Why do some people die from the flu and others don’t? New Zealand researchers have been awarded a grant from […]
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A wrap-up of the science stories grabbing headlines here and internationally.
WHO double data mix up
This week the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a global survey of urban air quality, but the figures for New […]
Continue readingRWC Fever not healthy?
To many New Zealanders rugby is more than just a sport, but maybe we need to lighten up if we […]
Continue reading‘Flesh-eating’ bug in the news
New research has found that the incidence of a tissue damaging bacterial infection – necrotising fascitits – is rising in […]
Continue readingSpeed camera needed for neutrinos?
Physicists have said – in a paper and in a seminar at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) – […]
Continue readingItaly quake trial gains NZ attention
The trial of six seismologists and an official in Italy in the wake of the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake has become […]
Continue readingUN Non-Communicable Disease meeting concludes
As the United Nations High Level Meeting on Noncommunicable diseases (NDCs) concludes, some general resolutions have been agreed to – […]
Continue readingProf Euan Smith on Italian trial of scientists
A 3News Firstline interview with Euan Smith, Victoria University Geophysics Professor. View the clip here
Continue readingSmoking in films R18?
British public health experts have made a call for films depicting smoking to be classified as R18, but a New […]
Continue readingCrows can use mirrors to find food – NZ scientists
Auckland University researchers testing wild-caught crows’ reactions to mirrors found the birds did not recognise themselves but did find cached […]
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