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						1 Posts published on this day April ’16 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking \| Open Parachute
2 Posts published on this day Tax hypothecation: sugar taxes and hipster beards \| The Dismal Science Genetic detectives: how scientists use DNA to track disease outbreaks \| Guest Work Phasing out fossil fuels for renewables may not be a straight forward swap \| Guest Work	3 Posts published on this day Listen up: many farmed fish are hard of hearing – here's why it matters \| Guest Work Scientists need to engage more with the public to secure funding \| Guest Work	4 Posts published on this day $26m for Acupuncture \| Honest Universe Small and bright: what nanophotonics means for you \| Guest Work Norovirus: culprit for gastroenteritis in NZ and worldwide \| News NZ’s emissions reductions go up in smoke as generators keep Huntly coal burning \| Hot Topic read more	5 Posts published on this day Getting more energy from the sun: how to make better solar cells \| Guest Work Do we use only 10 percent of our brain? \| Mind Matters Will we be using contact lens cameras in future? \| Open Parachute Is two hours of screen time really too much for kids? \| Guest Work read more	6 Posts published on this day Sciblogs - seven years in, we have a comments policy! \| Griffin's Gadgets Shallowest slow-motion earthquake recorded off NZ \| News Sir David Attenborough at 90: the mesmerising storyteller of the natural world \| Guest Work Kitchen Science: A salt on the senses \| Guest Work read more	7 Posts published on this day Why we NEED academic freedom \| The Dismal Science	8 Posts published on this day Science to steam up The Bachelor \| Unsorted
9 Posts published on this day Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence \| Guest Work Anti-fluoridation: fresh wave of cherry-picked arguments \| Open Parachute Rhythm on the brain, and why we can't stop dancing \| Guest Work	10 Posts published on this day Flotsam and jetsam: microplastics amass on NZ shores \| News Silencing Science: in the long run, openness is the better strategy \| Griffin's Gadgets Probability madness \| Physics Stop Antibody injections could be stepping stone to HIV vaccine \| Guest Work read more	11 Posts published on this day Virtual reality brings new dimension to conservation \| Guest Work Don’t be fooled by simple media “science” \| Open Parachute How your garden could help stop your city flooding \| Guest Work	12 Posts published on this day The danger of overselling science \| Guest Work New editor of Journal of Royal Society of NZ \| Infrequently Asked Questions Paris climate agreement will only succeed if we avoid the pitfalls of Kyoto \| Guest Work The world's oldest axe shows the cut and thrust of academia \| Guest Work read more	13 Posts published on this day Would we want to regenerate brains of patients who are clinically dead? \| Guest Work Blaming science for the errors of others \| Open Parachute Kepler finds more 'Earth-like planets', but are they really like Earth? \| Guest Work	14	15 Posts published on this day Overall increase in tooth decay noted in fluoridation cessation studies \| Open Parachute
16 Posts published on this day Future work \| Ariadne Vanadium: the 'beautiful metal' that stores energy \| Guest Work New report: NZ’s marine fisheries catch massively under-reported \| News Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ \| Public Health Expert read more	17 Posts published on this day A herbalist anti-vaxxer on Morning Report? I’d laugh if I weren’t so bloody furious. \| Infectious Thoughts Southern hemisphere joins north in breaching carbon dioxide milestone \| Guest Work Getting to know you: the robot assistant who can second-guess your every need \| Guest Work New helium microscope reveals startling details without frying the sample \| Guest Work read more	18 Posts published on this day 2016 is likely to be the world's hottest year: here's why \| Guest Work Pre-Budget announcements reveal science funding boost \| Griffin's Gadgets Want to build a moon base? Easy. Just print it \| Guest Work Protecting your privacy if you use a route mapping app \| Guest Work read more	19 Posts published on this day When the world warms, the Arctic burns \| Hot Topic Public discussion of science can be toxic \| Open Parachute Antarctic glacier's unstable past reveals danger of future melting \| Guest Work Powering potential in young Māori \| Mātau Taiao read more	20 Posts published on this day Lessons from our worst oil spill \| News Unlocking a whole lot more Curious Minds \| Curious and Curiouser Why you shouldn’t trust polls…… Shut-up statistics is cool \| Unsorted	21 Posts published on this day Algorithmic organisms? \| Ariadne Female/male pay gaps in STEM subjects \| The Dismal Science	22
23 Posts published on this day Whimsical witchcraft not immunisation \| Diplomatic Immunity Worth its weight: Building Insulation in New Zealand \| Public Health Expert Gender matters in science \| Ice Doctor	24 Posts published on this day Tiwai Point uncertainty stalls NZ renewables \| Hot Topic How our modular brain pieces the world together \| Guest Work	25 Posts published on this day Beware the pundit industrial complex \| Ariadne Octopus and squid populations are booming – here's why \| Guest Work Experts support weight loss surgery for type-2 diabetics \| News Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data \| Public Health Expert read more	26 Posts published on this day Budget 2016: On the face of it, science did well \| Griffin's Gadgets Budget 2016: No drama - and that's fine \| The Dismal Science What social insects can teach us about resilient infrastructure \| Guest Work	27 Posts published on this day NZ on the measles merry-go-round. Why? \| Diplomatic Immunity Medicinal cannabis collides with e-cigarettes \| News The closest thing to a Kiwi Nobel for now \| Griffin's Gadgets	28 Posts published on this day Superbugs could kill more people than cancer by 2050 \| Infectious Thoughts Book review: I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that \| Scibooks The Herald’s wrongheaded call for an ever-bigger population \| The Dismal Science	29 Posts published on this day Water fluoridation: attempting a 'tyranny of the minority' \| Open Parachute
30 Posts published on this day Australia 2030 - CSIRO's scenarios \| Ariadne Bar closing times - how early is too early? \| The Dismal Science A link between the economy, cancer and corporate deviancy? \| Pointing At Science Tobacco tax increases: new model measures impact \| Public Health Expert read more	31 Posts published on this day How has our population grown? \| The Dismal Science Debating fluoridation and tyranny – Tom O’Connor responds \| Open Parachute Book review: The First Migration - Maori Origins 3000BC - AD1450 \| Scibooks

