British medical science journal The Lancet has done a write-up on the rapidly expanding Science Media Centre network, detailing the […]
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Newsletter Digest: Aussie floods and the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships
Aussie floods – the scientific angles It has been a grim start to the year for Australia, with the state […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Seismic hazards, lignite and hydrogen, and SCANZ 2011
“Plenty more earthquakes” to come Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn’t mincing his words in this week’s Science […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: COP16, the Year of Biodiversity and Engineering for Seismic Hazards
Kyoto focus in Cancun climate talks Predictably fraught negotiations appear to have dominated the COP16 climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Mining disaster, COP16 and PM’s Science Prize winners
Science helps make sense of Pike River A number of science-related angles to the Pike River mining disaster emerged during […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Desk Guide, SCANZ 2011 and the EPA Bill
Desk Guide for Covering Science This week, the SMC launched the 28-page booklet Desk Guide for Covering Science – an […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Psa, awards, and vitamin D
Scientists battle bacterial disease A week on from the discovery of the PSA bacterial disease in an orchard in the […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Biodiversity, bariatric surgery and Running Hot
Biodiversity deal hangs in balance Representatives of 190 countries are working down to the wire at a UN Convention on […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: IgNobels, Kiwi attitudes to science, SciBlogs anniversary
What do Kiwis think of science? Next week will see the launch of a study that looks at the public’s […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Canadian SMC, diabetes drug suspended, whooping cough
SMC network expands to Canada Monday sees the launch of the Canadian Science Media Centre, representing the SMC network’s first […]
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