A fine collection of fish
1 CommentsBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3762 16th Jun 2012
Creating marine reserves can be a win-win situation for fishers, divers and environmentalists.
Rebecca Priestley
(@RKPriestley) Rebecca Priestley is a science writer and historian with a particular interest in New Zealand’s science history. Her anthology, The Awa Book of New Zealand Science, won the 2009 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize and Atoms, Dinosaurs & DNA: 68 Great New Zealand Scientists, co-authored with Veronika Meduna, won the Elsie Locke Award for Children’s Non-fiction in 2009. Rebecca curated The Art of Science, a joint exhibition between the Royal Society of New Zealand and the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, which opened in March 2011. As well as her regular science column for The Listener, she writes the occasional book review or travel feature and is working on two books: one about New Zealand’s nuclear and radiation history and the other an anthology of Antarctic science.
Art for science’s sake
By Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3761 9th Jun 2012
Collaborations between the two spheres are producing some fabulous results.
Transit forum: the pest-free imperative
1 CommentsBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue Listener Plus 8th Jun 2012
Sparks fly in debates on the challenges facing New Zealand’s environment.
Transit forum: can this be the first generation to bestow a better environment?
1 CommentsBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue Listener Plus 7th Jun 2012
In search of step-change solutions for the preservation of New Zealand’s natural resources.
A once in a lifetime event: the transit of Venus
By Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3760 30th May 2012
How to watch the transit of Venus.
Ice-fishing in Antarctica
By Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3759 26th May 2012
Understanding how natural fish antifreeze binds to ice may have benefits for agriculture and industry.
Guide to the galaxy: questions and answers
By Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3757 12th May 2012
An expert answers questions about the universe and everything.
Exploring the deep sea
By Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3755 28th Apr 2012
The deep-sea trenches are still among the leastexplored parts of our planet – but fi lmmaker James Cameron and scientists are changing all that.
Sir Paul Callaghan's crazy idea
4 CommentsBy Rebecca Priestley in Science
Issue 3753 14th Apr 2012
In his final lecture, Sir Paul left behind an idea whose time has come: clearing the land of invaders.
Remembering Robert Falcon Scott
Subscriber contentBy Rebecca Priestley in Current Affairs
Issue 3750 24th Mar 2012
Rebecca Priestley travels to Antarctica 100 years after Scott died in freak conditions in a place that now has much to tell us about climate change.