An opinion piece in the Otago Daily Times talks about the growing sophistication of warfare robotics, and the hope of […]
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NZ Herald/AP: Gas mask bra among Ig Nobel prize winning ideas
The winners of the annual Ig Nobel prize have been announced, and include amongst them the inventor of a bra […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Between the trees and ground, there was Ardi
The Independent writes, in an article in the NZ Herald, about Ardi – the oldest living member of humanity, and […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Govt orders review after tsunami response
An excerpt from a New Zealand Herald story reporting that the Government will undertake a review of the country’s response […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: The Australian town that kicked the bottle
A story in the New Zealand Herald about Bundanoon, the tiny Australian town which has just banned the sale of […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Rick Boven – NZ poor at transforming science into business
Rick Boven, director of the privately funded think-tank the New Zealand Institute, argues that New Zealand must improve its ability […]
Continue readingNZ’s largest science blog network goes live
The Science Media Centre today launches a major new science communication effort with the arrival of Sciblogs, a network of […]
Continue readingDominion Post: Scientists need to be entrepreneurs
Opinion piece in the Dominion Post by Godfrey Bridger, a business consultant, Foundation for Research, Science and Technology reviewer and […]
Continue readingDubious device goes unquestioned in Herald rat poison article
A page 6 article yesterday in the NZ Herald on Sunday featured claims by a Waiheke Island advocacy group that […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Deep water could meet all NZ’s energy needs
An article in the New Zealand Herald looking at scientists’ plans to investigate underground reservoirs of scalding hot water as […]
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