Sir Graham Liggins has died, age 84. The researcher was known for his landmark work in foetal development, and the […]
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NZ Herald: Gavin Ellis – Paying the piper
Gavin Ellis shares his lecture notes about the end of journalism, and why predictions of its death have been exaggerated. […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Auckland: Raised from the sea
John Roughan writes in the NZ Herald about the creation of New Zealand – an event which happened fairly recently […]
Continue readingODT/NZPA: Monster iceberg breaks up after calving from glacier
An ice break-off from the Tasman Glacier has been far bigger than expected – instead of the 10 million tonnes […]
Continue readingTVNZ/Newstalk ZB: Solar System may be older than thought
The journal Nature has reported that the solar system could be almost two million years older than previously thought, according […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Sam Fisher – How will court decide whether weather warming?
Sam Fisher, in an opinion piece in the NZ Herald, looks at the legal action being threatened against NIWA by […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Anthony Doesburg – Wet or dry? Super computer has the forecast
Anthony Doesburg writes in the New Zealand Herald about NIWA’s new supercomputer, which the organisation hopes will allow it to […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Picking winners in science
Shaun Hendy writes in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald about the strategy of ‘picking winners’ in science […]
Continue reading3 News: Dogs can understand human emotion – research
Researchers from the University of Otago have found that dogs are able to differentiate between a number of human emotions, […]
Continue readingPrenatal exposure to pesticides linked to attention disorders
US research suggests children who were exposed to organophosphate pesticides while still in their mother’s womb were more likely to […]
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