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SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | COVID-19 VACCINES PREVENT SPREAD OF THE VIRUS TOO Many people seem to be reading that our COVID-19 vaccine won’t prevent the spread of COVID-19 from one person to the next.1 If you’re worried about this, this one is for you. We now have evidence the vaccine reduces transmission, and a rough idea of by how much.2 Science is often about pulling different pieces of evidence together, in this case two large studies from the UK. SCIBLOGS | RESTORING THE FOREST’S SONG A primary goal for Thomas (Tame) Malcolm is to reinstate the mauri (life force) of the country’s forests by getting rid of pests, introduced to Aotearoa, that are destroying native flora and fauna. He hails from Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao, Tapuika, Ngāti Ngāraranui, Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Ruanui. In te reo Māori, he tells us that each forest has a unique language and eco-system SCIBLOGS | SARS-COV-2 SCIBLOGS | COULD THE COVID VACCINES AFFECT YOUR PERIOD? WE Michelle Wise, University of Auckland Over recent weeks, news reports have indicated some women are experiencing irregularities in their menstrual cycles after receiving a COVID vaccine. This has included periods arriving early and being heavier than usual, or being absent or late, among other changes. At this stage, there’s no research evidence to support these anecdotal reports. SCIBLOGS | THE CASE FOR BANNING CIGARETTE FILTERS Janet Hoek, Phil Gendall, Tom Novotny, Nick Wilson, Lindsay Robertson, Richard Edwards, James F Thrasher (*Author details) The Government’s proposed Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan sets out a perceptive vision for reducing smoking prevalence and ensuring that, once the goal is reached, future generations will remain smokefree. Among the evidence-based measures set out, the plan SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | ALPINE FAULT 101: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEW The collision of two great tectonic plates is building up strain along New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which traces the western flanks of Southern Alps. The Alpine Fault is a dominant geomorphic feature of the South Island, extending some 450 km from Milford Sound to near Springs Junction, where it branches off into the Marlborough FaultSystem.
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SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | COVID-19 VACCINES PREVENT SPREAD OF THE VIRUS TOO Many people seem to be reading that our COVID-19 vaccine won’t prevent the spread of COVID-19 from one person to the next.1 If you’re worried about this, this one is for you. We now have evidence the vaccine reduces transmission, and a rough idea of by how much.2 Science is often about pulling different pieces of evidence together, in this case two large studies from the UK. SCIBLOGS | RESTORING THE FOREST’S SONG A primary goal for Thomas (Tame) Malcolm is to reinstate the mauri (life force) of the country’s forests by getting rid of pests, introduced to Aotearoa, that are destroying native flora and fauna. He hails from Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao, Tapuika, Ngāti Ngāraranui, Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Ruanui. In te reo Māori, he tells us that each forest has a unique language and eco-system SCIBLOGS | SARS-COV-2 SCIBLOGS | COULD THE COVID VACCINES AFFECT YOUR PERIOD? WE Michelle Wise, University of Auckland Over recent weeks, news reports have indicated some women are experiencing irregularities in their menstrual cycles after receiving a COVID vaccine. This has included periods arriving early and being heavier than usual, or being absent or late, among other changes. At this stage, there’s no research evidence to support these anecdotal reports. SCIBLOGS | THE CASE FOR BANNING CIGARETTE FILTERS Janet Hoek, Phil Gendall, Tom Novotny, Nick Wilson, Lindsay Robertson, Richard Edwards, James F Thrasher (*Author details) The Government’s proposed Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan sets out a perceptive vision for reducing smoking prevalence and ensuring that, once the goal is reached, future generations will remain smokefree. Among the evidence-based measures set out, the plan SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | ALPINE FAULT 101: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEW The collision of two great tectonic plates is building up strain along New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which traces the western flanks of Southern Alps. The Alpine Fault is a dominant geomorphic feature of the South Island, extending some 450 km from Milford Sound to near Springs Junction, where it branches off into the Marlborough FaultSystem.
