In the pages of the Dominion Post, New Zealand climate scientists David Wratt, James Renwick and Andy Reisinger respond to […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Sugar & dental health – TVNZ Sunday
Nelson Dentist Rob Beaglehole’s campaign against sugar-sweetened beverages is the focus of a segment on TVNZ’s Sunday current affairs show. […]
Continue readingThe business of wildlife conservation – Wayne Linklater
Writing in the Dominion Post, Victoria University Wellington Associate Professor of Conservation Science Wayne Linklater looks at the economics of […]
Continue readingScience and the media on Radio NZ’s ‘The Panel’
Yesterday Jim Mora’s Radio New Zealand show Afternoons featured robust discussion on the topic of science and the media, focussing […]
Continue readingTOP TEN SCIENCE STORIES OF 2014
It was a dramatic year for science, one that witnessed a severe outbreak of Ebola in West Africa and an […]
Continue readingPublic health researchers under attack – editorial
Public health researchers are calling for greater integrity in policy making and an end to the attack strategies which have […]
Continue readingProf Ian Shaw on dangerous dust
Writing in the Press, University of Canterbury toxicology Professor Ian Shaw outlines the risk associated with dust thrown up by […]
Continue readingNicola Gaston on science and democracy
In a guest post for the Public Address blog network, Dr Nicola Gaston, President of the New Zealand Association of […]
Continue readingJim Salinger on why NZ is drying out
New Zealand is drying out, and here’s why By Jim Salinger, University of Auckland (this article is republished from The […]
Continue readingJim Salinger on why NZ is drying out
[this link has been updated, to read Dr Nicola Gaston’s blog on science and democracy, click here] New Zealand is […]
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