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In UK newspaper the Guardian, Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman calls for an end to the scientific community’s dependence on […]
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The World Meteorological Organization has released its Provisional Statement on the Status of the Global Climate 2013. The preliminary assessment […]
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Last night in Wellington Prof Shaun Hendy launched his new book Get Off the Grass, co-authored with the late Sir […]
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UPDATED 11.00 AM, MAY 3: The Government this week announced the ten areas that have been selected for special focus […]
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How has the recent shift towards economic valuation of science and its outputs affected the day-to-day lives of working scientists […]
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Writing in the New Zealand Herald, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman, outlines the important role Auckland […]
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