The Media7 science special just screened on TVNZ7 and included the section on the best and worst science stories of the last year – as decided by the Scibloggers and you, the Sciblogs readers. Thanks so much for your submissions – many of the stories won’t appear in the lists below, but we gave due […]
MoreTalkback listeners were in for a rare occurance this morning as Newstalk ZB host Leighton Smith introduced fellow climate change sceptic Christopher Monckton onto his show for a ninety minute discussion on climate change. When you take out the incessant commercials and advertorials, which Smith has to voice himself, and the news breaks, it was […]
MoreIt’s turning out to be a fairly science-heavy week what with the visit of famed British scientist Lord Winston, the Monckton side show on climate change and TVNZ7’s hour-long special on science, which airs tomorrow night. As you’ll know as a reader of Sciblogs, Media7 host Russell Brown asked us to ask you what you […]
MoreThe three-tiered Opera House in Wellington was packed out last night as people flocked to see Lord Robert Winston present the ideas from his 2010 book Bad Ideas? The lecture was the culmination of a trip that saw Winston lecture in Nelson and take part in the 90th anniversary celebration of the Cawthron Institute which […]
MoreSubmissions close tomorrow for your list of the best and worst science stories of the last year – the results of which will be revealed on an uncoming Media7 science and innovation special. So drop us a line with your picks for the most cringe-worthy and impressive science reports of the last year – broadcast, […]
MoreOne of the key functions of journalism is to explain the world around us. Nowadays that is a job that increasingly requires the reporter to present complex science to the public. Sometimes they get it right, but sometimes they get it wrong. Very, very wrong. Media7 (a TVNZ7 panel discussion show hosted by Russell Brown) […]
MoreI’m at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Doha, Qatar where scientists, journalists and science press officers from around the world have been gathering to discuss the future of science journalism. I’ll be writing up posts over the next few days on the more interesting sessions I’ve been to (of those, there are many) […]
MoreA short ride on the S-Bahn north-east of Berlin brings you to Oranienburg, a quiet, semi-rural village with cute houses, a beautiful centuries-old palace and Sachsenhausen – a well-preserved Nazi concentration camp which was the centre of innovation for the Final Solution during World War II. On a languid summer afternoon a couple of weeks […]
MoreHave you ever been to a conference where more than half the attendees are tapping away on smart phones, laptops or tablet computers while the main keynotes and panel discussions are underway? Welcome to the world of social media conferences, where attendees practice what they preach – firing off tweets, microblogs, status updates and audio […]
MoreI keep a fairly close eye on where New Zealand science is covered in the international press. So it was good then to see University of Auckland psychology lecturer Dr Quentin Atkinson featured in the Wall Street Journal and other major news outlets for his paper published in Science last week which suggests that our […]
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