Serious cash up for grabs in PM's science prizes

Details just in on the Prime Minister’s newly established science prizes. Check out the website devoted to the prizes here. The jewel in the crown is the Prime Minister’s Science Prize itself – its worth $500,000 – to an individual or team undertaking breakthrough research in New Zealand. $100,000 goes to the individual or team […]

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Herald columnist's denial bothers readers

Last week again revealed one of the worst traits of the New Zealand media in its approach to covering climate change – giving people prime real estate to mouth off about climate-science realted subjects they are ill-equipped to comment on. Luckily, Herald readers aren’t as meek and gullible as Garth George estimates, as the letters […]

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Wellington earthquake in real time

Well that certainly wasn’t the wind! Five minutes ago I’m sitting at my computer doing some work and my desk starts to jiggle. The water in the glass of water beside me is trembling. My apartment seems to lurch slightly like someone has backed a car into it. And that’s it, another quake felt in […]

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