Science related stories and commentary
Let’s face it, finding scientists who can communicate their science effectively, understand the needs of the media and the public and are able to respond in times of crisis are rare. It was pleasing then to last night see the University of Canterbury’s Dr Mark Quigley pick up the New Zealand Association of Scientists’ Science […]
MoreIf you hadn’t noticed, we are less than three week’s out from a general election and while economic and social issues are dominating the agenda, some of the most fundamental questions the political parties are attempting to answer are underpinned by science. You need go no further than the Science Media Centre Election 2011 Science […]
MoreDay one of the trial of several Italian seismologists facing manslaughter charges for allegedly failing to predict an earthquake that killed more than 300 people in L’Aquila in April 2009 kicked off today. Nature has been following the situation closely and this piece gives great background on the situation the scientists have found themselves in. […]
MoreIt is quite possibly the best-respected mainstream atlas in the world, but the Times Atlas of the World has attracted the scorn of scientists this week after publicity for its new issue claimed 15 per cent of the mass of Greenland had ato be erased to reflect the impact of ice loss due to warming. […]
MoreA flurry of newspaper columns and editorials in the last few months have looked at New Zealand’s efforts to strike a free trade deal with the United States and the impact that might have on our drug-buying Government agency Pharmac. You see, the US apparently considers Pharmac as anticompetitive and limiting the ability of US […]
MoreTake a look at the graphs below, from the Mental Health Commission’s National Indicators 2011 report that uses 15 indicators to measure the mental health of the population. The top graph shows the results of a 2006 international Gallop poll that measured life satisfaction among participants in OECD countries. New Zealand came out looking pretty […]
MoreSatellite images of New Zealand snapped right now looks rather impressive as parts of the country are layered in snow. UPDATE: Latest satellite images of New Zealand from NOAA are available here and a nice NASA image showing the weather pattern responsible for the snowfall is available here (H/T Sciblogger Chris McDowall and Scilbogs reader […]
MoreThe furore over sacked Employers and Manufacturers’ Association boss Alasdair Thompson’s comments about the productivity of working women has receded, but newly collated figures reveal the extent of the gender gap in the New Zealand science system. According to a study released by the Association for Women in Science: When science is compulsory at school, […]
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