Spacecraft’s progress tracked from NZ The Johannes Kepler unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station after […]
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Continue readingNewsletter digest: Earth Observing, Nanotech and Job opening at SMC
We’re hiring! One of our media advisors has been snapped up by the science sector which means the SMC is […]
Continue readingNewsletter digest: Cyclone Yasi, Pink Terraces and the Year of Chemistry
Yasi: nature’s devastating power In the end it wasn’t as severe as it could have been as category 5 Cyclone […]
Continue readingSMC network featured in The Lancet
British medical science journal The Lancet has done a write-up on the rapidly expanding Science Media Centre network, detailing the […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Aussie floods and the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships
Aussie floods – the scientific angles It has been a grim start to the year for Australia, with the state […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Seismic hazards, lignite and hydrogen, and SCANZ 2011
“Plenty more earthquakes” to come Canterbury University engineering expert Professor Andy Buchanan wasn’t mincing his words in this week’s Science […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: COP16, the Year of Biodiversity and Engineering for Seismic Hazards
Kyoto focus in Cancun climate talks Predictably fraught negotiations appear to have dominated the COP16 climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Mining disaster, COP16 and PM’s Science Prize winners
Science helps make sense of Pike River A number of science-related angles to the Pike River mining disaster emerged during […]
Continue readingNewsletter Digest: Desk Guide, SCANZ 2011 and the EPA Bill
Desk Guide for Covering Science This week, the SMC launched the 28-page booklet Desk Guide for Covering Science – an […]
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