What can we expect to happen in one thousand years, 100,000 years, one trillion years time? Here are some possible scenarios… Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually. http://a.visual.ly/api/embed/102883?width=600
More“Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has the grander view?” wrote Victor Hugo in Les Miserables. That tidbit of microscope trivia and others are nicely outlined in this infographic charting the history of the device that occupies lab benches the world over…
MoreAs political apathy and inaction on climate change dims hopes of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, scientists are increasing exploring plan B – engineering the climate to avoid the worst of what is predicted to come if emissions can’t be curtailed. A Royal Society of London paper put the issue squarely in the spotlight in 2009 […]
MoreYou may have seen our list of what we thought were the top 10 international and New Zealand science stories of 2013. Well, my colleagues at the Australian Science Media Centre also came up with a list of what they considered to be the weirdest science stories of the year. Yep, some research published in […]
MoreFrom the first vat-grown hamburger to the discovery of the world’s largest volcano, scientists pushed back the limits of human knowledge in 2013 and developed technologies that could radically change how we live our lives. Over at the Science Media Centre, in conjunction with our colleagues at the AusSMC, we assembled the top 10 picks […]
MoreAnother year, another Sciblogger scoops the prestigious Prime Minister’s Science Media Communicator’s Prize! She’s the scientist with the crazy hair and the hard-to-spell name. But she is far more than that. Dr Siouxsie Wiles, who blogs here about microbiology, infectious diseases and all manner of other topics is this year’s winner, and one of a […]
MoreIn this Sciblogs Podcast, Lindsey Horne talks to graduates of the University of Otago’s Center for Science Communication as they release the science-related documentaries they have been working on. Click below to listen to the audio: [audio: https://archive.org/download/LindseyHorneScienceCommunicationPodcast/Lindsey%20Horne_Science%20Communication%20Podcast.mp3%5D
MoreThe annual Marsden funding round has been announced with $59 million allocated to 109 projects across the New Zealand science system. The full list of winning projects is here. Congratulations to all the winners. Competition for the funding is intense – 1157 applications were received this year, equating to a funding success rate of 9.4 […]
MoreLike myself, many who work in and around science will have been shocked and dismayed at the controversy that has engulfed Scientific American and its blogs editor Bora Zivkovic in the last week. If you aren’t up to date, this cringeworthy incident started here with the deplorable treatment of science writer Dr. Danielle N. Lee […]
More[Ed: We like to keep away from politics as much as possible here at Sciblogs, but this is the first time I know of that a candidate has run in local body elections based on a vision for science. This is well worth hearing more about] by Dr Peter Gilberd, Wellington City Council – Northern […]
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