The apparent release of further email correspondence between climate researchers based at the University of East Anglia is believed to […]
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NZ faces moral obligations as climate changes hit – scientist
New Zealand may initially get off relatively lightly as the world increasingly experiences the consequences of climate change, but will still […]
Continue readingIf the world drops Kyoto, what will New Zealand do?
In the early hours of Saturday morning the UN’s climate change body will release a report that has been described […]
Continue readingLower drinking age linked to higher longterm harm
American researchers investigating the longterm impacts of a lower legal drinking age in some US states say the evidence points […]
Continue readingPossible association between the pill and prostate cancer
New research shows that in countries with higher contraceptive pill use by women, men have higher rates of prostate cancer. […]
Continue readingCaptive breeding of black rhino not efficient – NZ researcher
The new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warning that the wild black rhinoceros sub-species (Diceros bicornis longipes) is […]
Continue readingDetecting consciousness in vegetative patients – experts respond
What if you were trapped in your own body, unable to move or communicate in any way? How would any […]
Continue readingPowering Innovation report – experts respond
The Government today released the findings of an independent report into high value manufacturing in New Zealand, outlining major changes […]
Continue readingFracking seen as likely trigger for minor quakes which hit Blackpool – report
A British report which found that fracking was the “highly probable” cause of two minor earthquakes in the Blackpool area […]
Continue readingExperts: South Island seismic risk needs re-evaluation
Scientists behind the first big compilation of research into the Christchurch earthquakes say the seismic risk to the whole of […]
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