Crazy science letter of the week part 8
This one contains so many inaccuracies, exaggerations and irrational thoughts its clear someone isn’t thinking straight in the deep south… From The Press, May 11th
MoreScience in the budget: NZ vs Aussie
As has been widely reported over the last couple of days, the Government’s Budget for 2010 – 11 will include $321 million in new funding science and R&D initiatives over the next four years, with $96 million consisting of re-prioritised funding. This was pre-announced yesterday and made this year’s budget particularly more sciency than most […]
MoreGovernment goes to dark side for science
The Government announced something to the tune of $234 million in new funding for science and R&D initiatives this morning, initiatives that will be included in the Budget on May 20. Businesses now have no excuse not to show some interest in R&D – there’ll even be a national network of commercialisation centres to help […]
MoreBP's big plug – what the plan was…
The big concrete and steel pill box BP was banking on to plug the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico failed after hydrate-like crystals formed blocking the top of the dome and making in buoyant. The oil ended up spewing out of the container, leaving engineers looking for a plan B that could include […]
MoreOld ship log books dusted off for whale conservation
New Zealand and Australia are these days passionately opposed to commercial whaling, a stance that in recent weeks has put them at odds with significant trading partner Japan. But it wasn’t always that way – the 1830s and 1840s were the golden age of whaling in New Zealand and Australia as whalers, predominantly from America, […]
MoreCrazy science letter of the week part 7
Apparently when you invoke the Nazis in an argument about climate change or any issue for that matter, you have already lost the argument. It’s called Godwin’s Law and is particularly relevant to climate change given the way the word “denier” is thrown at both sides. Anyway, this one breaks Godwin’s Law in the first […]
MoreXT failure: Telecom wasn't ready for show time
The nine-page independent report into the chronic failures of Telecom’s XT mobile phone network should be slotted into the text book issued to aspiring radio engineers and network architects. It serves as an important lesson in now lot to undertake a major national engineering project. The report by UK-based analyst group, Analysys Mason, gets to […]
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