Science Media Centre

“Plenty more earthquakes” to come Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn’t mincing his words in this week’s Science Media Centre media briefing – he considers it a “fluke” that no one was killed in September’s 7.1 quake in Canterbury. The time of day – the quake struck at 4.35am on a Saturday morning [...]

Desk Guide for Covering Science This week, the SMC launched the 28-page booklet Desk Guide for Covering Science – an indispensable resource aimed at journalists covering science-related issues. The desk guide is made up of a series of short articles on everything from communicating statistics and risk to dealing with balance in a science story. [...]