Science related stories and commentary
If you hadn’t noticed, we are less than three week’s out from a general election and while economic and social issues are dominating the agenda, some of the most fundamental questions the political parties are attempting to answer are underpinned by science. You need go no further than the Science Media Centre Election 2011 Science […]
MoreI keep a fairly close eye on where New Zealand science is covered in the international press. So it was good then to see University of Auckland psychology lecturer Dr Quentin Atkinson featured in the Wall Street Journal and other major news outlets for his paper published in Science last week which suggests that our […]
MoreIt had become apparent to journalists some time ago that things were starting to look shaky for the country’s news wire service NZPA, with its major backer Fairfax itching to go it alone, generate its own content and save some money in the process. But last night’s news that Fairfax’s move to pull the plug […]
MoreUNESCO has just produced its report on science for 2010 and a brief chapter details the recent shake-up of the New Zealand science system with a number of graphs benchmarking us against our neighbours in the Asia Pacific region. The report’s overwhelming theme is of an increased focus on science among emerging countries that is […]
MoreAs the latest study on the New Zealand public’s perception of science is released, a similar study across the Tasman focusing more narrowly on biotech has identified some similar trends. The survey of 1000 people from across Australia commissioned by the Australian Government’s Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research shows support for biotechnology techniques […]
MoreAs Australia rolls towards a Federal election a fair amount of pork barrel politicking is underway as Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott fight to swing the divided electorate their way. Still, there hasn’t been much for science, the only significant thing outlined in Labor’s science policy released this week being the […]
MoreIf the treatment of Wired, the Financial Times and the BBC shows the iPad holds a lot of promise for a moribund media, signs are also good that this device and the new wave of touch-screen tablet computers could do great things for communicating science. I’ve been using the iPad for around six weeks now […]
MoreAs 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 […]
MoreThe 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 […]
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PETER GRIFFIN 
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