Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about AgResearch ending its cloning trials, due to the death rates of laboratory […]
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Why science communication is vital
At this morning’s SCANZ conference in Auckland, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, gave a speech about […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Kepler launch, when science stories go bad, SMC is hiring
Spacecraft’s progress tracked from NZ The Johannes Kepler unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station after […]
Continue readingExperts on New Zealand Herald coverage of Liggins Institute research
Research co-author Dr Deborah M Sloboda, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Liggins Institute and Deputy Director, National Research Centre for Growth […]
Continue readingExpert reaction to paper on floods and climate warming
UK/CANADA SMC: Expert reaction to Nature Letters ‘Human contribution to more-intense precipitation extremes’, Seung-Ki Min et al., and ‘Anthropogenic greenhouse […]
Continue readingObserving Earth from above: remote sensing and satellite data
UPDATE: ATV Launch successful (see below) This week, top scientists from the European Space Agency are in New Zealand for […]
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Job description media advisor role – feb 11 final
Continue readingHair samples reveal P lab kids’ long term exposure to methamphetamine
Scientists at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research have been testing hair samples taken from children found in illegal […]
Continue readingNewsletter digest: Earth Observing, Nanotech and Job opening at SMC
We’re hiring! One of our media advisors has been snapped up by the science sector which means the SMC is […]
Continue readingFructose in pregnancy may compromise fetal health
Researchers investigating effects of maternal diet on children’s health at the University of Auckland’s Liggins Institute are warning pregnant mums […]
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