The tsunami which devasted Tonga and Samoa in September of last year was caused by two almost simultaneous earthquakes, shows […]
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NZ Herald/NZPA: Study identifies TB gene
An international study involving a University of Otago researcher has for the first time used a specific genome scanning technique […]
Continue readingStuff/NZPA: Digital pets come alive
A next-gen Tamagotchi has been developed by VUW researchers and a US colleague, and features a living microorganism (a Tardigrade) […]
Continue readingTimaru Herald: Editorial – More light than heat
An editorial in the Timaru Herald opines that that the CSC’s legal challenge to NIWA’s data accuracy might not be […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Volcano collapse underlines threat of tsunami
Isaac Davidson writes in the New Zealand Herald about a huge undersea volcano which has partially collapsed off the coast […]
Continue readingMedia Coverage: CSC taking NIWA to court over data accuracy
Reports emerged over the weekend that the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition (CSC) will be taking the National Institute of […]
Continue readingThe Press: Toll of climate change manageable
Bjorn Lomborg writes in an opinion piece in The Press that, while climate change is real, man-made and needs to […]
Continue reading3 News/NZPA: Call for earlier focus to help troubled youth
Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has said that we need to focus more on young children (under 6), as that is […]
Continue reading3 News/NZPA: Kea even more cunning if they get a preview – study
A Japanese university professor has discovered that kea – New Zealand alpine parrots – are even smarter than previously thought. […]
Continue readingStuff/Manawatu Standard: Kiwi device to make broadband 50 per cent faster
Laura Jackson writes in the Manawatu Standard about a device, developed in Palmerston North, which is apparently able to speed […]
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