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Interesting dairy farming statistics from DairyNZ 07-08 report
The 2007-08 report from Dairy NZ and Livestock Improvement Corporation has some interesting statistics about the dairy industry in New […]
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by Motoko Kakubayashi The philosopher Aristotle once mused that weather is the second greatest problem to man, second only to […]
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Today’s Sydney Morning Herald reports concerns from scientists that nanoparticles in some popular sunscreens may trigger a range of ailments from […]
Continue readingMedia Tracker: Election drives science coverage in November
The SMC Media Tracker survey for November shows stories referencing the 12 keywords we track each month were up in […]
Continue readingSMC Backgrounder: Cloning – beyond Dolly the sheep
Since the creation of the first cloned vertebrate in 1962 [1] and the first mammal in 1996 [2], cloning, in […]
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The H5N1 virus has been given a lot more attention than previous outbreaks of flu in birds. Scientists and science […]
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Wading through the scientific literature can be a time-consuming job, and as we rush to meet copy deadlines, most of […]
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Living in a world where commercial products are continuously getting smarter and smaller, it’s no surprise that scientific research is […]
Continue readingGenetic modification explained
Genetic modification (GM) is the alteration of the genome of a plant or animal by the addition of new genetic […]
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