Supermarket shoppers who are confused about the health status of food products would benefit from standard symbols, such as traffic-light colours, being displayed on packaging, US marketing researcher Jeremy Kees says.
Appearances by United States science rap singer Tom McFadden and an unusual "dining in the dark" experience will feature in Dunedin's latest New Zealand International Science Festival.
Dunedin smokers surprised by a sudden 10% tax hike on cigarettes announced last night were quick to buy supplies before prices went up at midnight.
A University of Otago archaeologist's novel software tool that allows improved management of archaeological field data could also prove beneficial at some crime scenes or in organising complex museum exhibits.
Otago Museum organisers are disappointed the Dunedin City Council's latest proposed funding will not address genuine shortfalls, but the organisation will further "tighten its belt" to cope, museum chief executive Shimrath Paul says.
Leaders of an international science centre network have praised the way the Otago Museum prepared for, and hosted, its recent annual conference, Aspac 2010.
Long-disputed funding to support the Otago Museum's obligations under the Protected Objects Act has risen about 40% through a compromise deal with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
University of Otago graduate Frank Robertson has every reason to be happy that one of Dunedin's oldest surviving motorised fire engines is back in the city after an absence of many years.
Researchers involved in collaborative study of oxidative stress and aspects of colorectal cancer have received a boost to their plans by winning the Dunedin School of Medicine's latest research development investment awards.
The University of Otago is switching to a new, year-round system for allocating PhD scholarships, partly to help "recruit and retain the very best postgraduate students" from New Zealand and abroad.
Moves to raise the driving age and to cut the youth blood-alcohol level to zero will help reduce the road death and injury toll, University of Otago researcher Dr Dorothy Begg says.
The Otago Museum's popular tropical forest will continue next year, the museum trust board has decided.
A sophisticated new imaging microscope is helping advance cutting-edge research, including into childhood leukemia, at the University of Otago zebrafish facility.
Dunedin firms have been sideswiped by the grounding of European flights as New Zealand exporters struggle to get product into European markets because of the volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Facing the biggest disruption to air travel in Britain and Europe for more than 50 years, some present and former Dunedin residents were beginning to take things in their stride.
An international conference hosted by the University of Otago has highlighted links between migration, ethnicity and mental health problems, including the role of "isolation and culture shock".
One of the world's leading plant explorers, horticulturists and gardening authors, Dan Hinkley, will make his first visit to Dunedin later this month.
The Otago Settlers Museum has secured the future of its planned education outreach programme, involving some of the city's other museums, by gaining a key new Ministry of Education contract.
The mental health problems long experienced by Irish immigrants in England, Australia and New Zealand also highlight challenges facing today's refugees and asylum-seekers, Australian historian Prof Elizabeth Malcolm says.
Research by US-born historian Daniel Davy is expected to result in greater international recognition of Otago's early gold rushes as part of a global history of gold rushes in North America and Australia.