The most recent flash floods in Queensland, which started on Monday, have now claimed at least 10 lives, and left […]
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Climate summary 2010 released
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) issued its annual report on New Zealand’s climate today, highlighting the warmest, […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Glaciers ruled by rain and snow – climatologist
Following research published in Nature GeoScience which has suggested that New Zealand stands to lose over 75% or more of […]
Continue reading3 News: NZ glaciers predicted to shrink by 75 percent
Annabelle Jackman reports for 3 News on a recent paper, written by University of British Columbia scientists, which predicts that […]
Continue readingCAM therapies associated with adverse events in children
A paper published recently in the Archives of Disease in Childhood has shown that the use of complementary and alternative […]
Continue readingSunday Star Times: Robot sub to seek clues on Terraces
Lois Cairns writes for the Sunday Star Times about a submarine to be launched this week in an attempt to […]
Continue readingDominion Post: Hospitals on alert for new party drug
Britton Broun writes in the Dominion Post about mephedrone – a substitute for ecstasy – the growing use of which […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Wakfield’s MMR study described as ‘elaborate fraud’
The British Medical Journal has described Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 study, in which the MMR vaccine was linked to autism, as […]
Continue readingBriefing: How will Australia cope with peak oil?
A briefing by the Australian Science Media Centre has looked at the issue of peak oil in Australia, and how […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Science and innovation boards funding announced
Two new, independent boards which will be responsible for science and innovation funding, have been set up and their members […]
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