Getting more energy from the sun: how to make better solar cells - Guest Work

Guest Author • May 05, 2016

Do we use only 10 percent of our brain? - Mind Matters

Michael Corballis • May 05, 2016

Will we be using contact lens cameras in future? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • May 05, 2016

Is two hours of screen time really too much for kids? - Guest Work

Guest Author • May 05, 2016

Sciblogs Archive

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May 2016

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						1 Posts published on this day April ’16 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking \| Open Parachute
2 Posts published on this day Tax hypothecation: sugar taxes and hipster beards \| The Dismal Science Genetic detectives: how scientists use DNA to track disease outbreaks \| Guest Work Phasing out fossil fuels for renewables may not be a straight forward swap \| Guest Work	3 Posts published on this day Listen up: many farmed fish are hard of hearing – here's why it matters \| Guest Work Scientists need to engage more with the public to secure funding \| Guest Work	4 Posts published on this day $26m for Acupuncture \| Honest Universe Small and bright: what nanophotonics means for you \| Guest Work Norovirus: culprit for gastroenteritis in NZ and worldwide \| News NZ’s emissions reductions go up in smoke as generators keep Huntly coal burning \| Hot Topic read more	5 Posts published on this day Getting more energy from the sun: how to make better solar cells \| Guest Work Do we use only 10 percent of our brain? \| Mind Matters Will we be using contact lens cameras in future? \| Open Parachute Is two hours of screen time really too much for kids? \| Guest Work read more	6 Posts published on this day Sciblogs - seven years in, we have a comments policy! \| Griffin's Gadgets Shallowest slow-motion earthquake recorded off NZ \| News Sir David Attenborough at 90: the mesmerising storyteller of the natural world \| Guest Work Kitchen Science: A salt on the senses \| Guest Work read more	7 Posts published on this day Why we NEED academic freedom \| The Dismal Science	8 Posts published on this day Science to steam up The Bachelor \| Unsorted
9 Posts published on this day Sea-level rise has claimed five whole islands in the Pacific: first scientific evidence \| Guest Work Anti-fluoridation: fresh wave of cherry-picked arguments \| Open Parachute Rhythm on the brain, and why we can't stop dancing \| Guest Work	10 Posts published on this day Flotsam and jetsam: microplastics amass on NZ shores \| News Silencing Science: in the long run, openness is the better strategy \| Griffin's Gadgets Probability madness \| Physics Stop Antibody injections could be stepping stone to HIV vaccine \| Guest Work read more	11 Posts published on this day Virtual reality brings new dimension to conservation \| Guest Work Don’t be fooled by simple media “science” \| Open Parachute How your garden could help stop your city flooding \| Guest Work	12 Posts published on this day The danger of overselling science \| Guest Work New editor of Journal of Royal Society of NZ \| Infrequently Asked Questions Paris climate agreement will only succeed if we avoid the pitfalls of Kyoto \| Guest Work The world's oldest axe shows the cut and thrust of academia \| Guest Work read more	13 Posts published on this day Would we want to regenerate brains of patients who are clinically dead? \| Guest Work Blaming science for the errors of others \| Open Parachute Kepler finds more 'Earth-like planets', but are they really like Earth? \| Guest Work	14	15 Posts published on this day Overall increase in tooth decay noted in fluoridation cessation studies \| Open Parachute
