This article, reposted from The Conversation, is based on new research co-authored by Allan Wilson Centre researchers Gabrielle Beans-Picon (Massey […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Typhoon Haiyan – experts respond
Our colleagues at the UK and Australian Science Media Centres gathered the following experts comment on the devastating Typhoon Haiyan. Professor […]
Continue readingTime to shift climate debate – The Gisborne Herald
An Editorial in the Gisborne Herald makes a stand on climate deniers’ correspondence in the paper’s letters section. You can […]
Continue readingSaturated fats debate plays out in media
by SMC media advisor John Kerr It was once taken for granted that dietary fat was what made us… well… […]
Continue readingShould we move species threatened by climate change?
From the Conversation. Republished here under creative commons licence. By Tracy Rout, University of Melbourne; Doug Armstrong, Massey University; Eve […]
Continue readingSix myths about vaccination – and why they’re wrong
Republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons license. By Rachael Dunlop, University of Technology, Sydney Recently released government figures show […]
Continue readingToo hard for whom? Sir Peter Gluckman on science education concerns
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has written a hard-hitting blog post in response to schools […]
Continue readingUS Shutdown hurting science
The Washington Post‘s Joel Achenbach examines how the current US Government is affecting innovation and science in the States (via […]
Continue readingIPCC preview: Increased focus on science of sea level change
by Holly Ryan Rising sea levels will receive increased attention from climate scientists tomorrow when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
Continue readingSchools shouldn’t skimp on science – Editorial
The editorial in today’s Dominion Post focuses on the issue of science education in New Zealand secondary schools, following the […]
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