Earlier this week, the Science Media Centre was involved in organising the annual conference of the Science Communicators’ Association of […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Why science communication is vital
At this morning’s SCANZ conference in Auckland, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, gave a speech about […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Nanotech conference highlights
UPDATED: See below for new audio The Fifth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN-5) opens this week in […]
Continue readingODT: Easiest option on marine reserves
An editorial in the Otago Daily Times discusses the news that the government will establish three large marine reserves, and […]
Continue readingSouthland Times: To vaccinate or not to vaccinate
Mark Hotton writes in this opinion piece about why he and his partner have decided to vaccinate their child. Hotton […]
Continue readingThe Southland Times: What is life without Cerf-ing the net?
In an opinion piece in The Southland Times, Jillian Allison-Aitken writes about Vincent Cerf, the “father of the internet”, and […]
Continue readingNZ Herald – Chris de Freitas: Flood prediction fraught with uncertainty
In an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, Chris de Freitas of the University of Auckland explains why the […]
Continue readingONE News: Who’s to blame for Queensland floods: Man or Nature?
Australian scientists Kevin Roche and Professor John McAneney explain why climate change does not explain the scale of damage caused […]
Continue readingDominion Post: All hail our mighty Kiwi chemists
Bob Brockie writes, in an opinion piece in the Dominion Post, about chemists: New Zealand’s real genuises. He points out […]
Continue readingDominion Post: We’re clean, we’re green: now’s the time for us to get clever, too
In an opinion piece in the Dominion Post, sp0kesman David Shearer argues that New Zealand needs to catch up in […]
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