UK SMC: As the number of human cases of avian flu continues to rise, China and its surrounding regions remain […]
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Text-based Q&As and media briefings with experts on topical issues in the science and technology world.
National Science Challenges – 10 areas of focus outlined
The Government has announced the National Science Challenges – 10 areas of focus over the next four years – $73.5 million in […]
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Longfin eels – PCE calls for commercial fishing moratorium
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has launched a new report, On a pathway to extinction? An investigation […]
Continue readingDrought – soil, rivers, climate, outlook
ONLINE MEDIA BRIEFING – FRI 22 MAR The ‘big dry’ continues, with the entire North Island officially declared a drought […]
Continue reading‘Beyond the limits’ Freshwater scientists speak out
Is current intensification of land use damaging our waterways beyond repair? Deteriorating water quality and arguments over access to water […]
Continue readingFracking in New Zealand – experts on the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, today released her report on hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The PCE’s report […]
Continue readingBRIEFING: Unravelling your genome
Your genome – the billions of bits of DNA code that make up the instructions needed to make you who you […]
Continue readingObesity, children and the future – ANZOS 2012 Briefing
What we feed ourselves and our children will shape the future of New Zealand. The complex problem of obesity – […]
Continue readingClimate change & the media – Prof Raffaella Ocone
Climate change is simultaneously happening, not happening, man-made, natural, a hoax and the end of the world as we know […]
Continue readingFood security – How will we feed 9 billion people in 2050?
Global food supply will have to double by the middle of the century to feed the world’s burgeoning population, and […]
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