“Be clear and direct” was the core advice from Hon Steven Joyce, Minister of Science and Innovation, to the delegates […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Communicating earthquake science – Mark Quigley
Scientists must engage with the public and the media on disaster issues, warns one of New Zealand’s most public-facing earthquake […]
Continue readingCatalysing university research – Vincent Heeringa
Tangible Media Publisher Vincent Heeringa describes an interesting German university-industry partnership for Idealog. An excerpt (read in full here): Catalysing […]
Continue reading‘Research should be a clever and risky business’ – Sir Peter Gluckman
Sir Peter Gluckman, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, is urging New Zealand’s science community to find ways to fund […]
Continue readingGareth Morgan on ‘Cats to Go’ – NZ Herald
After two days of heated debate on the issue of cats and conservation, Economist Gareth Morgan, the man behind the […]
Continue readingSir Paul Nurse – Making Science Work
Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate and President of the UK Royal Society, gave a lecture in Auckland last week, highlighting […]
Continue readingWhat’s causing Australia’s heat wave?
On the Australian science commentary site The Conversation, climatologists from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology spell out the situation for […]
Continue readingVicki Hyde and skepticism – New Zealand Herald
In the New Zealand Herald, Sarah Daniell poses 12 questions to Vicki Hyde, spokeswoman for the NZ Skeptics Society, just […]
Continue readingSir Peter Gluckman on science funding and peer review
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has today released a discussion paper Which science to fund: […]
Continue readingEnding animal testing in New Zealand – a response from scientists
An opinion piece in the NZ Herald this week challenged New Zealand to lead the world by banning animal testing outright. This […]
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