The weekly science page that runs in the Dominion Post and Press newspapers is now being syndicated across four additional Fairfax […]
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Climate deal agreed in Paris – Expert reaction
UPDATED: After two weeks of negotiating, the representatives of more than 190 nations have settled on a agreed plan to […]
Continue readingScience Journalism Fellow bound for the Daily Mail
It’s been a big year for the SMC’s Science Journalism Fellow Steven Trask, who not only finished his postgraduate journalism diploma […]
Continue readingWHO report: Red meat linked to cancer – Expert reaction
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has evaluated the links […]
Continue readingWhere is the media going?
How do we ensure a well-informed, civically engaged New Zealand in 2030? That’s the question the Civics and Media Project is setting […]
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 […]
Continue readingScotland to ban growing GM crops – Expert reaction
Scotland plans to ban the growing of genetically modified crops with its government intending to request that the country be […]
Continue readingScience Media SAVVY – upcoming Palmy video workshop
The Science Media Centre and Mohawk Media will hit Palmerston North in July host a workshop on communicating scientific concepts […]
Continue readingSMC Social Media Snapshot – how are our research institutions using Twitter, Facebook etc?
Science and social media make comfortable bedfellows according to the inaugural SMC Social Media Snapshot, which examines use of social […]
Continue readingSupersized ozone hole avoided
The Montreal Protocol has prevented a supersized Antarctic ozone hole and a ‘full blown’ Arctic ozone hole, a new study has […]
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