Former Agresearch CEO Andy West talks to Paul Holmes about where the focus needs to be in science sector investment. […]
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Newsletter Digest: Biodiversity, bariatric surgery and Running Hot
Biodiversity deal hangs in balance Representatives of 190 countries are working down to the wire at a UN Convention on […]
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The Government has announced a $2 million increase in funding for bariatric surgery for morbidly obese New Zealanders. The extra […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Highlights from New Zealand’s first eResearch Symposium
Over the last two days, the University of Auckland played host to the first annual New Zealand eResearch Symposium. E-research, […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Re-setting science and innovation for the next 20 years – NZAS conference
Airing a range of ideas on how to move the New Zealand science system forwards, prominent speakers gathered today in […]
Continue readingESR forensic scientist honoured
Pioneering forensic scientist Wayne Chisnall is to receive the John Harber Phillips Award, which aims to ‘promote, recognise and reward […]
Continue readingWhale strandings — what science can tell us
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING (Wed 20 Oct): Last month’s mass stranding event of over 70 pilot whales on a remote Northland […]
Continue readingMaking sense of statistics – the first World Stats Day kicks off
Today marks the first ever World Statistics Day, a UN initiative aimed at ‘celebrating the many contributions and achievements of official statistics’ […]
Continue readingFish oil during pregnancy – benefits questioned
New research led by the University of Adelaide challenges advice that pregnant women should increase their intake of fish oil. […]
Continue readingNew report – public’s attitudes to science
Today sees the launch of the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology’s third report on public attitudes to science. The […]
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