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Biowaste: Save our soils? It is easy to forget that New Zealand’s wealth is underpinned by the top 15 centimetres […]
Continue readingWhy don’t Kiwis trust the media?
We hear the grumbles about the media all the time – from friends and family, colleagues and the inevitable bloggers […]
Continue readingScience reporting: Goldacre vs Drayson
Last night in London, Dr Ben Goldacre debated with Lord Drayson the state of science reporting in Britain. Dr Ben […]
Continue readingThe threat to science publishing
The Open Access (OA) movement has been around since the 1990s – not surprising, as one of its principal tenets […]
Continue readingWeighing the risks and benefits of the HPV vaccine
Research published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association gives some fairly compelling, if not conclusive evidence that […]
Continue readingThe Let Us Spray saga: What does it mean for investigative journalism?
UPDATED: Radio New Zealand’s Mediawatch programme has an interview with Let Us Spray’s producer. Investigative journalism in New Zealand is […]
Continue reading$14 million a year for hazardous work
The SMC team took a ride out to the GNS Science headquarters at Avalon today for the launch of the […]
Continue readingLongtail viewing: TV not totally braindead after all
A Monday night in front of the goggle box isn’t really up to much when it comes to free-to-air viewing. […]
Continue readingTasers: what are the health implications?
Police use of tasers to subdue suspected criminals is again in the spotlight as Australian authorities investigate whether Western Australian […]
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