SCIBLOGS | THE IRISH LOUGH THAT OFFERS A WINDOW INTO THE 1 day ago · James Bell, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Rob McAllen, University College Cork, and Valerio Micaroni, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Deeper than most scuba divers can safely work and above where most underwater robots are designed to descend lie some of the most poorly studied ecosystems in the world. Between 30 and 150 metres down is the SCIBLOGS | RESEARCH NOW BACKS ROUTINELY OFFERING PREGNANT 1 day ago · Michelle Wise, University of Auckland New Zealand and Australia will now routinely offer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to women at any stage of pregnancy, following an update of vaccination advice. This comes as research suggests the risk of severe outcomes from infection is significantly higher for pregnant women compared to the general population. SCIBLOGS | AS MORE CLIMATE MIGRANTS CROSS BORDERS SEEKING 1 day ago · Katharine M. Donato, Georgetown University; Amanda Carrico, University of Colorado Boulder; and Jonathan M. Gilligan, Vanderbilt University Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their countries, people often find closed borders and little assistance. Part of the problem is that today’s laws,regulations
SCIBLOGS | FRIDAY ESSAY: A RARE BIRD 1 day ago · David Haworth, Monash University The black swan is an Australian icon. The official emblem of Western Australia, depicted in the state flag and coat-of-arms, it decorates several public buildings. The bird is also the namesake for Perth’s Swan River, where the British established the Swan River Colony in 1829. The swan’s likeness has featured on stamps, sporting team uniforms, andin the
SCIBLOGS | IMPROVING NZ GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Jennifer Summers, Dr Leah Grout, Dr Amanda Kvalsvig The high quality communication by the NZ Government for much of the COVID-19 pandemic has been remarked on. But given that the pandemic situation is very far from over, in this blog we consider five areas in which potential improvements could be made. Potentially the most important of these would be to further SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING Naomi S. Baron, American University During the pandemic, many college professors abandoned assignments from printed textbooks and turned instead to digital texts or multimedia coursework. As a professor of linguistics, I have been studying how electronic communication compares to traditional print when it comes to learning. Is comprehension the same whether a person reads a SCIBLOGS | ON PLAN B’S SUPPORT FOR AN ANTI-VACCINE COURT CASE Some of my readers may be aware that Nelson lawyer Sue Grey is taking a case to the NZ High Court in an attempt to stop the roll-out of the Pfizer vaccine. I don’t agree with her stance, but she has every right to do this. However, I was more than a little surprised to see that one of the academics promoting “Plan B” as an alternative to the government’s current means of controlling SCIBLOGS | IS ‘SPOT’ A GOOD DOG? WHY WE’RE RIGHT TO WORRY Jeremy Moses, University of Canterbury and Geoffrey Ford, University of Canterbury When it comes to dancing, pulling a sled, climbing stairs or doing tricks, “Spot” is definitely a good dog. It can navigate the built environment and perform a range of tasks, clearly demonstrating its flexibility as a software and hardware platform forcommercial use.
SCIBLOGS | SAM BAILEY ON ISOLATING VIRUSES, AND WHY SHE IS Recently I was told I needed to go to the Youtube channel of Dr Sam BaileyA and watch one of her videosB. So I did. This particular video is called The Truth About Virus Isolation, and yes it’s on Youtube, and no I’m not linking directly because I refuse to link to such a misleading channel. It’s ostensibly about the (lack of) isolation of the SARS-Cov-2 virus.SCIBLOGS | HOME
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SCIBLOGS | THE IRISH LOUGH THAT OFFERS A WINDOW INTO THE 13 hours ago · James Bell, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Rob McAllen, University College Cork, and Valerio Micaroni, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Deeper than most scuba divers can safely work and above where most underwater robots are designed to descend lie some of the most poorly studied ecosystems in the world. Between 30 and 150 metres down is the SCIBLOGS | AS MORE CLIMATE MIGRANTS CROSS BORDERS SEEKING 10 hours ago · Katharine M. Donato, Georgetown University; Amanda Carrico, University of Colorado Boulder; and Jonathan M. Gilligan, Vanderbilt University Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their countries, people often find closed borders and little assistance. Part of the problem is that today’s laws,regulations
