Rob Fenwick writes in the New Zealand Herald about sea level rise and the conference he attended which saw 2500 […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Peter Gluckman on Integrity in Science
Last night, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, gave a speech about climate change and the […]
Continue readingODT: Should mere humans be ‘playing God’?
Bioethicist Gareth Jones writes about the creation of the first functional synthetic genome, arguing that placing a moratorium on the […]
Continue readingSouthland Times: After the doctor created life the bacterium’s offspring took over
Joe Bennett writes in an opinion piece in the Southland Times about Craig Venter’s recent creation of a functional synthetic […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Blue Energy conference – the state of wave and tidal energy in NZ
Marine energy proponents, investors and researchers converged in Wellington today (19 Apr) for the start of Blue Energy — Aotearoa […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Global Research Alliance opening session
Today marked the beginning of the inaugural meeting of the Global Research Alliance (GRA) in Wellington. The GRA was launched […]
Continue readingScience, Climate Change and Integrity
Statement from Professor Keith A Hunter FNZIC, FRSNZ, Vice-President – Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, Royal Society of New […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: How sex, food and war drive technology
Andrew Stone reviews the book Sex Bombs And Burgers: How War, Porn And Fast Food Created Technology As We Know […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Pat Pilcher: NZahead report is right – we could do better
Patrick Pilchar writes, in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, about New Zealand’s poor innovation performance, most recently […]
Continue readingThe Press: Beyond climate change calamity
In an opinion piece, David Round (University of Canterbury) writes in The Press about the disastrous effects of climate change, […]
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