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					1 Posts published on this day Side-Stepping Safeguards, Data Journalists Are Doing Science Now \| Guest Work	2
3 Posts published on this day Laws governing police use of DNA are changing: are the proposals fair for all New Zealanders? \| News Improving NZ Government Communication about COVID-19: Five Suggestions Including a Proposal for Depoliticisation \| Public Health Expert	4 Posts published on this day Climate explained: when Antarctica melts, will gravity changes lift up land and lower sea levels? \| Climate: Explained Why we remember more by reading – especially print – than from audio or video \| Guest Work The rise of pop-psychology: can it make your life better, or is it all snake-oil? \| Guest Work Could the COVID vaccines affect your period? We don't know yet — but there's no cause for concern \| COVID-19 read more	5 Posts published on this day covid-19 infection and how the spike protein is involved in doing harm \| BioBlog Is 'Spot' a good dog? Why we're right to worry about unleashing robot quadrupeds \| Hot off the press If New Zealand can radically reform its health system, why not do the same for welfare? \| News	6 Posts published on this day Selling a buffalo for a brain scan: India's COVID-19 crisis reveals deep fractures in its health system \| News Reducing tobacco retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals? \| Public Health Expert	7 Posts published on this day Farewell the utopian city. To cope with climate change we must learn from how nature adapts \| Guest Work Why we should take a women-centred approach to diagnosing and treating iron deficiency \| Hot off the press	8 Posts published on this day Types of futures reports \| Ariadne	9
10 Posts published on this day Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims \| Public Health Expert Taking one for the team: 6 ways our cells can die and help fight infectious disease \| Guest Work	11 Posts published on this day The outlook for coral reefs remains grim unless we cut emissions fast — new research \| The Changing Climate Flights have resumed between New Zealand and NSW, but the temporary travel pause may not be the last \| COVID-19	12 Posts published on this day Vaccine patents \| The Dismal Science Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ \| Public Health Expert	13 Posts published on this day NZ Budget 2021: we need the arts to live, but artists need to earn a living \| News When the Line Between Life and Death Is 'A Little Bit Fuzzy' \| Guest Work Border tech \| The Dismal Science Despite major conservation efforts, populations of New Zealand's iconic kiwi are more vulnerable than people realise \| Hot off the press read more	14 Posts published on this day How snake fangs evolved to perfectly fit their food \| Hot off the press Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy \| Public Health Expert	15	16 Posts published on this day SARS-CoV-2 - a natural event or a lab escape? \| Ariadne
17 Posts published on this day Jacinda- you beauty! \| Planetary Ecology The Case for Banning Cigarette Filters: Addressing a Consumer Fraud, Smoking Decoy and Environmental Hazard \| Public Health Expert	18 Posts published on this day HIV/AIDS vaccine: Why don't we have one after 37 years, when we have several for COVID-19 after a few months? \| News Jacinda Ardern calls for 'ethical algorithms' to combat online extremism. What this means \| News Social plants: in the wild, staghorn ferns grow in colonies to improve water storage for all members \| Hot off the press Life in the deep freeze – the revolution that changed our view of glaciers forever \| Guest Work read more	19 Posts published on this day kary mullis, pcr, & covid tests \| BioBlog Climate explained: is natural gas really cheaper than renewable electricity? \| Climate: Explained Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider Boom \| Guest Work Attempt to stop NZ vaccine rollout declined, government to pass new bill \| Code for life read more	20 Posts published on this day Most people consider climate change a serious issue, but rank other problems as more important. That affects climate policy \| The Changing Climate	21 Posts published on this day Choosing the care you'll receive at the end of your life doesn't always go to plan. Here are some tips to make sure it does \| Guest Work Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms \| Public Health Expert Slaves to speed, we'd all benefit from 'slow cities' \| Guest Work	22	23 Posts published on this day Lunar eclipse on Wednesday \| Out of Space
24 Posts published on this day Why do we get shots in the arm? It's all about the muscle \| COVID-19 How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology \| Public Health Expert Restoring the forest's song \| Mātau Taiao One with the environment \| Mātau Taiao read more	25 Posts published on this day Significant declarations - signals of change \| Ariadne Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren't very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead? \| Hot off the press	26 Posts published on this day Indigenous Genomic Databases - two case studies \| Unsorted Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport \| Public Health Expert It's time to teach the whole story about ovulation and its place in the menstrual cycle \| Guest Work	27 Posts published on this day Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and Evidence \| Public Health Expert	28 Posts published on this day A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori \| Public Health Expert New Modelling on the Risk of COVID-19 Outbreaks in NZ Associated with Arriving Travellers \| Public Health Expert	29	30
31 Posts published on this day Land of the chonky birds: How and why did New Zealand have so many feathered giants? \| Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Land of the chonky birds: How and why did New Zealand have so many feathered giants? - Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Nic Rawlence • May 31, 2021

