Guest Author • Jun 25, 2013 •
by Emma Timewell In science organisations, we hear the phrase science communication bandied around a lot, but there are a number of different ways this can come into practice. For myself, I am a science communicator – my day to day role is to take the science that others conduct and translate it into language that non-scientists can relate to. Read More
Peter Griffin • Jun 22, 2010 •
Here’s the looming problem for New Zealand – the scientific institutions that come up with innovations to keep our primary sector industries productive and contributing huge amounts to GDP are failing to attract young kiwi talent to replace the old-timers that are retiring. Hence we have, a few days after Fieldays, the following headline in Rural News: … Read More
Peter Griffin • Dec 01, 2009 •
It hasn’t been a great year for New Zealand’s genetic modification research efforts, even if viewed from a purely “PR” point of view. Last December, the anti-GM environmental group the Soil & Health Association of New Zealand had a poke around Crop & Food’s GM brassica trial going on at the company’s campus at Lincoln near Christchurch and … Read More