A few weeks back I wrote about a team of University of Auckland engineers who had come up with a seemingly novel and low cost way to get educational information out to villages in poor outlying areas. Team One Beep was competing as part of the Microsoft Imagine Cup, where teams of university students compete […]
MoreThe newest weapon in the consumer electronics industry’s arsenal aimed at separating you from your hard earned dollars is 3DTV and this weekend sees retailers the length of the country featuring 3DTV sets in store. If the shoppers huddled in front of the Samsung 55 inch LED 3DTV at JB Hi-Fi in Auckland’s Westgate shopping […]
MoreAs far as I can tell, this is the first New Zealand editorial from a mainstream media outlet to reference the University of East Anglia inquiry into Dr Phil Jones and his colleagues. From Saturday’s Gisborne Herald…
MoreThis time a year ago, the media was going big on one particular story – SWINE FLU! News stories today report intensive care units across New Zealand and Australia were on the verge of turning away seriously ill patients during the pandemic, due to a twelve-fold increase in the number of flu patients being put […]
MoreI’m not sure which letter is crazier, the first letter published in the Southland Times on April 23, or the reply published in today’s paper. What animal did that old bone come from? Was it the Murrells’ old nag? So many questions. One thing is for sure, there’s definitely a fair bit of fuzzy science […]
MoreUS President Barack Obama may have signed a milestone agreement a couple of weeks ago with Russia to reduce nuclear warhead stocks in both countries. But when it comes to nuclear power stations, production looks set to gear up in the US as states attempt to secure future electricity supply. And as this graphic from […]
MoreThis is a long one, but a good one as crazy science letters go. Almost made me choke on my xtra trim milk! From Healthy Options magazine.
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