Today marked the beginning of the inaugural meeting of the Global Research Alliance (GRA) in Wellington. The GRA was launched […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Science, Climate Change and Integrity
Statement from Professor Keith A Hunter FNZIC, FRSNZ, Vice-President – Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, Royal Society of New […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: How sex, food and war drive technology
Andrew Stone reviews the book Sex Bombs And Burgers: How War, Porn And Fast Food Created Technology As We Know […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Pat Pilcher: NZahead report is right – we could do better
Patrick Pilchar writes, in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, about New Zealand’s poor innovation performance, most recently […]
Continue readingThe Press: Beyond climate change calamity
In an opinion piece, David Round (University of Canterbury) writes in The Press about the disastrous effects of climate change, […]
Continue readingWho’s reporting science-related issues in New Zealand?
New Zealand has some fine science and environment reporters reporting for print, television and radio. Based all over the country, […]
Continue readingNelson Mail: Editorial: Helping scientists
An editorial in the Nelson Mail talks about the importance of science to New Zealand, the challenges being faced by […]
Continue readingIs science system ‘heading in right direction’? – NZAS survey
‘No’, say more than half of Crown Research Institute (CRI) scientists and nearly a third of university scientists, according to […]
Continue readingRadio NZ: Shaun Hendy on the Higgs boson
Dr Shaun Hendy, of VUW, IRL and the MacDiarmid Institute, talks with Bryan Crump about the Large Hadron Collider and […]
Continue readingTop 10 science stories of 2009
Click on the link below to download the SMC Top 10 science stories of 2009 report: SMC – Top 10 […]
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