Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, today released his much-awaited report on the state of science […]
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Media coverage: Tsunami warning too costly
A Sunday Star Times article by Lois Cairns looking at patches in coverage of tsunami warning gauges in the South […]
Continue readingMedia Coverage: “Enhanced” water given a serve
An article in the Sunday Star Times examining claims about the nutritional value of vitamin water. An excerpt: (read in […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Climate Futures forum – How should scientists communicate on climate?
In a session at this week’s Climate futures: Pathways for society forum in Wellington, a panel of science writers and journalists […]
Continue readingExperts respond: More comments on Fukushima power plant and iodine-131
Efforts to control the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Nuclear powerplant in Japan have led to the release of radioactive […]
Continue readingExpert on links between major earthquakes
A paper published this week in Nature Geoscience reviewed 30 years of earthquake records and concluded that large earthquakes do […]
Continue readingMedia Coverage: Ant-dropping wasps causing a buzz
Previously unheard-of wasp behaviour documented by Victoria University scientists has gained major media coverage both in New Zealand and overseas. […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Green energy speakers from NZBio 2011
Here are two more podcasts from the 2011 NZBio conference held in Auckland (March 21 – 23, 2011). These particular […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Biotech – why do NZ investors bother with it?
A podcast recorded at the NZBio 2011 conference in Auckland (March 21 – 23, 2011) looking at the investment opportunities […]
Continue readingExperts respond to radioactive iodine-131 in UK
Efforts to control the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Nuclear powerplant in Japan have led to the release of radioactive […]
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