Political, Cultural and Literary life of New Zealand Wed, 22 May 2013 02:08:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/fusion-for-the-future/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/fusion-for-the-future/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 23:40:07 +0000 The Listener /?p=99247 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/fusion-for-the-future/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/breeding-ground-for-new-plants/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/breeding-ground-for-new-plants/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 23:40:34 +0000 The Listener /?p=98689 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/breeding-ground-for-new-plants/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/hues-on-first/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/hues-on-first/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 23:40:16 +0000 The Listener /?p=97978 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/hues-on-first/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/number-crunchers/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/number-crunchers/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:33:00 +0000 The Listener /?p=97063 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/number-crunchers/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/black-is-the-new-green/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/black-is-the-new-green/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:53:40 +0000 The Listener /?p=96201 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/black-is-the-new-green/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/telling-tales-about-science/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/telling-tales-about-science/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:57:34 +0000 The Listener /?p=95437 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/telling-tales-about-science/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/making-the-world-go-around/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/making-the-world-go-around/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:53:01 +0000 The Listener /?p=94544 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/making-the-world-go-around/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/looking-for-solutions/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/looking-for-solutions/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:53:07 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=93580 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/looking-for-solutions/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/forensics-crime-scene-misinformation/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/forensics-crime-scene-misinformation/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:58:23 +0000 ruthlaugesen /?p=93008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation make forensic science appear more trustworthy than ever, in reality it is under question like never before. Some forensic procedures here are set to change as a result. ]]> http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/forensics-crime-scene-misinformation/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/climate-change-the-haywire-syndrome/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/climate-change-the-haywire-syndrome/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:00:45 +0000 The Listener /?p=92914 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/climate-change-the-haywire-syndrome/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/system-sherlock-that-thinking-feeling/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/system-sherlock-that-thinking-feeling/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:59:36 +0000 The Listener /?p=92949 Elementary, with Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock and Lucy Liu as his female sidekick, is well into its TV run here.Sherlock, the BBC series with Benedict Cumberbatch in high-collared coats and displaying tech-savvy insouciance and with Martin Freeman as his war-wounded Watson, has third and fourth seasons coming. Part of the pleasure is that he out-thinks the smartest detectives, let alone the cleverest crooks. His brain works in ways we hardly understand, picking up clues we dont notice and piecing them together into solutions we never foresee. But the truth, says Maria Konnikova, is that we can all think like Sherlock Holmes. We can hone our deductive abilities, our observation skills, our memory, even our imagination. ]]> http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/system-sherlock-that-thinking-feeling/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/salt-of-the-earth-2/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/salt-of-the-earth-2/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:53:15 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=92708 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/salt-of-the-earth-2/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/micro-organisms-out-of-this-world/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/micro-organisms-out-of-this-world/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:53:05 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=91696 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/micro-organisms-out-of-this-world/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-gift-of-tongues/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-gift-of-tongues/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:54:36 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=90640 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-gift-of-tongues/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-meteorite-that-just-dropped-in/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-meteorite-that-just-dropped-in/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:53:50 +0000 The Listener /?p=89846 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-meteorite-that-just-dropped-in/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-dark-side-of-the-universe/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-dark-side-of-the-universe/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:53:30 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=88552 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/the-dark-side-of-the-universe/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/failure-to-provide-natonal-bowel-cancer-screening-condemned-as-outrageous/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/failure-to-provide-natonal-bowel-cancer-screening-condemned-as-outrageous/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:22:11 +0000 The Listener /?p=88505 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/failure-to-provide-natonal-bowel-cancer-screening-condemned-as-outrageous/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/going-in-deep/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/going-in-deep/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:53:09 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=87502 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/going-in-deep/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/roald-hoffman-chemistry-as-cabaret/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/roald-hoffman-chemistry-as-cabaret/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:59:02 +0000 Dianaw /?p=86569 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/roald-hoffman-chemistry-as-cabaret/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/something-to-chew-over/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/something-to-chew-over/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:53:38 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=86395 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/something-to-chew-over/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/energising-the-debate-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/energising-the-debate-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:51:15 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=85432 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/energising-the-debate-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/ship-speed-key-to-protecting-brydes-whales-in-the-hauraki-gulf/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/ship-speed-key-to-protecting-brydes-whales-in-the-hauraki-gulf/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:53:44 +0000 Morgan.J /?p=84410 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/ship-speed-key-to-protecting-brydes-whales-in-the-hauraki-gulf/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/water-water-everywhere/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/water-water-everywhere/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:53:44 +0000 Morgan.J /?p=83151 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/water-water-everywhere/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/moa-our-feathered-monster/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/moa-our-feathered-monster/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:53:35 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=82338 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/moa-our-feathered-monster/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/interview-tim-radford/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/interview-tim-radford/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:40:31 +0000 Morgan.J /?p=82393 NZ Heraldat 16, conducts science-writing master classes in which he points out the similarities between science and journalism. A journalist asks six questions repeatedly and is never quite happy with the answers, and so does a scientist... He is struck by the generally low level of education and interest in science of a public that is quite capable of encompassing werewolves and Newtonian physics at the same time. But he isnt despondent. I just tell people there is nothing frightening about science. ]]> http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/interview-tim-radford/feed/ 1 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/circular-arguments-on-crop-circles/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/circular-arguments-on-crop-circles/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:55:32 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=81840 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/circular-arguments-on-crop-circles/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/it-all-started-with-a-big-bang/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/it-all-started-with-a-big-bang/#comments Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:55:56 +0000 Morgan.J /?p=81034 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/it-all-started-with-a-big-bang/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/waves-and-the-formation-of-beaches/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/waves-and-the-formation-of-beaches/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:55:22 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=80200 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/waves-and-the-formation-of-beaches/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/extinction-revisited/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/extinction-revisited/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:54:52 +0000 RebeccaPriestley /?p=79093 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/extinction-revisited/feed/ 0 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/gene-genie/ http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/gene-genie/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:30 +0000 Morgan.J /?p=78000 http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/science/gene-genie/feed/ 0