SCIBLOGS | GENOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR A PLANT TAONGA: A HIGH Illustration credit: “Seven Sisters, Knightia excelsa” Jennifer Duval-Smith By Plant & Food Research High Quality Genomes project co-leader David Chagné The completion of the native rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) tree genome sequence is demonstrating New Zealand is now taking charge of producing genomes on its native species. These are species that are important to us, and have taonga SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | RESTORING THE FOREST’S SONG A primary goal for Thomas (Tame) Malcolm is to reinstate the mauri (life force) of the country’s forests by getting rid of pests, introduced to Aotearoa, that are destroying native flora and fauna. He hails from Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao, Tapuika, Ngāti Ngāraranui, Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Ruanui. In te reo Māori, he tells us that each forest has a unique language and eco-system SCIBLOGS | COULD THE COVID VACCINES AFFECT YOUR PERIOD? WE Michelle Wise, University of Auckland Over recent weeks, news reports have indicated some women are experiencing irregularities in their menstrual cycles after receiving a COVID vaccine. This has included periods arriving early and being heavier than usual, or being absent or late, among other changes. At this stage, there’s no research evidence to support these anecdotal reports. SCIBLOGS | SLAVES TO SPEED, WE’D ALL BENEFIT FROM ‘SLOW Paul Tranter, UNSW and Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? As Mahatma Gandhi observed: There is more to life than increasing its speed. This speaks to our own physical and mental well-being, as well as to the health of cities in the broadest sense. SCIBLOGS | MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE A SERIOUS Sam Crawley, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Straight denial of climate change is now relatively rare. Most people believe it is happening and is a serious problem. But many rank other issues — healthcare and the economy — as more important. This means people can’t be easily classified as either deniers or believers when it comes to climate change. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READINGSCIBLOGS | HOME
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SCIBLOGS | THE IRISH LOUGH THAT OFFERS A WINDOW INTO THE 13 hours ago · James Bell, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Rob McAllen, University College Cork, and Valerio Micaroni, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Deeper than most scuba divers can safely work and above where most underwater robots are designed to descend lie some of the most poorly studied ecosystems in the world. Between 30 and 150 metres down is the SCIBLOGS | AS MORE CLIMATE MIGRANTS CROSS BORDERS SEEKING 10 hours ago · Katharine M. Donato, Georgetown University; Amanda Carrico, University of Colorado Boulder; and Jonathan M. Gilligan, Vanderbilt University Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their countries, people often find closed borders and little assistance. Part of the problem is that today’s laws,regulations
SCIBLOGS | GENOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR A PLANT TAONGA: A HIGH Illustration credit: “Seven Sisters, Knightia excelsa” Jennifer Duval-Smith By Plant & Food Research High Quality Genomes project co-leader David Chagné The completion of the native rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) tree genome sequence is demonstrating New Zealand is now taking charge of producing genomes on its native species. These are species that are important to us, and have taonga SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | RESTORING THE FOREST’S SONG A primary goal for Thomas (Tame) Malcolm is to reinstate the mauri (life force) of the country’s forests by getting rid of pests, introduced to Aotearoa, that are destroying native flora and fauna. He hails from Ngāti Tarāwhai, Ngāti Pikiao, Tapuika, Ngāti Ngāraranui, Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Ruanui. In te reo Māori, he tells us that each forest has a unique language and eco-system SCIBLOGS | COULD THE COVID VACCINES AFFECT YOUR PERIOD? WE Michelle Wise, University of Auckland Over recent weeks, news reports have indicated some women are experiencing irregularities in their menstrual cycles after receiving a COVID vaccine. This has included periods arriving early and being heavier than usual, or being absent or late, among other changes. At this stage, there’s no research evidence to support these anecdotal reports. SCIBLOGS | SLAVES TO SPEED, WE’D ALL BENEFIT FROM ‘SLOW Paul Tranter, UNSW and Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? As Mahatma Gandhi observed: There is more to life than increasing its speed. This speaks to our own physical and mental well-being, as well as to the health of cities in the broadest sense. SCIBLOGS | MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE A SERIOUS Sam Crawley, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Straight denial of climate change is now relatively rare. Most people believe it is happening and is a serious problem. But many rank other issues — healthcare and the economy — as more important. This means people can’t be easily classified as either deniers or believers when it comes to climate change. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | RESEARCH NOW BACKS ROUTINELY OFFERING PREGNANT 13 hours ago · Michelle Wise, University of Auckland New Zealand and Australia will now routinely offer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to women at any stage of pregnancy, following an update of vaccination advice. This comes as research suggests the risk of severe outcomes from infection is significantly higher for pregnant women compared to the general population. SCIBLOGS | HOW VIRUS DETECTIVES TRACE THE ORIGINS OF AN The pangolin virus was found to be only 91% identical to SARS-CoV-2, though, making it unlikely to be a direct ancestor of the human virus. To pinpoint the origin of SARS-CoV-2, a lot more wild samples need to be collected. This is a difficult task – sampling bats is time-consuming and requires strict precautions against accidentalinfection.
