A new study using medical technology – CT and CAT scans – has confirmed that the Haast eagle, which became […]
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TVNZ/NZPA: Australia shifts to compulsory folic acid in bread
The NZPA reports that folic acid fortification of bread in Australia becomes compulsory this week. The subject provoked a public […]
Continue readingRadio New Zealand: Visiting scientists busy as bees in NZ
Radio New Zealand reports that British conservationists will be spending part of our spring catching short-haired bumblebees so that the […]
Continue readingTVNZ/NZPA: Iodine deficiency stunts intelligence
Otago researchers have shown, for the first time, that increasing the amount of iodine in a child’s diet in order […]
Continue readingThe Dominion Post: Eczema victims to try butter test
Tanya Katterns of The Dominion Post writes about new research to be conducted by researchers at Auckland and Otago universities […]
Continue readingSunday Star Times: Burn After Reading
An opinion piece by Rod Oram of the Sunday Star Times on New Zealand’s tenuous credibility regarding climate change, and […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Study exposes extra heart risk for patients
A article in the New Zealand Herald by reporter Jarrod Booker looking at some University of Auckland-led international research examining […]
Continue readingNZPA: Warmest August in 155 years
The NZPA is reporting in the Dominion Post that New Zealand has experienced the warmest August since records began in […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Lack of climate consensus produces cop-out
A column by the Herald’s John Armstrong looking at the lack of consensus in Parliament on the emissions trading scheme. […]
Continue readingProspect of mining conservation land stirs controversy
An announcement by Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee last week (at a conference of the Australian Institute of Mining […]
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