Elke Boevers from Ecce Terram returned from her Silicon Valley sojourn cradling an iPad and today she brought it into the Science Media Centre for us to have a look at – and a play with. Bottom line is that I’ll probably be getting one of these – importing it via friends in the states […]
MoreI’m all for freedom of speech and diversity of opinion. But some of the letters I read in the letters pages of our newspapers really are written by crazy people. Science-related subjects especially seem to bring out the nutters. I read a lot of letters in the country’s newspapers so I’m beginning a series that […]
MoreDid you know that to produce one kilogram of New Zealand lamb and ship it to the other side of the world produces 19 kilograms of emissions in the form of CO2 equivalent greenhouse gases? That sounds like a lot and it is when you compare it to the carbon footprint of producing and shipping […]
MoreJust when the country is confronted with vexing environmental questions – whether to mine on conservation land, how to manage water assets in Canterbury, what should be done about the Japanese and their cravings for whale meat – the New Zealand Herald drops its dedicated environment page. The Herald‘s timing is impeccable. Impeccably bad. The […]
MoreThere has been a whirlwind of activity in the science sector with the Government turning around its feedback on the CRI Taskforce report in the space of three weeks and setting out its plan to implement most if not all of the recommendations. The Government response to the taskforce report is below. The bulk of […]
MoreThe journal Nature features a report from Sydney-based New Zealander Branwen Morgan, looking at the implications of the New Zealand Court of Appeal move to quash an earlier High Court decision that saw Agresearch applications to undertake genetic modification research thrown out. I blogged on the Court of Appeal case in February heading the article: […]
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