Dr Nigel Larsen, Science Group Leader with Plant and Food R esearch, discusses what the future holds for nanotechnology and […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
PODCAST: The science of food packaging hazards
Food packaging consultant, expert witness, author and University of Queensland Professor Gordon Robertson delves into food packaging and its impact […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Canterbury earthquake a week on – what the experts know
Earthquake experts Dr Ken Gledhill and Professor Martha Savage held a public lecture in Wellington today looking at the scientific […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Climate expert tells NZ to cut the carbon
Isaac Davison writes in the New Zealand Herald about British economist Lord Stern’s warning that New Zealand needs to cut […]
Continue readingDom Post: The pursuit of science before happiness
Jon Morgan writes in the Dominion Post about Massey University’s agriculture director, Jacqueline Rowarth, and her thoughts on Generation X […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Sam Fisher – How will court decide whether weather warming?
Sam Fisher, in an opinion piece in the NZ Herald, looks at the legal action being threatened against NIWA by […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Picking winners in science
Shaun Hendy writes in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald about the strategy of ‘picking winners’ in science […]
Continue readingProfessor Linda Bryder: Responses to ‘A History of the “Unfortunate Experiment”‘
From NZSkeptics: New Zealand’s Education Act 1989 states that academic freedom means freedom ‘within the law to question and test […]
Continue readingDr Paul Ashton: Near Zero Inc – a sadly prophetic company name
From NZSeptic: Between August 2006 and May 2007, 490 investors (many from NZ) put $5.3m into NearZero Inc, a US-based […]
Continue readingDr Robert Bartholomew on mass delusions
From NZSKeptics: Robert is co-author of a number of books about mass hysteria and associated topics, including “Little Green Men, […]
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