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Newsletter digest: Cyclone Yasi, Pink Terraces and the Year of Chemistry

Blog  |  Published: 04 February 201104 February 2011

Yasi: nature’s devastating power In the end it wasn’t as severe as it could have been as category 5 Cyclone […]

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SMC network featured in The Lancet

Blog  |  Published: 26 January 2011

British medical science journal The Lancet has done a write-up on the rapidly expanding Science Media Centre network, detailing the […]

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Newsletter Digest: Aussie floods and the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships

Blog  |  Published: 14 January 2011

Aussie floods – the scientific angles It has been a grim start to the year for Australia, with the state […]

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Newsletter Digest: Seismic hazards, lignite and hydrogen, and SCANZ 2011

Blog  |  Published: 10 December 2010

“Plenty more earthquakes” to come Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn’t mincing his words in this week’s Science […]

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Newsletter Digest: COP16, the Year of Biodiversity and Engineering for Seismic Hazards

Blog  |  Published: 03 December 2010

Kyoto focus in Cancun climate talks Predictably fraught negotiations appear to have dominated the COP16 climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, […]

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Newsletter Digest: Mining disaster, COP16 and PM’s Science Prize winners

Blog  |  Published: 26 November 201004 July 2011

Science helps make sense of Pike River A number of science-related angles to the Pike River mining disaster emerged during […]

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Newsletter Digest: Desk Guide, SCANZ 2011 and the EPA Bill

Blog  |  Published: 19 November 201026 November 2010

Desk Guide for Covering Science This week, the SMC launched the 28-page booklet Desk Guide for Covering Science – an […]

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Newsletter Digest: Psa, awards, and vitamin D

Blog  |  Published: 12 November 2010

Scientists battle bacterial disease A week on from the discovery of the PSA bacterial disease in an orchard in the […]

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Newsletter Digest: Biodiversity, bariatric surgery and Running Hot

Blog  |  Published: 29 October 2010

Biodiversity deal hangs in balance Representatives of 190 countries are working down to the wire at a UN Convention on […]

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Newsletter Digest: IgNobels, Kiwi attitudes to science, SciBlogs anniversary

Blog  |  Published: 01 October 201005 October 2010

What do Kiwis think of science? Next week will see the launch of a study that looks at the public’s […]

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