The government has announced the largest reforms to NZ's science sector in over three decades. The seven Crown Research ...

This year saw massive policy changes in New Zealand’s science sector, with the coalition government changing tack on gene tech […] ...

A global study finds that most people hold relatively high levels of trust in scientists, with New Zealanders ranking 9th ...

Healthcare systems around the world should rethink how they diagnose obesity, according to an international expert group that ...

Dacia Herbulock joined the SMC at its launch in 2008, bringing extensive experience in radio, film, documentary and television news in the US, China and New Zealand. Over the past decade, she has ...

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Switching up our building materials could store more than 16 billion tonnes of CO2 annually, according to a new study in Science. A team of US researchers calculated that fully replacing conventional ...

Being able to evaluate the evidence behind a claim is important, but scientific evidence comes in a variety of forms. Here, the different types of scientific evidence are ranked and described, ...

Covering science can be tricky, but we’ve put together a number of resources to help out busy journalists that can be viewed as an ebook or downloaded as a PDF. These resources are also available ...

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