NZ Skeptics Conference – Is Science Just Mysticism in a Lab Coat?
Bernard Beckett is a High School Teacher and writer. In 2005 he spent a research year at the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Evolution and Ecology. During this time he wrote two books; Falling for...
View ArticleBacteria hedge their bets
Research by an international team of scientists including Professor Paul Rainey from the New Zealand Institute of Advanced Study has shown something very interesting: bacteria, much like people and...
View ArticleNewsletter Digest: Climate science, NZ in Nature & the Nutt affair
SMC Climate science briefing Confused by the avalanche of climate science papers that have emerged this year? Need an update on where the next IPCC report is at? All your questions will be answered at...
View ArticleODT: Tune in to ‘inner scientist’ to filter nonsense
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about recent talks given in New Zealand by renowed physicist and science communicator Professor Lawrence Krauss. In his talks, he urged people to use their...
View ArticleTVNZ/NZPA: Scientists discredit Moa’s Ark theory
Scientists from Massey University are disputing the hypothesis that New Zealand’s flora and fauna have evolved without much external influence since the breakup of Gondwana some 80 million years ago....
View ArticleNZ Herald: Frogs take huge leap of faith
Amelia Wade writes in the New Zealand Herald about a species of frog, discovered by University of Otago scientists, which appears to show that frogs evolved the ability to jump before the ability to...
View ArticleMedia Coverage: Kiwi linguists making headlines
Not one, but two high-profile research articles were published this week by linguists from Auckland University, and have received extensive coverage by global media. Research from Prof Russell Gray...
View ArticlePsa origins mapped – experts respond
Scientists have mapped the genome of the bacteria responsible for virulent kiwifruit vine disease Psa, providing evidence for the origins and future biosecurity implications of the ongoing outbreak....
View ArticleWas penguin evolution driven by a cooling Antarctic? – NZ Research
This article, reposted from The Conversation, is based on new research co-authored by Allan Wilson Centre researchers Gabrielle Beans-Picon (Massey University) and Craig D. Millar (University of...
View ArticleMoa, kiwi lost flight independently
Flightless birds of a feather don’t always flock together, at least in an evolutionary sense. While the moa and kiwi are both flightless birds and part of the species group known as ratites, they may...
View ArticleCall to arms to avert climate change losses – In the News
Crown copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai A group of international scientists – including a New Zealander – is calling for a global effort to help predict how climate change will...
View ArticleBacteria hedge their bets
Research by an international team of scientists including Professor Paul Rainey from the New Zealand Institute of Advanced Study has shown something very interesting: bacteria, much like people and...
View ArticleNewsletter Digest: Climate science, NZ in Nature & the Nutt affair
SMC Climate science briefing Confused by the avalanche of climate science papers that have emerged this year? Need an update on where the next IPCC report is at? All your questions will be answered at...
View ArticleODT: Tune in to ‘inner scientist’ to filter nonsense
John Gibb writes in the Otago Daily Times about recent talks given in New Zealand by renowed physicist and science communicator Professor Lawrence Krauss. In his talks, he urged people to use their...
View ArticleTVNZ/NZPA: Scientists discredit Moa’s Ark theory
Scientists from Massey University are disputing the hypothesis that New Zealand’s flora and fauna have evolved without much external influence since the breakup of Gondwana some 80 million years ago....
View ArticleNZ Herald: Frogs take huge leap of faith
Amelia Wade writes in the New Zealand Herald about a species of frog, discovered by University of Otago scientists, which appears to show that frogs evolved the ability to jump before the ability to...
View ArticleMedia Coverage: Kiwi linguists making headlines
Not one, but two high-profile research articles were published this week by linguists from Auckland University, and have received extensive coverage by global media. Research from Prof Russell Gray...
View ArticlePsa origins mapped – experts respond
Scientists have mapped the genome of the bacteria responsible for virulent kiwifruit vine disease Psa, providing evidence for the origins and future biosecurity implications of the ongoing outbreak....
View ArticleWas penguin evolution driven by a cooling Antarctic? – NZ Research
This article, reposted from The Conversation, is based on new research co-authored by Allan Wilson Centre researchers Gabrielle Beans-Picon (Massey University) and Craig D. Millar (University of...
View ArticleMoa, kiwi lost flight independently
Flightless birds of a feather don’t always flock together, at least in an evolutionary sense. While the moa and kiwi are both flightless birds and part of the species group known as ratites, they may...
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