The most significant scientific breakthroughs of 2008 as judged by Time and Science magazines make for interesting reading. Here are […]
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Climate change not new so why all the questions?
The New Zealand-based Climate Science Coalition has called for the removal from office of Dr Jan Wright, the Parliamentary Commissioner […]
Continue readingCelebrities peddle bad science
The Herald has been running a very interesting Independent article looking at the junk science talked up in 2008 by […]
Continue readingNZ methane mitigation research in New Scientist
The current issue of New Scientist features an interesting article which draws on research underway in New Zealand and highlights […]
Continue readingMetService report: the weather in 2008
By MetService Weather Ambassador, Bob McDavitt A fact sheet on how the weather is forecast compiled by the Science Media […]
Continue readingMedical myths for the festive season
A new study published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal looks at a number of holiday myths […]
Continue readingBiodiversity – how much remains to be discovered?
For more than 200 years, countless scientists have devoted themselves to the task of elaborating and cataloguing in minute detail […]
Continue readingJoe Bennett: Potatoes swimming in gravy
Dominion Post columnist Joe Bennett on the significant events that transpired in the International Year of the Potato. Column available […]
Continue readingKAREN funding shortfall feared, FRST lays out its cards
As Computerworld reports today, science minister Dr Wayne Mapp’s briefing notes have flagged potential problems at the Government-funded high-speed research […]
Continue readingShaun Coffey: Now is the time for more R&D, not less
IRL chief executive Shaun Coffey writing in the New Zealand Herald today, comments on the Government’s plan to scrap the […]
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