“A total demolition of the previous forms of existence is underway: how one comes into the world, biological sex, education, relationships, the family, even...
In October 2012 Dr Anthony Fauci was writing for the American Society for Microbiology about scientists conducting gain of function research:
“In an unlikely but conceivable turn...
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) have held two consultations to gauge public opinion on gene edited ‘new breeding techniques (NBT) organisms, but have...
Unfortunately none of the above are ever likely to publicly debate their policy to deregulate biotechnology, instead they are saturating a compliant media with...
ESR Board Chair Sarah Young has announced that Ashley Bloomfield, former Director-General of Health, will assume the role of Interim Chief Executive at ESR...
Governments are deregulating biotechnology, what will that mean for us?
An article in the UK Daily Mail entitled “The wave of new £2m-a-dose NHS drugs...
Scientists at ArkeaBio, a US-based start-up in collaboration with AgriZeroNZ from New Zealand, claim they have achieved a 'breakthrough' in developing a methane-reducing 'vaccine'...
The Agricultural and horticultural products regulatory review is open for comment until 8 September 2024. The review will focus on the approval path for...
This week Judith Collins, Minister for Science and Technology, and Chris Luxon, Prime Minister, decided to introduce a policy change with a Laurel and Hardy...
Renowned UK scientist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins has had his Facebook account deleted after he posted a statement condemning the International Olympic Committee...
Last week we published an open letter to parliamentarians which was personally sent to every MP and marked URGENT. So what happened? We got some responses.
You...
A few weeks ago we published an article “Can Biotechnology Control Human Behaviour?”.
A study found that transplant recipients routinely acquire the memories of the...
The University of Auckland has announced that it is joining a research project of national significance co-hosted with Victoria University of Wellington and supported by the...
The Government has announced that during the next three months it will take Cabinet decisions on new regulations to remove the ban on genetic engineering...
The New Zealand government plans to deregulate biotechnology, what does that mean for our food supply and our health?
A comprehensive presentation by Kate Mason...
The World Health Assembly of WHO has announced that agreement has been reached on an amended version of the proposed International Health regulations to take effect...
Every so often you find a study that breaks new ground and advances human understanding.
The journal Transplantology has published a paper entitled “Personality Changes...
Recent research by the Institute of Economic Research reveals a concerning trend among newly appointed primary school teachers.
The study, which analysed the school qualifications...
The Covid pandemic created some of the worst science writing in our lifetimes.
Major media outlets failed at providing readers with accurate and balanced news...
In 1953, the same year that DNA was discovered, Mount Everest climbed and Queen Elizabeth crowned, a graduate student in Chicago passed an electrical...
MBIE officials met with two major Chinese science agencies in Wellington recently, recognising a continued commitment to collaborative research and innovation between New Zealand...
Post-pandemic we have found ourselves living in a considerably changed world.
A polarised world with elevated levels of social and international conflict. How did we...
Personal information offered for sale by hackers is authentic, 23andMe has said.
The California-based 23andMe has confirmed that the personal information of its customers put...
A paradigm is a framework of ideas, concepts, models, research methods and assumptions that constitute the basis of a scientific theory or outlook.
It can...
In the short space of three years New Zealand society has been transformed.
Our economic circumstances, our health landscape, our political ideas, our attitude to...
Another among hundreds of novel biotech vaccines currently under development for a range of diseases has gained approval from the US FDA.
Abrysvo is Pfizer’s vaccine...