Claims that an influenza epidemic of swine flu proportions are set to overwhelm the country are overblown, according to virologists […]
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New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority has decided that if a cosmetic product contains nanomaterials, it must say be labelled as […]
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All UK children are to be given the flu vaccination after experts said it could save up to 2,000 lives […]
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Cancer continues to kill more New Zealanders than any other cause of death, even though death rates for the illness […]
Continue readingGene doping in sport? – Morning Report
For Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report, William Ray investigates the current and future possibilities of genetic manipulation to enhance performance […]
Continue readingGenetic engineering the future of sports doping?
The New Zealand Herald‘s Dylan Cleaver talks with Graeme Steel, Chief Executive of Drug Free Sport NZ, about the future […]
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The Science Media Centre’s latest Heads-Up newsletter is out – bringing you the latest science and tech news and a […]
Continue readingJim Salinger on the NZ climate record – Dom Post
In the Dominion Post ex-NWIA climate scientist Prof Jim Salinger writes about the climate record he helped to create – […]
Continue readingInactive, ‘lazy’ New Zealanders in spotlight
New research comparing national rates of physical inactivity has seen New Zealanders – ranked 27 out of 122 nations – […]
Continue readingGreening the red zone in Christchurch
Christchurch researchers have retrospectively analysed the Canterbury quakes from the perspective of urban forest management, highlighting the important role trees […]
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