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Overweight women who become pregnant could be putting their children at risk of developing asthma in their teens, research released […]
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The journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has published a paper on radioactive sulphur detected in California, […]
Continue readingWomen in Science: A 2011 Snapshot
The Association for Women in the Sciences, in association with Dr Belinda Bray of The University of Auckland, have produced […]
Continue readingKen Ring lunacy gets spooned
The media coverage of ‘moon man’ Ken Ring’s theories has been given the dubious honour of the Bent Spoon, the […]
Continue readingObesity crisis looms for kiwis – NZMJ
Health professionals have called on the government to halt New Zealand’s growing obesity problem, saying it will cost the healthcare […]
Continue readingVincent Heeringa talks SMC on Radio NZ
This weekend, Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill caught up with Vincent Heeringa – Director of Tangible Media Ltd, co-founder of […]
Continue readingMultiple sclerosis genome study offers treatment clues
A large international study has identified many new genetic variations linked to multiple sclerosis (MS). The study, which included New […]
Continue readingFood insecurity – the issues and the solutions
With record inflation in New Zealand, growing unease about the price of milk and rising food costs globally, nutrition experts […]
Continue readingReport highlights Hauraki pollution
The Hauraki Gulf is suffering from extensive environmental degradation due to a variety of factors, according to a report released […]
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