A University lecturer may be stretching academic freedom too far when it comes to examining climate change in his classes. […]
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A wrap-up of the science stories grabbing headlines here and internationally.
Climate change and extreme weather in the news
Following the Science Media Centre’s briefing with experts yesterday, several media outlets have reported on the connections between rising global […]
Continue readingNew Zealanders help dig up potato genome
This week the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium published the genome of the humble potato in the international journal Nature. The […]
Continue readingSynthetic cannabis contains chemical cocktails
Following the revelation of new data from Environmental Science and Research (ESR) on Monday, the media have reported widely on […]
Continue readingMarine scientists swamp Stewart Island
The New Zealand Marine Science Society’s annual conference is this year being held far south in Oban, Stewart Island, but […]
Continue readingScience clear on freshwater quality and trout
Following claims that trout are responsible for the decline in New Zealand’s freshwater quality, scientists stepped forward to set the […]
Continue readingAnti-smoking drug increases heart attack risk
A new study has found that a smoking cessation drug prescribed in New Zealand is associated with an increased risk […]
Continue readingPost-quake building – lessons from Christchurch
Following the release of a new information paper on earthquake engineering, the media have examined new challenges in building safe […]
Continue readingAircraft affect weather
The Dominion Post‘s Kiran Chug covers new research, published in the journal Science, linking weather pattens with airplane activity at […]
Continue readingExperts answer quake queries
In another ‘Ask the Experts’ section in the Press, geologists from GNS answer earthquake questions posed by readers of the […]
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