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Outrageous decisions
Why do some risks upset us so much? (10 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield
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Vanishing giants
Close encounters with some of New Zealand’s endangered species (5 minute preview, 10 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield

October 2024

Modifying meanings
Unravelling some tangled definitions and issues in gene technology (11 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield
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Cut, copy, paste
The tiny tools used to alter genes (12 minute read)
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A well-worn track
I return to an Auckland icon and wonder what has changed (4 minute preview, 9 minute full article)
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Melanie Newfield
On the precipice
The precarious position of New Zealand's rare plants (12 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield
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Chopping and changing
The humble microbe we have harnessed to make insulin (9 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield
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Buried treasure
The threat to Niue's most precious asset (4 minute preview, 8 minutes full article)
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Melanie Newfield
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September 2024

Microbes of easy virtue
The genetic exchanges which have allowed bacteria to overcome antibiotics (11 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield
A burning question
What are the risks of lithium batteries (14 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield
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On the rocks
The unexpected vulnerability of Niue (5 minute preview, 9 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield
Unnatural selection
What have we done to our best friends? (13 minute read)
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Melanie Newfield
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