The New Zealand Herald’s New Zealander of the Year finalists were limited to the under-30s this year but the newspaper […]
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SMC seeking summer intern
The Science Media Centre is looking for a summer intern / volunteer to lend a hand with day-to-day operations of the centre. […]
Continue readingMarine mammals mooted at meeting
The Maui’s dolphin and other endangered marine mammals have been the focus of a huge international conference taking place in […]
Continue readingMaui’s dolphin extinction risk
A major international conference on marine mammals in Dunedin this week has focused attention on efforts to halt the extinction […]
Continue readingFood safety report spurs government action
An independent report into the Fonterra botulism scare has been released and the central government has accepted the recommendations put […]
Continue readingMapping the future of disease in NZ
How will climate change affect New Zealand’s vulnerability to infectious diseases? In a effort to answer this question, Crown Research […]
Continue readingSupport for scientists working with the media
Scientists keen to work with the media now have an online resource to help prepare for interviews, handle contentious issues […]
Continue readingTop ten science stories of 2013
From the first vat-grown hamburger to the discovery of the world’s largest volcano, scientists pushed back the limits of human […]
Continue reading‘Break the tyranny of the luxury journals’ – Nobel laureate
In UK newspaper the Guardian, Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman calls for an end to the scientific community’s dependence on […]
Continue readingSlippery clay a factor in Japan’s Tohoku-Oki 2011 earthquake
A thin layer of slippery clay was major contributor to the fault rupture that generated the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and […]
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