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Author: Peter Griffin

First major test of NZ tsunami gauge network

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 September 200930 September 2009

Several dozen people are dead in the Samoan islands following a magnitude 8.3 earthquake this morning that was centred 205 […]

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NZ’s largest science blog network goes live

In the News  |  Published: 30 September 200930 September 2009

The Science Media Centre today launches a major new science communication effort with the arrival of Sciblogs, a network of […]

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Dominion Post: Scientists need to be entrepreneurs

In the News  |  Published: 29 September 2009

Opinion piece in the Dominion Post by Godfrey Bridger, a business consultant, Foundation for Research, Science and Technology reviewer and […]

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NZ Skeptics Conference – Is Science Just Mysticism in a Lab Coat?

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 September 2009

Bernard Beckett is a High School Teacher and writer. In 2005 he spent a research year at the Allan Wilson […]

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NZ Skeptics Conference – Is Economics a Science or a Religion?

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 September 200901 October 2009

Brian Easton is well known as an economist, a profession which he arrived at through a scientific route at the […]

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NZ Skeptics Conference – Strange Occurrences: our approach to paranormal investigation

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 September 2009

James Gilberd is 46, has a Bachelor of Design, photography major, Victoria University 1997, and works as a commercial photographer […]

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NZ Skeptics Conference – Undercover for Cancer

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 September 200929 September 2009

Loretta Marron BSc Assoc Dip Bus(Accnt) AAII MACS “The Jelly Bean Lady”. Following a successful treatment of breast cancer in […]

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NZ Skeptics Conference – The Slippery Slope of Conspiracy Theories

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 September 200928 September 2009

Matthew Dentith is currently finishing his doctoral dissertation on the evaluation of Conspiracy Theories as a species of belief. When […]

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NZ Skeptics Conference – Circumcision: a cure looking for a disease

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 September 2009

Hugh Young is almost a foundation member of the Skeptics. A retired broadcaster and editor, he collects words (published in […]

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NZ Skeptics Conference – Unwarranted skepticism; disbelief in a finite world

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 28 September 200928 September 2009

Dr John Robinson is an applied mathematician who has researched long-term trends and forecasting. His scientific training includes degrees in […]

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