Brand new research published today in the British Medical Journal(1) shows the results of one of the world’s longest and […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Climate change – impacts in our neck of the woods
Climate scientists opened the Australia and New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference in Auckland last night with a warning […]
Continue readingA global problem: Vanishing bees
In response to recent declines and collapses in honey bee populations worldwide, the United Nations has launched a $27 million […]
Continue readingPrince Charles warns of the risk of GM crops
The Prince of Wales warned this week that the development of genetically modified crops risked creating “the biggest disaster environmentally […]
Continue readingEnhancing Sport Performance
The 2008 Olympic Games have now begun, and we are all focused on the performance of our athletes. We asked […]
Continue readingAir Quality at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
With the 2008 Olympic Games fast approaching, some in the media are raising the issue of Beijing’s air quality and […]
Continue reading30 years of In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)
Three decades ago today, on 25 July 1978, Louise Brown, the world’s first ‘test-tube’ baby was born. We asked New […]
Continue readingExperts Respond on Royal Society climate change paper
The Royal Society of New Zealand has today released a statement on climate change. The statement says that the globe […]
Continue readingUsing animals in research and testing
“Blue sky to deep water: the reality and the promise” is the title of the annual conference of the Australian […]
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