SCIBLOGS | GENOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR A PLANT TAONGA: A HIGH Illustration credit: “Seven Sisters, Knightia excelsa” Jennifer Duval-Smith By Plant & Food Research High Quality Genomes project co-leader David Chagné The completion of the native rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) tree genome sequence is demonstrating New Zealand is now taking charge of producing genomes on its native species. These are species that are important to us, and have taonga SCIBLOGS | THE IRISH LOUGH THAT OFFERS A WINDOW INTO THE 13 hours ago · James Bell, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Rob McAllen, University College Cork, and Valerio Micaroni, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Deeper than most scuba divers can safely work and above where most underwater robots are designed to descend lie some of the most poorly studied ecosystems in the world. Between 30 and 150 metres down is the SCIBLOGS | FRIDAY ESSAY: A RARE BIRD 9 hours ago · David Haworth, Monash University The black swan is an Australian icon. The official emblem of Western Australia, depicted in the state flag and coat-of-arms, it decorates several public buildings. The bird is also the namesake for Perth’s Swan River, where the British established the Swan River Colony in 1829. The swan’s likeness has featured on stamps, sporting team uniforms, andin the
SCIBLOGS | WHY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE AN ESSENTIAL 1 day ago · Meg Parsons, University of Auckland and Lara Taylor, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Our moana (ocean) is in a state of unprecedented ecological crisis. Multiple, cumulative impacts include pollution, sedimentation, overfishing, drilling and climate change. All affect the health of both marine life and coastal communities. To reverse the decline and avoid reaching tipping points,we must
SCIBLOGS | COVID-19 INFECTION AND HOW THE SPIKE PROTEIN IS Just this morning a journalist sent me a link to a press release about a new paper looking at how SARS-Cov-2 affects the vascular system, & asked to comment on it for a article. If you’d like to read the actual paper you can find it here, but be aware that it does get complex in places (it’s an in vivo study using hamsters as the host organism). I found it really interesting – as the SCIBLOGS | SLAVES TO SPEED, WE’D ALL BENEFIT FROM ‘SLOW Paul Tranter, UNSW and Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? As Mahatma Gandhi observed: There is more to life than increasing its speed. This speaks to our own physical and mental well-being, as well as to the health of cities in the broadest sense. SCIBLOGS | EVIDENCE SUPPORTS A PROPOSED PARLIAMENTARY BILL Dr Tim Chambers, Dr Nicki Jackson, Dr Amanda Jones, Dr Jude Ball, Prof Louise Signal, Dr Moira Smith, Christina McKerchar, Prof Janet Hoek (*Author details) Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick recently announced a Member’s Bill to end alcohol sponsorship of sport, acting on recommendations by three Government-commissioned bodies and the World Health Organization. SCIBLOGS | IS ‘SPOT’ A GOOD DOG? WHY WE’RE RIGHT TO WORRY Jeremy Moses, University of Canterbury and Geoffrey Ford, University of Canterbury When it comes to dancing, pulling a sled, climbing stairs or doing tricks, “Spot” is definitely a good dog. It can navigate the built environment and perform a range of tasks, clearly demonstrating its flexibility as a software and hardware platform forcommercial use.
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SCIBLOGS | WHY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE AN ESSENTIAL 48 minutes ago · Meg Parsons, University of Auckland and Lara Taylor, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Our moana (ocean) is in a state of unprecedented ecological crisis. Multiple, cumulative impacts include pollution, sedimentation, overfishing, drilling and climate change. All affect the health of both marine life and coastal communities. To reverse the decline and avoid reaching tipping points,we
SCIBLOGS | GENOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR A PLANT TAONGA: A HIGH 20 hours ago · Illustration credit: “Seven Sisters, Knightia excelsa” Jennifer Duval-Smith By Plant & Food Research High Quality Genomes project co-leader David Chagné The completion of the native rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) tree genome sequence is demonstrating New Zealand is now taking charge of producing genomes on its native species. These are species that are important to us, and have taonga SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | COVID-19 VACCINES PREVENT SPREAD OF THE VIRUS TOO Many people seem to be reading that our COVID-19 vaccine won’t prevent the spread of COVID-19 from one person to the next.1 If you’re worried about this, this one is for you. We now have evidence the vaccine reduces transmission, and a rough idea of by how much.2 Science is often about pulling different pieces of evidence together, in this case two large studies from the UK. SCIBLOGS | SLAVES TO SPEED, WE’D ALL BENEFIT FROM ‘SLOW Paul Tranter, UNSW and Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? As Mahatma Gandhi observed: There is more to life than increasing its speed. This speaks to our own physical and mental well-being, as well as to the health of cities in the broadest sense. SCIBLOGS | COVID-19 INFECTION AND HOW THE SPIKE PROTEIN IS Just this morning a journalist sent me a link to a press release about a new paper looking at how SARS-Cov-2 affects the vascular system, & asked to comment on it for a article. If you’d like to read the actual paper you can find it here, but be aware that it does get complex in places (it’s an in vivo study using hamsters as the host organism). I found it really interesting – as the SCIBLOGS | MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE A SERIOUS Sam Crawley, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Straight denial of climate change is now relatively rare. Most people believe it is happening and is a serious problem. But many rank other issues — healthcare and the economy — as more important. This means people can’t be easily classified as either deniers or believers when it comes to climate change. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | SAM BAILEY ON ISOLATING VIRUSES, AND WHY SHE IS Recently I was told I needed to go to the Youtube channel of Dr Sam BaileyA and watch one of her videosB. So I did. This particular video is called The Truth About Virus Isolation, and yes it’s on Youtube, and no I’m not linking directly because I refuse to link to such a misleading channel. It’s ostensibly about the (lack of) isolation of the SARS-Cov-2 virus.SCIBLOGS | HOME
