Paul Gorman writes in The Press that scientists believe that the earthquake which shook Canterbury last weekend could have had […]
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Dom Post: Immigrant birds are ripping off Kiwi pick-up lines
Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about northern hemisphere bird species which have, according to scientists, picked up something […]
Continue readingTVNZ/NZPA: Study questions power of ‘truth-telling’
New research from the University of Otago is questioning whether ‘truth-telling’ – retelling stories of the trauma and grief experienced […]
Continue readingODT/NZPA: Kiwi scientists help to predict risk of pre-eclampsia
An international team of scientists looking at data from NZ women who’re part of the SCOPE study have found 14 […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Michele Hewitson Interview – Sir Peter Gluckman
Michele Hewitson, writing in the NZ Herald, interviews the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman. The Professor, […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Dogged lord of climate change
Chris Barton writes in New Zealand Herald about Lord Stern, the author of the 2006’s Stern Review, which looked at […]
Continue reading3News/NZPA: NIWA challenged over accuracy of weather data
Pro-vice chancellor of Sciences at the University of Otago, Keith Hunter, has said that the legal action being brought against […]
Continue readingDom Post: Robot liked, but can it earn its keep?
Tom Pullar-Strecker writes in the Dominion Post about Charlie, the healthcare robot which is about to return to its work […]
Continue reading3News: Scientists to study rare hourglass dolphin
Jane Luscombe reports for 3News about the discovery of a washed-up hourglass dolphin in Banks Peninsula – a exciting find […]
Continue readingWaikato Times: Ancient history and the age when dinosaurs roamed
David Riddell writes in the Waikato Times about a recent talk by Professor Cam Nelson about New Zealand’s geological history […]
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