http://www.royalsociety.org.nz The daily news as supplied by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Copyright 2010 Royal Society of New Zealand MoST 3.0.3671 rob.lynch@rsnz.org.nz 60 Applicants had already invested $4 million in clearing the land, on hearings and scientific analysis http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83791 http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83791 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300 17 of the 27 sturgeon species critically endangered http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83788 http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83788 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300 German scientists have created a three-dimensional "invisibility cloak" that can hide objects by bending light waves http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83789 http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83789 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300 Scientists fear that a new pattern of punishing winter storms may mark the start of an irreversible decline of the transcontinental migration http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83790 http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83790 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300 Critics have already ridiculed Medvedev's attempts to establish a "knowledge economy" in Russia, saying the country's rampant corruption, poor living conditions and lack of legal guarantees make it ill-suited to rivalling California's science and technology centre http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83792 http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/system/news/news.aspx?ID=83792 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1300