As Prime’s new documentary series Forensics NZ goes to air, the New Zealand Herald quizzes Dr Keith Bedford from ESR […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
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The latest Nature Index puts the University of Otago at 303 in a global research ranking of thousands of universities, […]
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Writing in Hawke’s Bay Today Professor Peter Kemp, Head of the Institute of Agriculture and the Environment at Massey University, […]
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Radio New Zealand science journalist Veronika Meduna recently quizzed New Zealand’s chief science advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman, and Australia’s newly-appointed […]
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Writing on Stuff.co.nz* the University of Auckland’s Dr Francis Hunter outlines the situation PHARMAC and the Government face over the […]
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As researchers with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announce they have spotted gravitational waves – ripples in space itself […]
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Writing in the Dominion Post, Minister of Economic Development Steven Joyce lays out the case for a skilled workforce – […]
Continue readingTop Ten Science Stories of 2015
It has been a big year for science, both at home and abroad. We have seen water on Mars and […]
Continue readingWhy do governments support research? – Sir Peter Gluckman
Sir Peter Gluckman, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, discuses the history and future of government research funding in latest […]
Continue readingScience needs funding certainty to excel
The Press science reporter Dr Sarah-Jane O’Connor looks at the state of science funding in New Zealand and whether it […]
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