Scientists have today expressed everything from disgust to cautious optimism at the agreement cobbled together late in the night in Copenhagen. We wrapped up comment from a large number of scientists on the Science Media Centre website – here are a few samples: Dr Peter Barrett, Professor of Geology, affiliated with the Antarctic Research Centre […]
MoreThe swine flu pandemic and climate change were the two biggest science-related issues covered in the New Zealand media in 2009, according to the Science Media Centre’s Media Tracker report published today. The top 10 list of science-related stories picked up in the New Zealand media covers everything from October’s devastating tsunamis in Samoa to […]
MoreThe idea of tapping off emissions from coal-fired power stations and pumping them into massive underground caverns has been getting a lot of attention as one potential option for reducing carbon emissions. But carbon sequestration has just been knocked back by the United Nations and won’t be included in the UN-backed Clean Development Mechanism at […]
MoreThe Government has just released a cabinet paper outlining proposed amendments to the Copyright Act to battle widespread illegal downloading of copyrighted material. Many will remember the backlash earlier in the year when the infamous section 92a proposal was nearly passed into law. It would have allowed internet providers to disconnect those suspected of illegally […]
MoreYou’ve got to love Bob Brockie’s blunt assessment of the science system outlined in Monday’s science column in the Dominion Post. Sadly it isn’t online, but this cartoon penned by Brockie accompanied the article and pretty much sums it up…
MoreThousands of Telecom customers are without mobile service today due to a major outage on the new XT network affecting service from Taupo south. UPDATE: Chris Keall at the NBR has an update and some interesting info on cause of the outage, which has now stretched in length to over six hours. My Blackberry, strangely […]
MoreI thought I’d wait a couple of weeks before posting the final part of my TIVO review and I’m glad I did as the extended period of use has thrown up some interesting developments. CASPA gathers steam Early in December, TIVO improved the range of on-demand content available for download via the CASPA service available […]
MoreUPDATE: The Sunday Star Times ran a story today quoting New Zealand businesses that are disappointed they have been excluded from the official New Zealand delegation. Well that’s too bad, but why aren’t these companies involved in their own right in the discussions rather than depending on the Government to get them a seat at […]
MoreIt’s been a bit of a paranoid time for me, helped in no small part by the deviousness of PC World columnist Geoff Palmer, who used me and my colleague Aimee Whitcroft as guinea pigs in a phone number spoofing demonstration. Geoff had flagged with us we might receive some unusual text messages, but the […]
MoreTVNZ’s Close Up show last night reverted to the reliable old Wishart vs Morgan set-up to frame a piece about Copenhagen and whether humans are contributing to climate change. You may recall a similar match-up on climate sceptic Leighton Smith’s Newstalk ZB show around the time Morgan launched his book Poles Apart. Only this one […]
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