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Alert Newsletter 760
Subscribe to Alert 1. 2013 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture Tour Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble FRSNZ, recipient of the 2012 Rutherford Medal, will be touring the… Read more…
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Alert Newsletter 759
Subscribe to Alert 1. Shortlisted Books for 2013 Science Book Prize The shortlist for the 2013 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize was… Read more…
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Shortlisted books announced for 2013 Science Book Prize
Three books have been shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize and the topics include New Zealand’s extinct moa, the… Read more…
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Alert Newsletter 758
Subscribe to Alert 1. ‘Bad Science, Bad Pharma’ – talks by Ben Goldacre in May Unpicking bad science is the best way to explain good… Read more…
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How deadly is deadly?
A global pandemic of some virulent engineered disease is the stuff of futuristic horror films, but pandemics can come from much more humble origins. The influenza pandemic of 1918 has been called one of the deadliest natural disasters... Read more…
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Alert Newsletter 757
Subscribe to Alert 1. Media Release: How can New Zealand lifestyles become sustainable? Research has shown that New Zealanders would need at least two Earth planets… Read more…
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Lecture series to explore how maths is helping solve today’s problems
Ten mathematicians will speak in ten locations over ten months for the Royal Society of New Zealand’s 10×10 Lecture Series. The series explores how mathematics… Read more…
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Oh Mother, Where Art Thou?
DNA profiles show that mass strandings of pilot whales may not be driven by kinship, as previously thought. Biologists since Aristotle have puzzled over the… Read more…
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How can New Zealand lifestyles become sustainable?
Research has shown that New Zealanders would need at least two Earth planets to sustain our current lifestyles compared with a ‘fair Earth share’ of… Read more…
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Alert Newsletter 756
Subscribe to Alert 1. Sustainable carrying capacity of New Zealand – launch of two Emerging Issues papers, 15 March, Wellington How many people, and to… Read more…
