David Winter • Nov 28, 2011 •
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post comparing the various polling companies that work in New Zealand, trying to see if there were any systematic biases in the results each company produces. In that post, it wasn't possible to compare each c... Read More
David Winter • Nov 09, 2011 •
As you may have noticed, there is an election around the corner. I'm not about to subject anyone to my political opinions, but I do have an area interest in which I could probably match the most tribal Labour or National supporter f... Read More
David Winter • Sep 04, 2011 •
One of my goals with these Sunday posts is to do a little to broaden the understanding of just how extraordinarily diverse the biological world is. In almost two years of writing about spineless creatures I've limited myself to animals, which, as amazi... Read More
David Winter • Nov 19, 2010 •
It's that time of year for academics in New Zealand. As soon as undergrad teaching finishes every department, organisation and society on campus decides to schedule some sort of meeting,conference or symposium - since everyone will have so much spare t... Read More
David Winter • Aug 24, 2010 •
There was quite a buzz last week about a study showing a 15 minute brain scan could diagnose autism with "an accuracy rate of 90%" (1,2,3,4 ...). Almost every news outlet that ran with the story seemed to think this new test would pave the way for a qu... Read More