Attempts to survey the Pegasus basin, as well as several other potentially oil-bearing subsea areas, are to be helped along […]
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A wrap-up of the science stories grabbing headlines here and internationally.
NZ Herald: Girl’s sight restored in NZ first
Martin Johnson from the NZ Herald reports on the results of a rare surgical procedure used to restore a NZ […]
Continue readingSunday Star Times: Picture imperfect
Kim Knight of the Sunday Star Times writes about recent international attention to New Zealand’s ‘clean green’ image, and the […]
Continue readingDom Post: Play on Darwin is the write stuff
Paul Easton of the Dominion Post writes about Collapsing Creation, a recently-penned (and performed) play which has just won an […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Survival in the world’s most vulnerable climate
Louise Gray from the NZ Herald investigates the impact of climate change on Bangladesh. The region was identified by the […]
Continue readingDom Post: Antarctic strait named after Hutt researcher
Kiran Chug of the Dominion Post writes about Tim Haskell, the reasons behind the decision to name an Antarctic strait […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Putting forward New Zealand’s case
Eloise Gibson from the NZ Herald gives us the stats on the officials heading to Copenhagen to represent New Zealand […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: Pig cell implants reduce insulin for NZ patient
The first patient to have pig islet cells transplanted as part of LCT’s Diabacell clinical trials, has been able to […]
Continue readingScientists debate carbon sequestration and geoengineering options
This week’s issue of Nature Geoscience (cover — “Locking carbon in minerals”), timed to coincide with Copenhagen climate talk preparations, […]
Continue readingAtea-1 blasts off
Yesterday, following a slight delay, Atea-1 took to the sky. The 6m tall rocket, developed by Auckland firm Rocket Lab […]
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