Aug 15, 2017 | Business & Economics, Science & Technology
Raising big money is a relatively new phenomenon in academia. How did science, government, and industry become so entwined with one another, and what has it meant for scholarly research? Big money has supported cross-institution collaborations researching both...
Jun 12, 2017 | Science & Technology
By James Russell James Russell looks at the issue of introduced species in New Zealand and why distinguishing them from native species is important. From the first moment Polynesians landed ashore and carried their gourds and dogs with them, colonists have sought to...
Jun 12, 2017 | Science & Technology
Shaun Hendy discusses his nano-technology research and the complications in science communication and science funding with Maria Armoudian. Shaun Hendy is a Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland. Hendy is an expert in the physics of complex systems and is...
Jun 8, 2017 | Science & Technology
New scientific discoveries about x and y chromosomes are challenging what we know about what makes us male or female. Maria Armoudian discusses these discoveries with Jeremy Nathans and Melissa Wilson Sayres. Jeremy Nathans is a Professor of Molecular Biology and...