Several public databases from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will be decommissioned starting next month. Earlier this […]
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Trump’s science spending cuts – Expert Reaction
The US government is cutting or limiting rafts of funding for science and health research. Some of the executive actions from President […]
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Govt cuts humanities and social science funding – Expert Reaction
Humanities and social science funding has been cut from the Marsden Fund, the main fund for ‘blue-skies’ research in Aotearoa New […]
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Budget 2024 and the future of NZ’s science sector – Expert Reaction
Science has been notably absent from the coalition government’s messaging around their first budget. It comes as a major funding source, the […]
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Budget 2023 – Expert Reaction
Research & development is one of few winners in the “no frills” budget, with three new science hubs, an investment […]
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Budget 2021 – Expert Reaction
The government is increasing benefits, overhauling the health system, and funding green technologies in its latest Wellbeing Budget. Money is […]
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Budget 2019 – Expert Reaction
The Government has delivered its ‘Wellbeing Budget’, which includes funding to combat kauri dieback and support innovation. Science-related funding announcements […]
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Smears and fury in big telescope lobbying – Eloise Gibson
University of Auckland physicist Prof Richard Easther has had his conduct and mental health attacked after he criticised taxpayer funding for a telescope, […]
Continue readingUS military investment in gene drives – In the News
News broke last night that the US military’s science research agency has funded research into gene drives, including to a […]
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Election 2017 – SMC science Q&A with political parties
The Science Media Centre put questions on key science-related issues to the political parties ahead of the General Election scheduled […]
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