of Gallipoli may have suffered scurvy and other illnesses due nutritionally deficient rations, according […]
Continue readingTexas fertiliser plant explosion – experts respond
An explosion at a fertiliser plant in the US is reported to have injured more than 100 people and killed […]
Continue readingIn the news: Report calls for native eel protection
Dr Jan Wright, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is calling for a moratorium on the fishing of native longfin eels, […]
Continue readingPCE report calls for moratorium on longfin eel fishing – experts respond
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]
Continue readingLongfin eels – PCE calls for commercial fishing moratorium
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]
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