The Guardian newspaper today launched Green Wash, a new column that could make great reading in the coming months as […]
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A permanent record of every NZ website
This month, the National Library of New Zealand has taken up a seriously impressive challenge. For the first time ever, […]
Continue readingPeople are going bananas over a new diet
A new diet has been attracting coverage in the press. The ‘Morning Banana Diet’ devised by Japanese pharmacist Sumiko Watanabe […]
Continue readingDiabetes drug could help people with diabetes
A new diabetes drug that could extend the life of people with Type 2 diabetes and reduce complications is due […]
Continue readingEating quickly until full trebles the risk of overweight
A study published in the British Medical Journal this week had found that eating until full and eating quickly were […]
Continue readingNew feathered dinosaur found
A feathered but flightless dinosaur is a bizarre new addition to the fossil record showing the early history of the […]
Continue readingErectile dysfunction as a heart attack predictor
Erectile dysfunction can provide an early warning of a heart attack two or three years before one occurs, an expert […]
Continue readingNobel Laureate: America is neglecting science
Dr Peter Agre, 2003 winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry and who the Science Media Centre caught up with […]
Continue readingNano-products and the question of regulation
Dr Simon Brown, a member of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology based at the University of Canterbury examines […]
Continue readingOkay given to transplant pig cells into humans
New Zealand biotech, Living Cell Technologies, firm has been given the green light to inject pig cells into humans as […]
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