A briefing by the Australian Science Media Centre has looked at the issue of peak oil in Australia, and how […]
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Newsletter Digest: Mining, oil spill, and the Australian ETS delay
Sustainable mining? – SMC Briefing Hidden beneath New Zealand’s stunning landscapes — and formed by the same relentless geological forces […]
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Swine flu – lessons one year on This time last year, as Kiwis prepared to attend weekend dawn parade and […]
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Greg Ansley of the NZ Herald writes about the stark choice facing Australians yesterday – either to act meaningfully now […]
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Kathy Marks of the NZ Herald reports on an Australian project in which sheep are to have their burp outputs […]
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El Niño ‘Modoki’ – a new kind of El Niño will increase with global warming Research published today in Nature […]
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The NZPA reports that folic acid fortification of bread in Australia becomes compulsory this week. The subject provoked a public […]
Continue readingAusSMC: Experts on first results of swine flu vaccine trial
From the AusSMC: Preliminary results from the first study of CSL’s pandemic H1N1 vaccine show an immune response in adults […]
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An opinion piece by science writer Marilyn Head, looking at the joint Australian-New Zealand bid for the Square Kilometre Array […]
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