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SCIBLOGS | WHY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE AN ESSENTIAL 48 minutes ago · Meg Parsons, University of Auckland and Lara Taylor, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Our moana (ocean) is in a state of unprecedented ecological crisis. Multiple, cumulative impacts include pollution, sedimentation, overfishing, drilling and climate change. All affect the health of both marine life and coastal communities. To reverse the decline and avoid reaching tipping points,we
SCIBLOGS | GENOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR A PLANT TAONGA: A HIGH 20 hours ago · Illustration credit: “Seven Sisters, Knightia excelsa” Jennifer Duval-Smith By Plant & Food Research High Quality Genomes project co-leader David Chagné The completion of the native rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) tree genome sequence is demonstrating New Zealand is now taking charge of producing genomes on its native species. These are species that are important to us, and have taonga SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | COVID-19 VACCINES PREVENT SPREAD OF THE VIRUS TOO Many people seem to be reading that our COVID-19 vaccine won’t prevent the spread of COVID-19 from one person to the next.1 If you’re worried about this, this one is for you. We now have evidence the vaccine reduces transmission, and a rough idea of by how much.2 Science is often about pulling different pieces of evidence together, in this case two large studies from the UK. SCIBLOGS | SLAVES TO SPEED, WE’D ALL BENEFIT FROM ‘SLOW Paul Tranter, UNSW and Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? As Mahatma Gandhi observed: There is more to life than increasing its speed. This speaks to our own physical and mental well-being, as well as to the health of cities in the broadest sense. SCIBLOGS | COVID-19 INFECTION AND HOW THE SPIKE PROTEIN IS Just this morning a journalist sent me a link to a press release about a new paper looking at how SARS-Cov-2 affects the vascular system, & asked to comment on it for a article. If you’d like to read the actual paper you can find it here, but be aware that it does get complex in places (it’s an in vivo study using hamsters as the host organism). I found it really interesting – as the SCIBLOGS | MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE A SERIOUS Sam Crawley, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Straight denial of climate change is now relatively rare. Most people believe it is happening and is a serious problem. But many rank other issues — healthcare and the economy — as more important. This means people can’t be easily classified as either deniers or believers when it comes to climate change. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | SAM BAILEY ON ISOLATING VIRUSES, AND WHY SHE IS Recently I was told I needed to go to the Youtube channel of Dr Sam BaileyA and watch one of her videosB. So I did. This particular video is called The Truth About Virus Isolation, and yes it’s on Youtube, and no I’m not linking directly because I refuse to link to such a misleading channel. It’s ostensibly about the (lack of) isolation of the SARS-Cov-2 virus. SCIBLOGS | HOW VIRUS DETECTIVES TRACE THE ORIGINS OF AN 1 day ago · Marilyn J. Roossinck, Penn State Every time there is a major disease outbreak, one of the first questions scientists and the public ask is: “Where did this come from?” In order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the origin of the viruses that cause them. This is not a trivial task. The origin of HIV was not clear until 20 years after it spread SCIBLOGS | GENOMIC SOLUTIONS FOR A PLANT TAONGA: A HIGH 20 hours ago · Illustration credit: “Seven Sisters, Knightia excelsa” Jennifer Duval-Smith By Plant & Food Research High Quality Genomes project co-leader David Chagné The completion of the native rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) tree genome sequence is demonstrating New Zealand is now taking charge of producing genomes on its native species. These are species that are important to us, and have taonga SCIBLOGS | FROM SMALLPOX TO POLIO, VACCINE ROLLOUTS HAVE 1 day ago · David Isaacs, University of Sydney In 2019, before COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten greatest threats to global health. Every year, vaccination saves around 4-5 million lives, although a further 1.5 million lives could be saved annually with improved global vaccine coverage. Now, we are seeing a new round of vaccine hesitancyin
SCIBLOGS | WHAT WOULD SUSTAINABLE TOURISM REALLY MEAN FOR 1 day ago · Jason Paul Mika, Massey University and Regina Scheyvens, Massey University Excitement among Cook Islands tourism operators and officials at the opening of quarantine-free travel with Aotearoa New Zealand was understandable. The impact of the pandemic on the island nation’s economy has been massive and will be felt for a long time. But it wasn’t long before a local environmental SCIBLOGS | WHY INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE AN ESSENTIAL 48 minutes ago · Meg Parsons, University of Auckland and Lara Taylor, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Our moana (ocean) is in a state of unprecedented ecological crisis. Multiple, cumulative impacts include pollution, sedimentation, overfishing, drilling and climate change. All affect the health of both marine life and coastal communities. To reverse the decline and avoid reaching tipping points,we
SCIBLOGS | POWER FROM THE OCEAN: CAN WE USE BIO-FOULING 1 day ago · Craig Stevens, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Louise Kregting, Queen’s University Belfast, and Vladislav Sorokin, University of Auckland People living near the coast are familiar with the power of ocean waves. What we see when a typical wave breaks on a beach is the endpoint of a global energy conversion story. It starts with the sun’s heat driving winds whoseenergy
SCIBLOGS | SARS-COV-2 In books and movies it is often a good plot point for a disease (or monster) to escape, accidentally or with assistance, from a government lab. There are also real cases of pathogens getting out of labs (but quickly being controlled). That’s also a discussion going on now about Covid-19. Natural evolution or human agency? Spillover or accident? The origin of SARS-CoV-2 still isn’t SCIBLOGS | COVID-19 INFECTION AND HOW THE SPIKE PROTEIN IS Just this morning a journalist sent me a link to a press release about a new paper looking at how SARS-Cov-2 affects the vascular system, & asked to comment on it for a article. If you’d like to read the actual paper you can find it here, but be aware that it does get complex in places (it’s an in vivo study using hamsters as the hostorganism).
