A group of climate experts, including Prof James Hansen, claim recent heat waves and extreme summers can be attributed to […]
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Tongariro eruption: Latest update
An eruption occurred at Tongariro at approximately 11:50 pm last night, (Monday August 6). GNS Science has issued an ash […]
Continue readingCuriosity 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 readingSMC Heads-Up: Curiosity heads to Mars, tropical Antarctica, plug pulled on fibre cable
The Science Media Centre’s latest Heads-Up newsletter is out – bringing you the latest science and tech news and a […]
Continue readingHouston, we have check-in: Space 2.0 and the Curiosity landing
By Vanessa Hill, CSIRO, Australia Social media is the new frontier for space exploration, shaping an age of innovative public […]
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 readingAntarctica’s ‘near tropical’ past
A drilling expedition off the coast of Antarctica has revealed the continent once boasted a warm “near tropical” climate. In […]
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 […]
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