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A World Health Organisation agency has unanimously decided, based on the available evidence, that diesel fumes are linked to cancer. […]
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A short meditation program can produce physical changes in the brain, reports new research. American and Chinese researchers report in […]
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Prof Sir Peter Gluckman, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, charts a course for the future of New Zealand in […]
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Columnist Toby Manhire writes about his experience so far at the Transit of Venus Forum – Lifting Our Horizons, for […]
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The Dominion Post‘s Hawke’s bay reporter, Marty Sharp (winner of the the 2012 Cannon Media Award for the Reporter – […]
Continue readingHRC Funding for the health of New Zealanders
Millions of dollars are being invested into the health of New Zealander’s through the government funding body, the Health Research […]
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