After two days of heated debate on the issue of cats and conservation, Economist Gareth Morgan, the man behind the […]
Continue readingReflections on Science
Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
Sir Paul Nurse – Making Science Work
Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate and President of the UK Royal Society, gave a lecture in Auckland last week, highlighting […]
Continue readingWhat’s causing Australia’s heat wave?
On the Australian science commentary site The Conversation, climatologists from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology spell out the situation for […]
Continue readingVicki Hyde and skepticism – New Zealand Herald
In the New Zealand Herald, Sarah Daniell poses 12 questions to Vicki Hyde, spokeswoman for the NZ Skeptics Society, just […]
Continue readingSir Peter Gluckman on science funding and peer review
The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has today released a discussion paper Which science to fund: […]
Continue readingEnding animal testing in New Zealand – a response from scientists
An opinion piece in the NZ Herald this week challenged New Zealand to lead the world by banning animal testing outright. This […]
Continue readingKevin Tamati on animal testing – NZ Herald
Writing in the New Zealand Herald, former league star and Community Action Youth & Drugs spokesperson Kevin Tamati offers a […]
Continue readingDave Armstrong on Joy, purity and the environment
Columnist Dave Armstrong, writing in the Dominion Post, muses on the the environmental criticisms levelled at the government by Ecologist […]
Continue readingJim Salinger on Kiwis, carbon and climate
In a New Zealand Herald opinion article, Prof Jim Salinger, Visiting Professor at Stanford University, California, asks NZ not to […]
Continue readingJacqueline Rowarth on global food security and NZ
Jacqueline Rowarth, Professor of Agribusiness at the University of Waikato, highlights New Zealand’s importance as a food producer in a […]
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