Controversial Seralini paper retracted

He caused an uproar in science last year when he published a paper suggesting genetically modified maize and the RoundUp herbicide caused tumours in rats he used in his experiments. Now Gilles Seralini and colleagues have seen their paper in Food and Chemical Toxicology retracted  by publisher Elsevier because of concerns over the “number of animals […]

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Sciblogger scoops $100,000 communication prize

Another year, another Sciblogger scoops the prestigious Prime Minister’s Science Media Communicator’s Prize! She’s the scientist with the crazy hair and the hard-to-spell name. But she is far more than that. Dr Siouxsie Wiles, who blogs here about microbiology, infectious diseases and all manner of other topics is this year’s winner, and one of a […]

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$59 million in Marsden grants – who got what?

The annual Marsden funding round has been announced with $59 million allocated to 109 projects across the New Zealand science system. The full list of winning projects is here. Congratulations to all the winners. Competition for the funding is intense – 1157 applications were received this year, equating to a funding success rate of 9.4 […]

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