New Royal Society fellows named
It’s a science talkfest in Wellington at the moment as the Royal Society of New Zealand holds its AGM, its branches and Council meet and new fellows are welcomed into the fold. This year is interesting because the make-up of fellows shows the broadening of the Royal Society to include the humanities – hence names […]
MoreGraphene grabs physics Nobel
The news through from Stockholm this evening will be sweet music to the ears of researchers at Manchester University who welcome two more Nobel laureates into their midst – giving the university a staggering four Nobel Prize winners among its researchers. UPDATE: Actually not that staggering as fellow Sciblogger Grant Jacobs pointed out to me […]
MoreSciblogs Year 1 – blogging up a science storm
This science blog network was launched a year ago today and as the editor and co-founder of the network I want to take the chance to thank the hard-working contributors to Sciblogs. I also want to thank you our readers. Many of you have engaged with us and each other in intelligent and robust debate […]
MoreAre Kiwis easily conned?
Watching the secretly recorded 60 Minutes footage of disgraced former Defence chief scientist Steven Wilce lying his way through an interview with a journalist posing as a recruitment consultant, you have to wonder at the ease with which Wilce rattled off his deceptions. Wilce held the high-paying for five years, during which time he had […]
MoreGluckman on a year as Chief Science Advisor
Professor Sir Peter Gluckman has just released a report looking at how he progressed in his first year as the country’s Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister. As someone who keeps a very close eye on how science is covered in the media and has the help of a media tracking service to do […]
More$60 million in Marsden funding – some highlights
So there are likely to be a number of happy researchers around the country basking in the glow of commitments for years of ongoing funding of their projects. Unfortunately, there will be many more not as happy because their research proposals missed out on funding – only 9.5 per cent of applications were successful. Still, […]
MoreSunday does well on high-dose vitamin C
Maybe it was Sunday reporter Simon Mercep’s seven years working for Fair Go that gave him the knack for sussing out claims that sound too good to be true. His story last night on cancer sufferers who are receiving large intravenous doses of vitamin C as part of their cancer treatment was the most balanced, […]
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