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Will the Southern Ocean’s carbon sink hold its breath?
Ice core records show there was a sharp rise in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — a nearly 50% increase — at […]
Continue readingODT: Rise in flu-like illnesses
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about the slight rise in flu-like illnesses being reported among patients in […]
Continue readingSouthland Times: Humates may help make NZ greener
Sonia Gerken writes in The Southland Times about humates, which have been found in New Zealand and which, scientific testing […]
Continue readingDom Post: Coral faces killer ‘worse than climate change’
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about Victoria University research showing that sea snails are having a worse effect […]
Continue readingODT: Ethics and ‘Dr God’
An editorial in the Otago Daily Times looks at the announcement of the first fully functional synthetic genome,which was inserted […]
Continue readingODT: Should mere humans be ‘playing God’?
Bioethicist Gareth Jones writes about the creation of the first functional synthetic genome, arguing that placing a moratorium on the […]
Continue readingETS will encourage New Zealand forestry
There has been a great deal of debate over New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in recent months, with the […]
Continue readingSouthland Times: After the doctor created life the bacterium’s offspring took over
Joe Bennett writes in an opinion piece in the Southland Times about Craig Venter’s recent creation of a functional synthetic […]
Continue readingManawatu Standard: Scientists working on animal genetics
Jill Galloway writes in the Waikato Times about scientists’ efforts to better understand beef and sheep genetics in a bid […]
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