Jarrod Booker writes in the NZ Herald that the yam has been found to produce progesterone. This finding is of […]
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TVNZ/NZPA: New products offer hope to smokers
University of Otago researchers have approved two nicotine replacement therapies not commonly available at present. They also aim to research […]
Continue readingWho’s reporting science-related issues in New Zealand?
New Zealand has some fine science and environment reporters reporting for print, television and radio. Based all over the country, […]
Continue readingDom Post/NZPA: Non-lethal whale research trip a success
The NIWA ship Tangaroa has arrived back in Wellington harbour after 6 weeks at sea, and has data that its […]
Continue readingDom Post: Editorial: Science a challenge for the Budget
An editorial in the Dominion Post examines Government’s focus on science and innovation, and in particular the actions it has […]
Continue readingVaccine safety experts blast media reporting on Gardasil
Several recent media reports have questioned the safety record of Gardasil, the human papiloma virus (HPV) vaccine offered free-of-charge to […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Undersea cables, climate change fatigue and Science-a-Twitter
Pipe dream or economy booster? The news yesterday that a group of wealthy businessmen including Warehouse founder Stephen Tindall and […]
Continue readingExperts on plans for Pacific Fibre undersea cable connection
A group of New Zealand entrepreneurs has launched a $900 million bid to build a new, high-capacity undersea cable linking […]
Continue readingThe Press: Moa DNA gives up some secrets
Paul Gorman reports in The Press on the first successful isolation of DNA from ancient eggshell fossils by an international […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: International climate body to be reviewed
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, has asked that the work of the IPCC be reviewed by the world’s science agencies. […]
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