Expert Reactions

Expert Reactions | Published: 20 February 201221 February 2012

An extensive analysis of New Zealand hospital records has found that admissions for serious infectious diseases increased 51 per cent […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 17 February 201212 March 2012

Almost a year on from the devastating February 22, 2011 Canterbury earthquake, the Science Media Centre put a series of […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 16 February 201221 February 2012

UPDATED 21/02/12: The SMC put questions to the Heartland Institute about the veracity of the documents revealed in last week’s […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 February 201213 February 2012

New research has found that drivers who consume cannabis within three hours of driving are nearly twice as likely to […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 February 2012

Older women who regularly take a heartburn drug known as a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) may have a slightly higher […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 10 February 201210 February 2012

New Zealand farmers stand to gain $52 million over the next five years from scientific innovation which has given a […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 08 February 201208 February 2012

New Zealand science has made a key contribution to international research which has laid open the genetic history of sheep […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 February 201220 February 2012

Climate scientists interested in how El Nino/La Nina weather patterns may interact with future global warming are expected to take […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 February 201202 February 2012

In a ‘provocative’ commentary article, several scientists have called for sugar to be regulated as a harmful substance like alcohol […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 February 201202 February 2012

As New Zealand policy-makers examine ways to help consumers make healthy food choices, a new Otago study has shown that […]