Here at Sciblogs our bloggers are voracious readers of science books and have contributed dozens of book reviews over the years. Often a book review becomes more than just a critique of an author’s work. It opens up discussion about scientific concepts, or even sparks heated debate. This is what a good book should do, […]
MoreAustralia’s new Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has announced his maiden cabinet line-up which has drawn flack on many fronts including for its lack of a science minister. Abbott said yesterday that the science portfolio will be shared between the Industry and Education ministeries, the first time there hasn’t been a science portfolio since the creation of […]
MoreIt’s highly likely Tony Abbott and his coalition will cruise to victory on Saturday night as Labour faces the crushing defeat the polls are predicting. By Monday morning, a much harder nosed bunch of would-be ministers will be looking over the Government’s books, looking to shave the A$40 billion in savings they’ve promised and realigning […]
MoreBudget 2013 saw a net increase of around $50 million in science and innovation funding, according to Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce who tweeted the factoid in response to Sciblogger Siouxsie Wiles. $130 million of funding has been committed to boosting R&D efforts in companies and start-ups, $107m of which will come from the […]
MorePolice are investigating a break in at a radiata pine field trial facility in Rotorua after hundreds of genetically-modified year-old trees were slashed and uprooted over Easter. The intruders were clever – they not only cut through perimeter fences but tunneled under a monitored security fence to get to the trees, which were planted about […]
MoreThe Government is set to introduce technology aimed at combatting the trade in child sex abuse images by identifying images and therefore their spread via the internet through their digital DNA. The Department of Internal Affairs’ Censorship Compliance Unit will deploy Microsoft’s PhotoDNA technology. Micrsoft has a digital crimes unit and in recent years has […]
MoreThe media has been having a field day on fracking lately. Former TVNZ political editor Guyon Espiner, in his first piece for 60 Minutes, Meet the Frackers, did a fairly thorough treatment of the issue on TV3 last night, with 60 Minutes devoting half of their programme to it. Chris Laidlaw on his Sunday programme […]
MoreA week after Australian newspapers ran reports based on leaked information that South Africa’s bid to host the Square Kilometre Array is favoured over a rival bid from Australia and New Zealand, comes ratification of an EU agreement to partner with African countries on radio astronomy. The adoption by the European Parliament yesterday of Science […]
MoreThe clinical correspondence section of the New Zealand Medical Journal often throws up rare and random cases that doctors around the country have had to deal with. Back in 2010 there was the acupuncturist who pierced a patient’s lung. Then came the girl who swallowed her toothbrush and had to have it surgically removed. Now […]
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