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Week from hell for climate science
It broke last weekend and has run all week – the “climategate” saga that has seen the private emails of prominent climate scientists leaked onto the web and picked over by climate change sceptics who accuse them of manipulating data to show the world’s climate is warming.
New Zealand scientist [...]

The annual Engineering Excellence Awards took place last night in Wellington, in what proved to be a very entertaining (and quite educational) evening.
The awards were set up in 2005 as a way to recognise, and reward, the engineering achievements of both people and organisations in New Zealand.  They are split into two primary groups:

Product and [...]