Science related stories and commentary
The Sunday Star Times has compiled a table (see below) of university degrees and what graduates from these degrees can expect to earn after a year and three years in the workforce respectively. Not surprisingly, science, health and engineering graduates have much better earning potential than those working in tourism, architecture, agriculture, sports, creative arts and […]
MoreA series produced by Statistics New Zealand looking at the statistics behind travel, food the Consumer Price Index and much more… PART 1 -What food costs PART 2 – Of lettuces, strawberries and things PART 3 – What we buy PART 4 – Summer travel PART 5 -Where are we travelling? PART 6 – Why […]
MoreIt’s been a tragic end to the year for the profession of journalism with a fledgling reporter and a seasoned journo dying in unusual accidents. Helen Bain (38), the former Dominion Post reporter and Sunday Star Times political editor has been revealed as the woman who drowned when she fell from her horse attempting to […]
MoreSeveral of our Scibloggers will be featuring over the next few weeks on Radio New Zealand’s summer programmes talking science. Dr Fabiana Kubke kicked off today with a discussion on Summer of Noelle about tuis and her citizen science project. I’ll update this post throughout the holidays with links to the audio as more Scibloggers […]
MoreThe Sunday Star Times yesterday published a list of the top ten best-selling non-fiction books of 2009 in New Zealand (see below). It is a woeful list by any measure. Crockpots dominated. The only thing we have to be thankful for was that crackpots like Ian Wishart were absent from it. In previous years, decent […]
MoreScientists have today expressed everything from disgust to cautious optimism at the agreement cobbled together late in the night in Copenhagen. We wrapped up comment from a large number of scientists on the Science Media Centre website – here are a few samples: Dr Peter Barrett, Professor of Geology, affiliated with the Antarctic Research Centre […]
MoreThe swine flu pandemic and climate change were the two biggest science-related issues covered in the New Zealand media in 2009, according to the Science Media Centre’s Media Tracker report published today. The top 10 list of science-related stories picked up in the New Zealand media covers everything from October’s devastating tsunamis in Samoa to […]
MoreThe idea of tapping off emissions from coal-fired power stations and pumping them into massive underground caverns has been getting a lot of attention as one potential option for reducing carbon emissions. But carbon sequestration has just been knocked back by the United Nations and won’t be included in the UN-backed Clean Development Mechanism at […]
MoreUPDATE: The Sunday Star Times ran a story today quoting New Zealand businesses that are disappointed they have been excluded from the official New Zealand delegation. Well that’s too bad, but why aren’t these companies involved in their own right in the discussions rather than depending on the Government to get them a seat at […]
MoreTVNZ’s Close Up show last night reverted to the reliable old Wishart vs Morgan set-up to frame a piece about Copenhagen and whether humans are contributing to climate change. You may recall a similar match-up on climate sceptic Leighton Smith’s Newstalk ZB show around the time Morgan launched his book Poles Apart. Only this one […]
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