In an opinion piece in The Southland Times, Jillian Allison-Aitken writes about Vincent Cerf, the “father of the internet”, and […]
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Scientists and other thinkers talk about science and society and the connection between the two.
NZ Herald – Chris de Freitas: Flood prediction fraught with uncertainty
In an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, Chris de Freitas of the University of Auckland explains why the […]
Continue readingONE News: Who’s to blame for Queensland floods: Man or Nature?
Australian scientists Kevin Roche and Professor John McAneney explain why climate change does not explain the scale of damage caused […]
Continue readingDominion Post: All hail our mighty Kiwi chemists
Bob Brockie writes, in an opinion piece in the Dominion Post, about chemists: New Zealand’s real genuises. He points out […]
Continue readingDominion Post: We’re clean, we’re green: now’s the time for us to get clever, too
In an opinion piece in the Dominion Post, sp0kesman David Shearer argues that New Zealand needs to catch up in […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Chris de Freitas – Emotion clouding underlying science of global warming
Environmental scientist Chris de Freitas writes, in an opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald, about the confusion around global […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Crystal ball gazing into 2011
An article in the Herald on Sunday looks forward into 2011, making predictions about a range of subjects from science […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: We’re a nation built on shifting rock
John Roughan writes in the New Zealand Herald about New Zealand’s geology, and how its landscape came to be. He […]
Continue readingTop 10 science stories of 2010
Some of the biggest stories of 2010 also had strong scientific elements and the New Zealand media in general rose […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Cancun talks highlight climate dilemma
Brian Fallow writes in the New Zealand Herald about the aftermath of the Cancun climate change talks, and the extent […]
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