Today’s Taranaki Daily News carries a piece by Helen Harvey in its feature section looking at Sciblogs and some of its contributors.
The feature isn’t online, but you can read it in full below… view full screen for larger text size.
Sciblogs featured in the Taranaki Daily News Peter Griffin Jan 30
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Grant Jacobs 1206 days ago
Also in the Christchurch Press today (via stuff.co.nz):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/3283894/Kiwi-scientists-blogging-up-a-storm
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