SCIBLOGS | SLAVES TO SPEED, WE’D ALL BENEFIT FROM ‘SLOW Paul Tranter, UNSW and Rodney Tolley, Staffordshire University Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed? As Mahatma Gandhi observed: There is more to life than increasing its speed. This speaks to our own physical and mental well-being, as well as to the health of cities in the broadest sense. SCIBLOGS | MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER CLIMATE CHANGE A SERIOUS Sam Crawley, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Straight denial of climate change is now relatively rare. Most people believe it is happening and is a serious problem. But many rank other issues — healthcare and the economy — as more important. This means people can’t be easily classified as either deniers or believers when it comes to climate change.SCIBLOGS | HOME
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SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | BORDER TECH Marc Daalder tallies a few of the failures in getting better tech rolled out at the border. On Sunday, National Party Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop revealed that a voluntary rollout of saliva-based testing of border workers had seen just 339 saliva tests performed since it began in January. “Public health experts have recommended introducing regular saliva testing across our SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | SEEING THE SPACE-X SATELLITE CHAINS FROM NZ Space-X has started launching its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit with a plan to use some tens of thousands of these to deliver 5G wifi to the whole globe. Chains of these satellites can be seen in the evening or before-dawn skies, through the sunlight they scatter. Here I provide a movie showing opportunities for spotting such satellites over the next few days (through to February 9th). SCIBLOGS | WHAT IS MĀTAURANGA MĀORI? What is Mātauranga Māori? What does it mean to have and use it? Why is it important in science? In a nutshell, Mātauranga Māori can’t be translated or defined in a simple, two-dimensional way: it is multifaceted. There are many aspects to it. From my understanding, Mātauranga Māori not only refers to the knowledge that Māori have, but encompasses the Māori way of knowing – and the SCIBLOGS | BIG SOUTH CAPE: AN INVASION, A RESCUE AND AN It was 1955 and it was only a single rat. But then in 1964, it was lots of rats. Muttonbirders returning to Big South Cape Island found their huts infested. The rodents had got into the bedding, they’d chewed the wallpaper off the walls, evidence of their presence was everywhere. By winter’s end, the island was devoid of life: plants were stripped bare, two bird species were gone, the SCIBLOGS | HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE ONE The single biggest consumer of water in New Zealand is the dairy industry. As of 2010, farmers are permitted to take about 4707 million m3 of water per year from New Zealand’s rivers and aquifers to irrigate pasture, most of which is for dairying. This is 44% of all consumptive uses (excluding the Manapouri hydropower scheme), and 68% of this water is allocated in Canterbury alone (21% in SCIBLOGS | ALPINE FAULT 101: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEW The collision of two great tectonic plates is building up strain along New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which traces the western flanks of Southern Alps. The Alpine Fault is a dominant geomorphic feature of the South Island, extending some 450 km from Milford Sound to near Springs Junction, where it branches off into the Marlborough FaultSystem.
