On March 11 last year a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit off the coast of Japan triggering a powerful tsunami. Resulting […]
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A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.
Australian flooding – experts respond
Heavy rainfall has caused extensive flooding across southern New South Wales and North East Victoria, forcing several communities to evacuate. […]
Continue readingFukushima retrospective
One year after the Tokyo quake and subsequent Fukushima nuclear incident, the Science Media Centre looks back over how events […]
Continue readingNew livestock virus in UK and Europe, unlikely to reach NZ
A new livestock virus spreading across Europe and panicking farmers in the Norther Hemisphere is unlikely to reach New Zealand […]
Continue readingResearch raises concern over sleeping pills
New research has found that several commonly prescribed sleeping pills are associated with a more than fourfold increased risk of […]
Continue readingMicrobes in soil could help fight crime
A bid by Massey University researchers to showcase the latest DNA sequencing technologies for students around New Zealand may help […]
Continue readingExperts on speeding neutrino experiment results
From the UK SMC: Prof Jim Al-Khalili, Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey who promised to eat his […]
Continue readingInfectious disease increases highlight inequality
An extensive analysis of New Zealand hospital records has found that admissions for serious infectious diseases increased 51 per cent […]
Continue readingExpert Q&A: Engineers on the Canterbury earthquakes and building earthquake-resilient cities
Almost a year on from the devastating February 22, 2011 Canterbury earthquake, the Science Media Centre put a series of […]
Continue readingClimate sceptic documents leaked – experts respond
UPDATED 21/02/12: The SMC put questions to the Heartland Institute about the veracity of the documents revealed in last week’s […]
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