In astronomical news this week: For the first time, images have been captured of a planetary system orbiting another star. […]
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Jeff Tallon: Science is not egg-headed!
The best science opinion piece published in New Zealand this week has to be the letter to the editor in […]
Continue readingProfessor Fowler: Don’t forget the blue sky stuff
A highlight of last night’s Science Honours Dinner in Wellington was a speech by Professor Mary Fowler. the great grand […]
Continue readingA “carpet of bugs” – new critters revealed in marine census
The 10 year-long, US$650 million census of marine life will wrap up in 2010 but already the project, which plumbs […]
Continue readingElection 08: How were the science and tech issues treated?
Well it’s all over bar the voting in what has already been a momentous week.The election campaign has been interesting […]
Continue readingLemmings: first over the cliff in a warming world
The tiny rodents that underpin the Arctic food chain, famed for their classic boom-and-bust cycle of population explosions, are […]
Continue readingFood that fights heart disease – GM in the spotlight
Reports on the news wires suggest a genetically-modified soya bean that has been the subject of first phase trials in […]
Continue readingWhat are the politicians planning in ICT?
Computerworld sums up the main policies of National and Labour in this week’s issue. Broadband is obviously the dominant one […]
Continue readingFancy a ride on Air Nuke Zealand?
Is that a nuclear reactor nestled behind the cockpit or is it always hotter in business class? Yep, you read […]
Continue readingUS R&D tax credit debate – a different story entirely
As Science (subscription required) reported last week, the US Government’s US$700 billion bail-out of the financial sector included a bundle […]
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