New Zealand researchers studying the complex interplay of sex hormones, behaviour and the brain have found new evidence for the […]
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Italy’s deadly earthquake – scientists respond
Italy’s deadliest earthquake in nearly three decades has killed at least 150 people, left tens of thousands homeless and smashed […]
Continue readingFirst Robot Scientist Makes Gene Discovery
Researchers working at Aberstwyth University in Wales have created a robot that has become the first man-made device to independently […]
Continue readingBurying carbon emissions – where do they go?
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) — in geological formations deep underground — is one of the major options proposed by […]
Continue readingNIWA seasonal climate outlook: April – June 2009
NIWA has published it’s climate outlook for the next three months: La Niña weakening, with a mild end to autumn […]
Continue readingTea drinking and oesophageal cancer
A new study just published today in the British Medical Journal has found a link between drinking hot tea and […]
Continue readingRed and processed meat eaters face greater risk of disease
New research from the US published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that individuals who eat more red meat […]
Continue readingDrilling back in time in the name of climate science
Can looking at samples of five million year-old rock sediment tell us the consequences of warming the earth by pumping […]
Continue readingQueensland’s coast blighted by leaked oil – experts respond
Pelicans and turtles are among the animals suffering the effects of an oil spill from a cargo ship that has […]
Continue readingPeking Man’s age revised by 200,000 years
The bones of Zhoukoudian Homo erectus, commonly known as ‘Peking Man’, may be 200,000 years older than previously thought, according […]
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