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SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | BORDER TECH Marc Daalder tallies a few of the failures in getting better tech rolled out at the border. On Sunday, National Party Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop revealed that a voluntary rollout of saliva-based testing of border workers had seen just 339 saliva tests performed since it began in January. “Public health experts have recommended introducing regular saliva testing across our SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | SEEING THE SPACE-X SATELLITE CHAINS FROM NZ Space-X has started launching its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit with a plan to use some tens of thousands of these to deliver 5G wifi to the whole globe. Chains of these satellites can be seen in the evening or before-dawn skies, through the sunlight they scatter. Here I provide a movie showing opportunities for spotting such satellites over the next few days (through to February 9th). SCIBLOGS | WHAT IS MĀTAURANGA MĀORI? What is Mātauranga Māori? What does it mean to have and use it? Why is it important in science? In a nutshell, Mātauranga Māori can’t be translated or defined in a simple, two-dimensional way: it is multifaceted. There are many aspects to it. From my understanding, Mātauranga Māori not only refers to the knowledge that Māori have, but encompasses the Māori way of knowing – and the SCIBLOGS | BIG SOUTH CAPE: AN INVASION, A RESCUE AND AN It was 1955 and it was only a single rat. But then in 1964, it was lots of rats. Muttonbirders returning to Big South Cape Island found their huts infested. The rodents had got into the bedding, they’d chewed the wallpaper off the walls, evidence of their presence was everywhere. By winter’s end, the island was devoid of life: plants were stripped bare, two bird species were gone, the SCIBLOGS | HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE ONE The single biggest consumer of water in New Zealand is the dairy industry. As of 2010, farmers are permitted to take about 4707 million m3 of water per year from New Zealand’s rivers and aquifers to irrigate pasture, most of which is for dairying. This is 44% of all consumptive uses (excluding the Manapouri hydropower scheme), and 68% of this water is allocated in Canterbury alone (21% in SCIBLOGS | ALPINE FAULT 101: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEW The collision of two great tectonic plates is building up strain along New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which traces the western flanks of Southern Alps. The Alpine Fault is a dominant geomorphic feature of the South Island, extending some 450 km from Milford Sound to near Springs Junction, where it branches off into the Marlborough FaultSystem.
SCIBLOGS | HOW VIRUS DETECTIVES TRACE THE ORIGINS OF AN 20 hours ago · Marilyn J. Roossinck, Penn State Every time there is a major disease outbreak, one of the first questions scientists and the public ask is: “Where did this come from?” In order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the origin of the viruses that cause them. This is not a trivial task. The origin of HIV was not clear until 20 years after it spread SCIBLOGS | WHAT WOULD SUSTAINABLE TOURISM REALLY MEAN FOR 1 day ago · Jason Paul Mika, Massey University and Regina Scheyvens, Massey University Excitement among Cook Islands tourism operators and officials at the opening of quarantine-free travel with Aotearoa New Zealand was understandable. The impact of the pandemic on the island nation’s economy has been massive and will be felt for a long time. But it wasn’t long before a local environmental SCIBLOGS | POWER FROM THE OCEAN: CAN WE USE BIO-FOULING 1 day ago · Craig Stevens, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Louise Kregting, Queen’s University Belfast, and Vladislav Sorokin, University of Auckland People living near the coast are familiar with the power of ocean waves. What we see when a typical wave breaks on a beach is the endpoint of a global energy conversion story. It starts with the sun’s heat driving winds whoseenergy
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SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | BORDER TECH Marc Daalder tallies a few of the failures in getting better tech rolled out at the border. On Sunday, National Party Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop revealed that a voluntary rollout of saliva-based testing of border workers had seen just 339 saliva tests performed since it began in January. “Public health experts have recommended introducing regular saliva testing across our SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | SEEING THE SPACE-X SATELLITE CHAINS FROM NZ Space-X has started launching its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit with a plan to use some tens of thousands of these to deliver 5G wifi to the whole globe. Chains of these satellites can be seen in the evening or before-dawn skies, through the sunlight they scatter. Here I provide a movie showing opportunities for spotting such satellites over the next few days (through to February 9th). SCIBLOGS | WHAT IS MĀTAURANGA MĀORI? What is Mātauranga Māori? What does it mean to have and use it? Why is it important in science? In a nutshell, Mātauranga Māori can’t be translated or defined in a simple, two-dimensional way: it is multifaceted. There are many aspects to it. From my understanding, Mātauranga Māori not only refers to the knowledge that Māori have, but encompasses the Māori way of knowing – and the SCIBLOGS | BIG SOUTH CAPE: AN INVASION, A RESCUE AND AN It was 1955 and it was only a single rat. But then in 1964, it was lots of rats. Muttonbirders returning to Big South Cape Island found their huts infested. The rodents had got into the bedding, they’d chewed the wallpaper off the walls, evidence of their presence was everywhere. By winter’s end, the island was devoid of life: plants were stripped bare, two bird species were gone, the SCIBLOGS | HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE ONE The single biggest consumer of water in New Zealand is the dairy industry. As of 2010, farmers are permitted to take about 4707 million m3 of water per year from New Zealand’s rivers and aquifers to irrigate pasture, most of which is for dairying. This is 44% of all consumptive uses (excluding the Manapouri hydropower scheme), and 68% of this water is allocated in Canterbury alone (21% in SCIBLOGS | ALPINE FAULT 101: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEW The collision of two great tectonic plates is building up strain along New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which traces the western flanks of Southern Alps. The Alpine Fault is a dominant geomorphic feature of the South Island, extending some 450 km from Milford Sound to near Springs Junction, where it branches off into the Marlborough FaultSystem.
