Dame Anne Salmond, patron of the Te Awaroa 1000 Rivers Project, writes about the country’s ‘blue economy’ in the New […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Scientists examine colossal squid at Te Papa
Scientists from Te Papa and AUT University have dissected a colossal squid, streamed live online earlier today, to find out more […]
Continue readingA rough guide to science advice – The Guardian
Below is an excerpt from a Guardian article published ahead of the Science Advice to Governments summit which gets underway […]
Continue readingSir Peter Gluckman on science and policy
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman, is this week hosting and chairing the Science Advice to Governments […]
Continue readingTwelve questions for Prof Richard Easther – NZ Herald
As part of the New Zealand Herald’s ‘Twelve Questions’ series Sarah Stuart quizzes cosmologist Prof Richard Easther. An excerpt (read […]
Continue readingStrategic plan to foster curious minds
A new report from the government lays out a plan to encourage and enable a more science-literate and aware society. […]
Continue readingNational Science Challenges critically examined
This morning on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report, Environment Reporter Olivia Allison discussed criticisms against the National Science Challenges as […]
Continue readingFalse balance in science reporting – The Conversation
The following article is republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons license. Read the original here. The problem of false […]
Continue readingDominion Post: Government efforts on water “shallow”
In its Wednesday editorial, the Dominion Post tackles the issue of freshwater quality in New Zealand, and last week’s release […]
Continue readingPatience a virtue in research – Idealog
Writing for Idealog, Profs John Boys and Grant Covic from the University of Auckland discuss their commercialised energy transfer research […]
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