From NZSkeptics: Nik discusses the phenomena of Catastrophism, the belief that humanity’s demise is impending. In particular, the notion that […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Dr Helen Petousis-Harris: The demonization of fat
From SkepticsNZ: Some of the links between diet and health outcomes in the 1970s were very tenuous. However these have […]
Continue readingDr Michael Edmonds: Dealing with wingnuts – which way to turn
Richard Dawkins refers to some opponents as “wingnuts”, and often applies significant pressure to them. But are there other ways […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Professor David Nutt – The Inconvenient Truth about Drugs
Prominent psychiatrist Professor David Nutt has been touring New Zealand giving lectures about his view that illegal drugs should be […]
Continue readingODT: NZ underestimates social scientists
Rob Burton explains why New Zealand’s current attitude towards social science, particularly in agriculture, may be far from optimal. While […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Rob Fenwick – Sea levels set for dramatic rise
Rob Fenwick writes in the New Zealand Herald about sea level rise and the conference he attended which saw 2500 […]
Continue readingPeter Gluckman on Integrity in Science
Last night, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, gave a speech about climate change and the […]
Continue readingODT: Should mere humans be ‘playing God’?
Bioethicist Gareth Jones writes about the creation of the first functional synthetic genome, arguing that placing a moratorium on the […]
Continue readingSouthland Times: After the doctor created life the bacterium’s offspring took over
Joe Bennett writes in an opinion piece in the Southland Times about Craig Venter’s recent creation of a functional synthetic […]
Continue readingPODCAST: Blue Energy conference – the state of wave and tidal energy in NZ
Marine energy proponents, investors and researchers converged in Wellington today (19 Apr) for the start of Blue Energy — Aotearoa […]
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