Eloise Gibson of the NZ Herald writes about the results of a recent survey showing that, over the last year, […]
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Waikato Times:Trains go faster than we think
Nicole Brennan writes in the Waikato Times about research from the University of Waikato showing that people’s perception of the […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Asthma sufferers get help from blackcurrants
Blackcurrants contain a compound which could help lungs fight inflammation, according to research conducted by Plant and Food Research. The […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Female stick insects happy to go it alone
Research into New Zealand’s stick insects have shown that female stick insects do not need male stick insects in order […]
Continue readingScience sector merger announced
As foreshadowed earlier this month, State Services Minister Tony Ryall today announced a merger of New Zealand’s science policy and […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Geologists show how NZ and Australia broke apart
A mathematical model which was created to show how Australia and New Zealand originally broke apart suggests the same process […]
Continue readingODT: Food to be in focus at science festival
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about this year’s New Zealand International Science Festival, the theme of which […]
Continue reading3 News: Carter Observatory reopening this weekend
Dan Parker reports for 3 News that Wellington’s Carter Observatory, which has been closed for the last two years, will […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Brainbox wins award for disease research
Beck Vass writes in the New Zealand Herald about Professor Richard Faull, who last night was announced as the Supreme […]
Continue readingODT: Tune in to ‘inner scientist’ to filter nonsense
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about recent talks given in New Zealand by renowed physicist and science […]
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