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An article published in the New Zealand Herald highlights the battle between scientists and sceptics, with NASA scientist James Hansen […]
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Our friends at the Australian Science Media Centre have collected useful background, resources and commentary ahead of the re-entry: NASA’s […]
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NASA researchers have discovered a strain of bacteria in a lake in California that uses arsenic as one of its […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Space capsule landing, oil drilling, and Fieldays
Aussie-bound space capsule due Scientists in the desolate South Australian outback are preparing for the touch down of a Japanese […]
Continue readingTVNZ/One News: Ceramic may coat future NASA spacecrafts
New Zealand scientists are helping to develop the next generation of space-capable aircraft by working on the heatshields which will […]
Continue reading3 News: Kiwi scientists aiding NASA’s new space shuttle design – Video
University of Canterbury scientists are helping their NASA counterparts to design new types of scramjets – super-fast planes which could […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/NZPA: NZ scientists to work with Nasa on $375m project
NASA and NIWA scientists are to cooperate on a $375 million project to better understand how fast greenhouse gases enter […]
Continue readingStuff: Vast plankton bloom off New Zealand
A huge bloom of phytoplankton has been spotted off the east coast of New Zealand by satellite photography. The photos […]
Continue readingNZ Herald/The Independent: Nasa bombs the moon – but where was the fallout?
The New Zealand Herald syndicates an article from Steve Connor of the Independent about the surprising lack of a huge […]
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