For the NZ Herald Online, Sarah Daniell poses 12 questions to well-known Physicist Sir Paul Callaghan. An excerpt (read in […]
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Antarctic Alliance group seeks marine reserves
An alliance of major conservation and environmental groups is calling for the establishment of a series of marine reserves around […]
Continue readingFossils reveal giant prehistoric NZ penguin
Fossils found on the East coast of New Zealand have been used to reconstruct the skeleton of an extinct prehistoric […]
Continue readingSteven Joyce on Radio NZ
The Hon Steven Joyce, the first politician to hold the economic development, science and innovation and tertiary education portfolios simultaneously, […]
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From the UK SMC: Prof Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey who promised to eat his […]
Continue readingNEEDNT food list receives nationwide attention
The publication of a list of non-essential, energy-dense, nutritionally deficient (NEEDNT) foods, has received blanket media coverage across New Zealand, […]
Continue readingNEEDNT food list targets obese patient’s diet
When it comes to healthy food, consumers are often at the mercy of misleading dietary claims from manufacturers. Now researchers […]
Continue readingHeartland Institute: “cannot confirm or deny” authenticity of documents
In response to criticism from prominent climate sceptics of Science Media Centre coverage of the Heartland Institute leak, the SMC gave […]
Continue readingRising rates of infectious disease a national concern
The publication of hospital data showing a dramatic rise in infectious disease admissions, particularity among Maori, Pacific Islanders and those […]
Continue readingInfectious disease increases highlight inequality
An extensive analysis of New Zealand hospital records has found that admissions for serious infectious diseases increased 51 per cent […]
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