Science in the News
Daily news service covering local and international (for members)
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Two out of five women drink during pregnancy – survey
Wellington, July 27 -- Two out of every five women in New Zealand consumed alcohol while pregnant, according to a Plunket Society survey released today. The survey, published in the New Zealan . . . Read more…
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Penguin survivors of cape oil spill go home
By Ingeborg Lichtenberg of Reuters Silverstroomstrand, South Africa, July 26 Reuter -- About 2000 Jackass penguins, survivors of Cape Town's worst oil pollution disaster, settled their feather . . . Read more…
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Popular anti-depressant may not be wonder drug, says review
Wellington, July 27 - An anti-depressant so popular it is pushing up the country's drug bill by millions of dollars may not be the wonder drug it is thought to be, according to a pharmacologist a . . . Read more…
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Peters proposes return to institutionalisation of mentally ill
Wellington, July 27 - New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters tonight advocated greater institutionalisation of the mentally ill. In a speech prepared for a public meeting at Templeton in the . . . Read more…
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Council drops legal threat against metro magazine
Auckland, July 27 - Auckland City Council has withdrawn its threat of legal action against Metro magazine over an article alleging mistreatment of animals at Auckland Zoo. Metro rejected the c . . . Read more…
