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Almost a year on from the devastating February 22, 2011 Canterbury earthquake, the Science Media Centre put a series of […]
Continue readingWellington council focuses on quake resilience
An announcement from the Wellington City Council that it will be examining the city’s earthquake resilience has received wide media […]
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In an article for Computerworld, Sarah Putt quizzes the new Minister for Science and Innovation, Steven Joyce, on how the […]
Continue readingClimate sceptic documents leaked – experts respond
UPDATED 21/02/12: The SMC put questions to the Heartland Institute about the veracity of the documents revealed in last week’s […]
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Dr Richard Webby, a New Zealand virus researcher based in the US, this week gave a public lecture on influenza […]
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New research has found that drivers who consume cannabis within three hours of driving are nearly twice as likely to […]
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Older women who regularly take a heartburn drug known as a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) may have a slightly higher […]
Continue readingSNP chip technology a $52m fillip for farm sector – researcher
New Zealand farmers stand to gain $52 million over the next five years from scientific innovation which has given a […]
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