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Medical experiments in the United Kingdom involving animals has shown its largest rise since modern records began, according to new […]
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Climate scientist Jim Salinger writing in the Herald about California’s record on climate change mitigation policy: read in full here. […]
Continue readingFolic acid in bread: the saga
The debate about whether to make the addition of folic acid mandatory in all New Zealand bread (barring organic breads) […]
Continue readingSwine flu: Britain’s worst case scenario – 65,000 dead
As I wait for a flight at a bustling Heathrow airport, what was probably the main port of entry for […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Moon landing giant step in view of Earth
The New Zealand’s Herald editorial on the significance of the Apollo 11 moon landing 40 years ago today: AN excerpt: […]
Continue readingChris Barton: CERN and science’s great collision
A feature article by New Zealand Herald senior feature writer Chris Barton, who recently visited the site of the Large […]
Continue readingNIWA seasonal climate outlook: July – September 2009
NIWA has released its next 3-month outlook: July – September 2009. The original can be found here, and is reproduced […]
Continue readingXenotransplantation and the LCT trials in New Zealand
UPDATE: Living Cell Technologies, a New Zealand-based biotech firm, has just announced that it is commencing trials on a potentially […]
Continue reading1969 and Apollo 11 – a retrospective
The 40th anniversary of humanity’s first steps on the moon is here, and the event is inspiring commentary all over […]
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