16 Posts published on this day Future work \| Ariadne Vanadium: the 'beautiful metal' that stores energy \| Guest Work New report: NZ’s marine fisheries catch massively under-reported \| News Progress on reducing retail availability of sugary drinks in NZ \| Public Health Expert read more	17 Posts published on this day A herbalist anti-vaxxer on Morning Report? I’d laugh if I weren’t so bloody furious. \| Infectious Thoughts Southern hemisphere joins north in breaching carbon dioxide milestone \| Guest Work Getting to know you: the robot assistant who can second-guess your every need \| Guest Work New helium microscope reveals startling details without frying the sample \| Guest Work read more	18 Posts published on this day 2016 is likely to be the world's hottest year: here's why \| Guest Work Pre-Budget announcements reveal science funding boost \| Griffin's Gadgets Want to build a moon base? Easy. Just print it \| Guest Work Protecting your privacy if you use a route mapping app \| Guest Work read more	19 Posts published on this day When the world warms, the Arctic burns \| Hot Topic Public discussion of science can be toxic \| Open Parachute Antarctic glacier's unstable past reveals danger of future melting \| Guest Work Powering potential in young Māori \| Mātau Taiao read more	20 Posts published on this day Lessons from our worst oil spill \| News Unlocking a whole lot more Curious Minds \| Curious and Curiouser Why you shouldn’t trust polls…… Shut-up statistics is cool \| Unsorted	21 Posts published on this day Algorithmic organisms? \| Ariadne Female/male pay gaps in STEM subjects \| The Dismal Science	22
23 Posts published on this day Whimsical witchcraft not immunisation \| Diplomatic Immunity Worth its weight: Building Insulation in New Zealand \| Public Health Expert Gender matters in science \| Ice Doctor	24 Posts published on this day Tiwai Point uncertainty stalls NZ renewables \| Hot Topic How our modular brain pieces the world together \| Guest Work	25 Posts published on this day Beware the pundit industrial complex \| Ariadne Octopus and squid populations are booming – here's why \| Guest Work Experts support weight loss surgery for type-2 diabetics \| News Data Explorer Tool: 30 years of NZ mortality and cancer data \| Public Health Expert read more	26 Posts published on this day Budget 2016: On the face of it, science did well \| Griffin's Gadgets Budget 2016: No drama - and that's fine \| The Dismal Science What social insects can teach us about resilient infrastructure \| Guest Work	27 Posts published on this day NZ on the measles merry-go-round. Why? \| Diplomatic Immunity Medicinal cannabis collides with e-cigarettes \| News The closest thing to a Kiwi Nobel for now \| Griffin's Gadgets	28 Posts published on this day Superbugs could kill more people than cancer by 2050 \| Infectious Thoughts Book review: I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that \| Scibooks The Herald’s wrongheaded call for an ever-bigger population \| The Dismal Science	29 Posts published on this day Water fluoridation: attempting a 'tyranny of the minority' \| Open Parachute
30 Posts published on this day Australia 2030 - CSIRO's scenarios \| Ariadne Bar closing times - how early is too early? \| The Dismal Science A link between the economy, cancer and corporate deviancy? \| Pointing At Science Tobacco tax increases: new model measures impact \| Public Health Expert read more	31 Posts published on this day How has our population grown? \| The Dismal Science Debating fluoridation and tyranny – Tom O’Connor responds \| Open Parachute Book review: The First Migration - Maori Origins 3000BC - AD1450 \| Scibooks

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