Well it’s all over bar the voting in what has already been a momentous week.The election campaign has been interesting […]
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Are copyright laws suffocating digital creativity?
The Herald’s senior feature writer and former technology editor Chris Barton got along to the public lecture held by law […]
Continue readingEU proposes tighter rules on animal testing
The Science Media Centre in Britain has done a round-up of scientists’ views on the a new European Commission proposal […]
Continue readingLemmings: first over the cliff in a warming world
The tiny rodents that underpin the Arctic food chain, famed for their classic boom-and-bust cycle of population explosions, are […]
Continue readingThe science of elections – what influences our vote?
With US elections underway, and New Zealand elections imminent, the Science Media Centre rounds up the latest research into the […]
Continue readingLack of sleep in childhood linked to risk of adult obesity
New research from the University of Otago, published in the journal Pediatrics yesterday, has found that a lack of sleep […]
Continue readingFood that fights heart disease – GM in the spotlight
Reports on the news wires suggest a genetically-modified soya bean that has been the subject of first phase trials in […]
Continue readingBob Brockie: GM paranoia still runs deep
Dominion Post science columnist and Victoria University honorary research associate Dr Bob Brockie writes on the subject of genetic modification […]
Continue readingWhat are the politicians planning in ICT?
Computerworld sums up the main policies of National and Labour in this week’s issue. Broadband is obviously the dominant one […]
Continue readingSMC Media Tracker: Climate change, cancer big in October
Each month from October onwards, the Science Media Centre will be tracking science-related key words that appear in the country’s […]
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