Terril Marais has been sentenced after the Auckland District Council found her guilty of lying to MAF officers about the […]
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East & Bays Courier: Scientist has stem cells on the brain
Sarah Moyes writes in the East & Bays Courier about neuroscientist Bronwen Connor, who is researching adult stem cells in […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News/Closeup: Warning over the danger of GPS devices
An Australian researcher believes that using GPS devices in cars can be as dangerous as using mobile phones. Professor Mark […]
Continue readingTNVZ/One News: Cautious response to meningococcal breakthrough
British research has revealed a genetic basis to peoples’ susceptibility to meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia – Meningococcal B cases have […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Ocean dwellers miss the census
Geoff Cumming writes in the New Zealand Herald about a recent report which says that, at a time when our […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: An eye on marine life
New Zealand scientists have been involved in a 10-year long census of the ocean’s biodiversity, which found that most marine […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Cloning, oil spills and the Nutty Professor
Sacked drug adviser tours NZ Professor David Nutt grabbed headlines in the UK last year when the chair of the […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Professor David Nutt – The Inconvenient Truth about Drugs
Prominent psychiatrist Professor David Nutt has been touring New Zealand giving lectures about his view that illegal drugs should be […]
Continue readingMuch of Deepwater Horizon spilled oil gone
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill appears to be largely over, with news that three quarters of the oil released during […]
Continue readingNZ Farmers Weekly: Warmer, drier and more floods
Annette Scott writes in the New Zealand Farmers Weekly about the effects climate change is expected to have on New […]
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