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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Experts on 60 Minutes vitamin C ‘miracle cure’ story
The Science Media Centre sought comment from experts on the 60 Minutes piece Living Proof, which examined the story of […]
Continue readingRare double earthquake behind tsunami warning confusion
New research into the earthquake responsible for the deadly 2009 tsunami in Samoa and Tonga, has shown that it was […]
Continue readingProfessor Linda Bryder: Responses to ‘A History of the “Unfortunate Experiment”‘
From NZSkeptics: New Zealand’s Education Act 1989 states that academic freedom means freedom ‘within the law to question and test […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: Double earthquake caused Pacific tsunami
The tsunami which devasted Tonga and Samoa in September of last year was caused by two almost simultaneous earthquakes, shows […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Study identifies TB gene
An international study involving a University of Otago researcher has for the first time used a specific genome scanning technique […]
Continue readingStuff/NZPA: Digital pets come alive
A next-gen Tamagotchi has been developed by VUW researchers and a US colleague, and features a living microorganism (a Tardigrade) […]
Continue readingTimaru Herald: Editorial – More light than heat
An editorial in the Timaru Herald opines that that the CSC’s legal challenge to NIWA’s data accuracy might not be […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Volcano collapse underlines threat of tsunami
Isaac Davidson writes in the New Zealand Herald about a huge undersea volcano which has partially collapsed off the coast […]
Continue readingDr Paul Ashton: Near Zero Inc – a sadly prophetic company name
From NZSeptic: Between August 2006 and May 2007, 490 investors (many from NZ) put $5.3m into NearZero Inc, a US-based […]
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