A piece by TVNZ on MAF’s investigation of a potential GM-trial breach on the Lincoln campus of Crown Research Institute, […]
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NZ Herald: Chronic fatigue cause unlocked
Alice Neville of the New Zealand Herald reports that the previously-unknown cause of chronic fatigue syndrome has been found. Chronic […]
Continue readingDom Post: New Zealand scientists find new cancer drug
Ruth Hill of the Dominion Post reports on a new class of anti-cancer drugs, developed by New Zealand scientists from […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: A climate scandal, or is it just hot air?
Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald writes about the recent ‘Climategate’ scandal, in which emails stolen from a leading […]
Continue readingDom Post: Kiwi scientist makes a twitter breakthrough
Kiran Chug writes about a new technique which is able to accurately estimate bird population size using microphone arrays. The […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Recession no bar to fossil fuel emissions
Eloise Gibson writes about a recent report which suggests that, while the global recession did impact greenhouse gas emissions a […]
Continue readingDom Post: Birdlife explosion as possum numbers slashed
Paul Easton of the Dominion Post reports on the success of anti-possum strategies, which have procued drops in posusm numbers […]
Continue readingThe Press: Climate scientists attack criticism
An article in The Press by environment reporter Paul Gorman looking at claims by the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition […]
Continue readingThe Dominion Post: ‘Monogamous’ gannets are more unfaithful than humans
David Gadd of the Dominion Post writes about new research exposing the ‘unfaithfulness’ of gannets in New Zealand. Previously thought […]
Continue readingThe Dominion Post: $1b Taupo geothermal project picks up steam
Mike Watson from the Dominion Post reports on the proposed construction of a geothermal power station in Taupo by Contact […]
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