The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman, is this week hosting and chairing the Science Advice to Governments […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Twelve questions for Prof Richard Easther – NZ Herald
As part of the New Zealand Herald’s ‘Twelve Questions’ series Sarah Stuart quizzes cosmologist Prof Richard Easther. An excerpt (read […]
Continue readingStrategic plan to foster curious minds
A new report from the government lays out a plan to encourage and enable a more science-literate and aware society. […]
Continue readingNational Science Challenges critically examined
This morning on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report, Environment Reporter Olivia Allison discussed criticisms against the National Science Challenges as […]
Continue readingFalse balance in science reporting – The Conversation
The following article is republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons license. Read the original here. The problem of false […]
Continue readingDominion Post: Government efforts on water “shallow”
In its Wednesday editorial, the Dominion Post tackles the issue of freshwater quality in New Zealand, and last week’s release […]
Continue readingPatience a virtue in research – Idealog
Writing for Idealog, Profs John Boys and Grant Covic from the University of Auckland discuss their commercialised energy transfer research […]
Continue readingEPA looks to the future on Nine to Noon
The Environmental Protection Authority turns three this week. The Chair of the Authority, Kerry Prendergast, spoke with Nine to Noon’s […]
Continue readingFinding faults no easy task – GeoNet Blog
Writing on the GeoNet blog, Public Information Specialist Caroline Little explains why geologists don’t know the location of every fault […]
Continue readingMoving Beyond R&D – New Zealand Herald
Research & development funding is not a magic bullet, say Associate Professor Suvi Nenonen and Professor Kaj Storbacka, from the […]
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