Physicist Sir Paul Callaghan’s high public profile has meant the country has taken a genuine interest in his terminal colon […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
2012: Happy New Apocalypse?
Joseph Gelfer, Adjunct Research Associate, School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, picks apart the 2012 apocalypse theory […]
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Roger Highfield, UK science writer and author of The Physics of Christmas, talks to Radio New Zealand’s Kathryn Ryan about […]
Continue readingChristmas and the psychology of gift-giving
Finance writer Diane Clement explores the psychology of gift-giving in a New Zealand Herald article, drawing on kiwi experts and […]
Continue readingAcademic: Are penguins and coral reefs enough to stop the coal burning?
A leading Australian researcher, Queensland University ecologist Professor Hugh Possingham, turned the tables on media at a briefing in Auckland […]
Continue readingClimate change, New Zealand and Durban
This week representatives from around the world are meeting in Durban, South Africa for the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
Continue reading‘Dr Moa’ on Radio New Zealand
On Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon show Kathry Ryan interviewed paleozoologist Trevor Worthy (AKA ‘Dr Moa’) about New Zealand’s […]
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Fishing for the truth on ocean protection
An article by Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons in the New Zealand Herald highlights the environmental issues surrounding fishing, drawing […]
Continue readingRutherford Medal Winner on Radio NZ
Prof Christine Winterbourn from the University of Otago, Christchurch, winner of the 2011 Rutherford Medal, was interviewed by Kim Hill (of […]
Continue readingSupport scientific curiosity: winning researcher
Science funders need to keep on supporting “blue skies” research — fundamental work that may have no apparent immediate application […]
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