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Expert on brain training video games

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 06 September 2013

Playing brain-training video games may help reverse the natural decline in cognitive abilities among older people, according to scientists who published their […]

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SMC moves to new base at Royal Society HQ

Blog  |  Published: 30 August 201330 August 2013

The Science Media Centre has relocated from its tiny base on Wellington’s Manners St to the Royal Society of New […]

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Science Media Centres featured in Nature

Blog  |  Published: 11 July 2013

Fiona Fox, the chief executive and founder of the UK Science Media Centre, recently spent a day with Nature reporter […]

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Getting SAVVY: media skills for scientists

Blog  |  Published: 31 October 201204 July 2022

Science Media SAVVY, a new series of media skills workshops the Science Media Centre is running for scientists, kicked off […]

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Science Media Centre Internship 2013

Blog  |  Published: 29 October 201207 November 2012

The Science Media Centre is looking for a summer intern / volunteer to lend a hand with day-to-day operations of […]

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A decade on the leading edge of science media

Blog  |  Published: 05 October 201207 October 2012

Our colleagues at the UK Science Media Centre in London have had a big week, celebrating 10 years in business […]

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Briefing: Marine resource use in the EEZ

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 15 May 201227 February 2020

Did you know that 96 percent of New Zealand is underwater? New Zealand’s ocean territory is vast. Its EEZ (Exclusive […]

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Vincent Heeringa talks SMC on Radio NZ

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 15 August 201117 August 2011

This weekend, Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill caught up with Vincent Heeringa – Director of Tangible Media Ltd, co-founder of […]

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Science media discussions from Doha

Reflections on Science  |  Published: 20 July 201120 July 2011

Science Media Centres now exist in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and  Japan, with more on the horizon. But […]

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Peter Griffin at WCSJ, Qatar

Blog  |  Published: 30 June 201130 June 2011

I’m at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Doha, Qatar where scientists, journalists and science press officers from around […]

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