Yesterday, the NZFSA put out its caffeine risk profile, particularly focusing on which (if any) elements of the population should […]
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Malborough Express: Call to help with whale research
Department of Conservation researchers are encouraging the public to report all Southern right whale sightings in efforts to support a […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Whistleblower calls it a day
Martin Johnston writes in the New Zealand Herald about Professor Ron Jones, the whistleblower whose 1984 article eventually led to […]
Continue readingMedia coverage: the Unfortunate Experiment
The controversial “unfortunate experiment” conducted by Dr Herbert Green has been found to have caused the deaths of 8 cervical […]
Continue readingNZFSA: Energy shots not for children and pregnant women
A scientific literature review undertaken by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority has found that energy shots and energy drinks […]
Continue readingThe Press: Oil drilling deal off NZ ‘a bad joke’
John Hartevelt of The Press writes about the reactions to yesterday’s announcement that Brazilian oil company Petrobras was to be […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: System hailed as boon to detect leaky buildings
Anne Gibson writes in the New Zealand Herald about a sensor, developed by an Auckland University scientist, which is able […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Ceramic may coat future NASA spacecrafts
New Zealand scientists are helping to develop the next generation of space-capable aircraft by working on the heatshields which will […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Breast cancer vaccine tests successful on mice
US researchers have, they say, successfully trialed a breast cancer vaccine which stopped 100% of breast cancers developing or growing […]
Continue readingDom Post: ‘Greenwash’ threat to NZ trade
Jon Morgan writes in the Dominion Post about an agricultural/horticultural convention at which the risks to New Zealand’s lowering of […]
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