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May 2021

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					1 Posts published on this day Side-Stepping Safeguards, Data Journalists Are Doing Science Now \| Guest Work	2
3 Posts published on this day Laws governing police use of DNA are changing: are the proposals fair for all New Zealanders? \| News Improving NZ Government Communication about COVID-19: Five Suggestions Including a Proposal for Depoliticisation \| Public Health Expert	4 Posts published on this day Climate explained: when Antarctica melts, will gravity changes lift up land and lower sea levels? \| Climate: Explained Why we remember more by reading – especially print – than from audio or video \| Guest Work The rise of pop-psychology: can it make your life better, or is it all snake-oil? \| Guest Work Could the COVID vaccines affect your period? We don't know yet — but there's no cause for concern \| COVID-19 read more	5 Posts published on this day covid-19 infection and how the spike protein is involved in doing harm \| BioBlog Is 'Spot' a good dog? Why we're right to worry about unleashing robot quadrupeds \| Hot off the press If New Zealand can radically reform its health system, why not do the same for welfare? \| News	6 Posts published on this day Selling a buffalo for a brain scan: India's COVID-19 crisis reveals deep fractures in its health system \| News Reducing tobacco retail availability: how could this be achieved and what evidence supports the NZ Government’s proposals? \| Public Health Expert	7 Posts published on this day Farewell the utopian city. To cope with climate change we must learn from how nature adapts \| Guest Work Why we should take a women-centred approach to diagnosing and treating iron deficiency \| Hot off the press	8 Posts published on this day Types of futures reports \| Ariadne	9
10 Posts published on this day Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims \| Public Health Expert Taking one for the team: 6 ways our cells can die and help fight infectious disease \| Guest Work	11 Posts published on this day The outlook for coral reefs remains grim unless we cut emissions fast — new research \| The Changing Climate Flights have resumed between New Zealand and NSW, but the temporary travel pause may not be the last \| COVID-19	12 Posts published on this day Vaccine patents \| The Dismal Science Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ \| Public Health Expert	13 Posts published on this day NZ Budget 2021: we need the arts to live, but artists need to earn a living \| News When the Line Between Life and Death Is 'A Little Bit Fuzzy' \| Guest Work Border tech \| The Dismal Science Despite major conservation efforts, populations of New Zealand's iconic kiwi are more vulnerable than people realise \| Hot off the press read more	14 Posts published on this day How snake fangs evolved to perfectly fit their food \| Hot off the press Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy \| Public Health Expert	15	16 Posts published on this day SARS-CoV-2 - a natural event or a lab escape? \| Ariadne
17 Posts published on this day Jacinda- you beauty! \| Planetary Ecology The Case for Banning Cigarette Filters: Addressing a Consumer Fraud, Smoking Decoy and Environmental Hazard \| Public Health Expert	18 Posts published on this day HIV/AIDS vaccine: Why don't we have one after 37 years, when we have several for COVID-19 after a few months? \| News Jacinda Ardern calls for 'ethical algorithms' to combat online extremism. What this means \| News Social plants: in the wild, staghorn ferns grow in colonies to improve water storage for all members \| Hot off the press Life in the deep freeze – the revolution that changed our view of glaciers forever \| Guest Work read more	19 Posts published on this day kary mullis, pcr, & covid tests \| BioBlog Climate explained: is natural gas really cheaper than renewable electricity? \| Climate: Explained Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider Boom \| Guest Work Attempt to stop NZ vaccine rollout declined, government to pass new bill \| Code for life read more	20 Posts published on this day Most people consider climate change a serious issue, but rank other problems as more important. That affects climate policy \| The Changing Climate	21 Posts published on this day Choosing the care you'll receive at the end of your life doesn't always go to plan. Here are some tips to make sure it does \| Guest Work Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms \| Public Health Expert Slaves to speed, we'd all benefit from 'slow cities' \| Guest Work	22	23 Posts published on this day Lunar eclipse on Wednesday \| Out of Space
24 Posts published on this day Why do we get shots in the arm? It's all about the muscle \| COVID-19 How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology \| Public Health Expert Restoring the forest's song \| Mātau Taiao One with the environment \| Mātau Taiao read more	25 Posts published on this day Significant declarations - signals of change \| Ariadne Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren't very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead? \| Hot off the press	26 Posts published on this day Indigenous Genomic Databases - two case studies \| Unsorted Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport \| Public Health Expert It's time to teach the whole story about ovulation and its place in the menstrual cycle \| Guest Work	27 Posts published on this day Illicit tobacco trade and the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal: Arguments and Evidence \| Public Health Expert	28 Posts published on this day A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori \| Public Health Expert New Modelling on the Risk of COVID-19 Outbreaks in NZ Associated with Arriving Travellers \| Public Health Expert	29	30
31 Posts published on this day Land of the chonky birds: How and why did New Zealand have so many feathered giants? \| Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

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