The editorial in today’s (Tuesday 3rd April) New Zealand Herald welcomes the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s announcement of an […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Looking into the future of NZ innovation – Chris Barton
The New Zealand Herald’s Chris Barton takes a close look at innovation in New Zealand and peers into the future […]
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Recent research showing a link between moderate chocolate consumption and body mass index has received wide spread coverage in the […]
Continue readingColossal squid shows big eyes help evade predatory whales
Overseas researchers have advanced a startling explanation of the dinner-plate-sized eyes in the world’s biggest specimen of the deep-water colossal […]
Continue readingSir Paul Callaghan’s legacy
A Stuff.co.nz opinion article by technology writer Pat Pilcher highlights the challenge that “scientific rock star” Sir Paul Callaghan has […]
Continue readingProf Michael Baker on infectious disease in New Zealand
The lead author of research which revealed New Zealand’s dramatic rise in infectious disease talks with Nine to Noon’s Kathryn […]
Continue readingMega ministry merger – science leaders respond
A new ministry, announced today, will absorb the functions of the Ministry of Economic Development, the Department of Labour, the […]
Continue readingSynthetic biology’s future
A symposium on the future of synthetic biology (PDF) — designing and building new life forms from the ground up — […]
Continue readingBeards are for men, but leave women cold – study
A Wellington anthropologist whose doctoral thesis revived Charles Darwin’s theory that men evolved beards as a result of sexual selection […]
Continue reading12 Questions for Sir Paul – NZ Herald
For the NZ Herald Online, Sarah Daniell poses 12 questions to well-known Physicist Sir Paul Callaghan. An excerpt (read in […]
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