A group of climate experts, including Prof James Hansen, claim recent heat waves and extreme summers can be attributed to […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Curiosity rover landing, search for life on Mars – experts respond
UPDATED: NASA’s latest Mars rover, Curiosity, is making its final approach to the Red Planet, due to touch down today […]
Continue readingNo safety net for sea lions in fisheries – expert
Devices installed in squid trawling nets to prevent sea lion bycatch lack evidence that they actually prevent sea lion deaths, […]
Continue readingPlug pulled on Pacific Fibre – expert commentary
A group of high-profile New Zealand businessmen today abandoned efforts to build a second major undersea broadband cable linking New […]
Continue readingPsychological distress linked to life expectancy- experts respond
New research, published today in the journal BMJ, has analysed data from a large health survey, identifying an links between […]
Continue readingFlu reaching ‘epidemic’ proportions? – Expert responds
Claims that an influenza epidemic of swine flu proportions are set to overwhelm the country are overblown, according to virologists […]
Continue readingNanomaterial-containing cosmetics to be labelled – Experts respond
New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority has decided that if a cosmetic product contains nanomaterials, it must say be labelled as […]
Continue readingFlu vaccine for all UK kids
All UK children are to be given the flu vaccination after experts said it could save up to 2,000 lives […]
Continue reading‘Striking lack of evidence’ for sports product claims
The claims of sports products, such as drinks and footwear, suffer from a “striking lack of evidence” according to a […]
Continue readingAlgal blooms re-evaluated for carbon capture
Northern hemisphere researchers who put tonnes of iron into the Southern Ocean say it not only triggered a massive algal […]
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