Apart from the excellent kids programme Lets Get Inventing, there hasn’t been a family-orientated science TV show commissioned in New Zealand for years. So it is great news that TVNZ has commissioned a show for the TVNZ7 channel available on Freeview and on Sky as well. I’ve spoken to several companies that have pitched ideas […]
MoreAt first glance it is not very attractive, but this infographic from The Guardian is certainly striking in contrasting the empty skies over Britain due to the volcanic ash against the business as usual previous day’s travel. It is a sight apparently not seen since World War II. And it is pretty staggering to be […]
MoreThe last time I checked in at Heathrow to board NZ38 to Hong Kong I ended up being bumped from the flight and spending a night at an airport hotel. But unlike the stranded passengers at Heathrow today grounded due to volcanic ash wafting over from Iceland, I was happy to stay off the over-sold […]
MoreThis infographic comes from the Health & Science pages of today’s Sydney Morning Herald, which features an interesting feature on pancreatic cancer. Accompanying the story is the infographic below. At first I found it a little confusing as I tried to decode it moving from top to bottom when in fact you need to start […]
MoreLast week, the media was full of stories of the carnage on our roads over Easter and the growing chorus of calls to cut the blood alcohol limit to tackle drunk drivers. MacDoctor is sceptical a cut – from the current limit of 80mg/100ml to 50mg/100ml, will make any difference. But scientists in an SMC […]
MoreWellington-based Trade Me founder, entrepreneur and philanthropist Sam Morgan sat down with me a few weeks ago to do an interview, the results of which ran in Idealog. Here’s the full, unedited version which expands on the work he is involved in in Africa. What about this inclement Wellington weather? Is it tempting you to […]
MoreI missed the PublicACTA discussions in Wellington today as I was in Auckland for the day talking to Chiasma bio-tech students about science communication. Ironically, even in my discussion with the students, the vexed issue of copyright came up. The Chiasma members are competing in the Comvita Video Challenge where they are being tasked with […]
MoreIt’s been climate sceptic central in the Timaru Herald’s letter pages this week. Malcolm Rollinson sounds rational enough in this letter published today, but the manipulation of the truth, twisting of facts and plain distortion of what has transpired in the wake of Climategate puts him firmly in the crazy science letter writing category.
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