Whenever geneticist Dr Craig Venter outlines new research he is involved in the whole world listens. That’s because Venter was involved in one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs of the last 20 years – the sequencing of the human genome. The implications of that advance for the field of genetics has been huge and helped […]
MoreThe Zoological Society of London has come out with a hard-hitting statement on the Government’s plans to mine parts of the conservation estate, concerned in particular at what mining might mean for the rare Archey’s frog and Hochstetter’s frog. It seems the Archey’s frog is at the top of the ZSL’s EDGE of Existence amphibian […]
MoreLooking forward to the type of uncapped data plans broadband users in Asia, the US and Europe enjoy? Think again. Prospects for such flat-rate pricing for broadband took a giant leap backwards this week with Telecom’s decision to can its $69.95 per month Big Time plan. I just received this email from Telecom spokeslady Emma […]
MoreScientists at the Crown Research Institute GNS Science are this morning showing media through its Lower Hutt Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory where a new accelerator mass spectrometer has been installed. What will this expensive gadget, which represents the largest single investment in equipment since GNS became a CRI in 1992, actually do? Well, GNS is the […]
MoreThe international news media has been abuzz the last couple of days with results of a 10 year study into mobile phone use and the possible link to brain cancer. There have been lots of facts and figures thrown about and the subject really needed a good infographic to illustrate the most important thing – […]
MoreThe 10 year long, 20 million euro Interphone study into brain cancer and mobile phone use has finally been published, but the way its launch was handled led to contradictory headlines and confusion among journalists trying to communicate its important findings. For the record, Interphone which is the responsibility of the World Health Organisation, and […]
MoreA hazard we thankfully don’t have to contend with on rural roads in New Zealand – camels crossing the road. The thing about camels is that their long legs mean the full weight of their body ends up in the front windscreen of the average car as the infographic below from the Times of Oman […]
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