Following the Kaikoura earthquake, calls have been made for a 24/7 hazard monitoring system. Professor Shaun Hendy, author of Silencing Science, […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Paul Callaghan’s vision, five years on – Reflections on Science
To launch its new science section, The Spinoff asked Kiwi scientists reflect on Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision of making New […]
Continue readingCrazy science – but is it crazy enough? – Craig Stevens
Crazy science is just what the doctor ordered, writes NZ Association of Scientists president Dr Craig Stevens about the Marsden […]
Continue readingResponding to the Monster – Reflections on Science
GeoNet’s director Dr Ken Gledhill wrote a heartfelt post about Monday morning’s magnitude 7.5 earthquake and the resulting tsunami warning. […]
Continue readingOn the frontline in the Anthropocene – Bruce Glavovic
Disaster risk is escalating and coastal communities are on the frontline of the Anthropocene, writes Professor Bruce Glavovic – EQC […]
Continue readingAre New Zealand’s scientific experts really dead – or just resting? – Shaun Hendy
A stoush over comments made about the health of the Waikato River shows more scientists need to be heard in […]
Continue readingFood experiment doesn’t reflect poverty reality – Reflections on Science
A group of medical students has penned a response to a column by a fellow student about living on $3.30 […]
Continue readingThe clock is ticking on our carbon budget – Jonathan Boston
Now that the Government has ratified the Paris Agreement, the clock is ticking on action to reduce our greenhouse gas […]
Continue readingWelcome to the age of the Anthropocene – Tim Naish
Is the “Anthropocene” an exercise in geological bureaucracy or something socially more significant – Victoria University’s Professor Tim Naish writes […]
Continue readingConservation in the Anthropocene Age – David Hall
There are shadows hanging over Conservation Week, writes policy researcher David Hall, the biggest one caused by the scale of […]
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