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New Zealand may be small, but Julie Jones, CEO and founder of clinical research organisation BioValeo, thinks it has the potential to be mighty on the world’s biotech stage. “We have a well-established research community, combined with a ...

New York, 03 Aug 2023 – The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the creation of a new Scientific Advisory Board to advise UN leaders on breakthroughs in science and technology and how to harness the benefits of these ...

Last month was the hottest July in Japan in more than a century, according to analysis by The Asahi Shimbun of average temperatures since 1898.

New Zealand is one step away from joining a small club of countries that have implemented all of the World Health Organization's best-practice guidelines around tobacco control. The latest report from the WHO says New Zealand is carrying out most of the 'MPOWER' ...

A 10-year study has found no significant negative impact of 1080 poison on bird and insect populations in the Wairarapa and instead points to the biodiversity benefits of widespread pest control. The study was conducted by Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University ...

Japan’s first domestically produced vaccine for the virus that causes COVID-19 has been cleared for regulatory approval.

Having seemingly dodged cancer, Merri the Tuatara is on a long road to recovery. Still, at six years old and with a lifespan (disease and accidents notwithstanding) that can reach 200 years, time is on the side of this reptile. A 'happy accident' ...

Highlights: - El Niño Alert criteria continued to be met during July - Wind speeds look to be stronger than normal, particularly across the South Island and lower North Island - Occasional heavy rainfall is forecast for the South Island and western North ...

There’s a line from a Matthew McConaughey movie – I don’t remember which one – that pretty much sums up the self-made situation of the human species at present. The McConaughey character is in a bar with a woman that’s had a troubled life. ...

US researchers worked with Meta to analyse how the social media company’s algorithms influenced what people saw and believed during the 2020 US election period. The series of four papers, published in Science and Nature , found algorithms are “extremely ...