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SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | BORDER TECH Marc Daalder tallies a few of the failures in getting better tech rolled out at the border. On Sunday, National Party Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop revealed that a voluntary rollout of saliva-based testing of border workers had seen just 339 saliva tests performed since it began in January. “Public health experts have recommended introducing regular saliva testing across our SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | SEEING THE SPACE-X SATELLITE CHAINS FROM NZ Space-X has started launching its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit with a plan to use some tens of thousands of these to deliver 5G wifi to the whole globe. Chains of these satellites can be seen in the evening or before-dawn skies, through the sunlight they scatter. Here I provide a movie showing opportunities for spotting such satellites over the next few days (through to February 9th). SCIBLOGS | WHAT IS MĀTAURANGA MĀORI? What is Mātauranga Māori? What does it mean to have and use it? Why is it important in science? In a nutshell, Mātauranga Māori can’t be translated or defined in a simple, two-dimensional way: it is multifaceted. There are many aspects to it. From my understanding, Mātauranga Māori not only refers to the knowledge that Māori have, but encompasses the Māori way of knowing – and the SCIBLOGS | BIG SOUTH CAPE: AN INVASION, A RESCUE AND AN It was 1955 and it was only a single rat. But then in 1964, it was lots of rats. Muttonbirders returning to Big South Cape Island found their huts infested. The rodents had got into the bedding, they’d chewed the wallpaper off the walls, evidence of their presence was everywhere. By winter’s end, the island was devoid of life: plants were stripped bare, two bird species were gone, the SCIBLOGS | HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE ONE The single biggest consumer of water in New Zealand is the dairy industry. As of 2010, farmers are permitted to take about 4707 million m3 of water per year from New Zealand’s rivers and aquifers to irrigate pasture, most of which is for dairying. This is 44% of all consumptive uses (excluding the Manapouri hydropower scheme), and 68% of this water is allocated in Canterbury alone (21% in SCIBLOGS | ALPINE FAULT 101: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEW The collision of two great tectonic plates is building up strain along New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which traces the western flanks of Southern Alps. The Alpine Fault is a dominant geomorphic feature of the South Island, extending some 450 km from Milford Sound to near Springs Junction, where it branches off into the Marlborough FaultSystem.
SCIBLOGS | HOW VIRUS DETECTIVES TRACE THE ORIGINS OF AN 20 hours ago · Marilyn J. Roossinck, Penn State Every time there is a major disease outbreak, one of the first questions scientists and the public ask is: “Where did this come from?” In order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the origin of the viruses that cause them. This is not a trivial task. The origin of HIV was not clear until 20 years after it spread SCIBLOGS | WHAT WOULD SUSTAINABLE TOURISM REALLY MEAN FOR 1 day ago · Jason Paul Mika, Massey University and Regina Scheyvens, Massey University Excitement among Cook Islands tourism operators and officials at the opening of quarantine-free travel with Aotearoa New Zealand was understandable. The impact of the pandemic on the island nation’s economy has been massive and will be felt for a long time. But it wasn’t long before a local environmental SCIBLOGS | POWER FROM THE OCEAN: CAN WE USE BIO-FOULING 1 day ago · Craig Stevens, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Louise Kregting, Queen’s University Belfast, and Vladislav Sorokin, University of Auckland People living near the coast are familiar with the power of ocean waves. What we see when a typical wave breaks on a beach is the endpoint of a global energy conversion story. It starts with the sun’s heat driving winds whoseenergy
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SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | BORDER TECH Marc Daalder tallies a few of the failures in getting better tech rolled out at the border. On Sunday, National Party Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop revealed that a voluntary rollout of saliva-based testing of border workers had seen just 339 saliva tests performed since it began in January. “Public health experts have recommended introducing regular saliva testing across our SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | SEEING THE SPACE-X SATELLITE CHAINS FROM NZ Space-X has started launching its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit with a plan to use some tens of thousands of these to deliver 5G wifi to the whole globe. Chains of these satellites can be seen in the evening or before-dawn skies, through the sunlight they scatter. Here I provide a movie showing opportunities for spotting such satellites over the next few days (through to February 9th). SCIBLOGS | WHAT IS MĀTAURANGA MĀORI? What is Mātauranga Māori? What does it mean to have and use it? Why is it important in science? In a nutshell, Mātauranga Māori can’t be translated or defined in a simple, two-dimensional way: it is multifaceted. There are many aspects to it. From my understanding, Mātauranga Māori not only refers to the knowledge that Māori have, but encompasses the Māori way of knowing – and the SCIBLOGS | BIG SOUTH CAPE: AN INVASION, A RESCUE AND AN It was 1955 and it was only a single rat. But then in 1964, it was lots of rats. Muttonbirders returning to Big South Cape Island found their huts infested. The rodents had got into the bedding, they’d chewed the wallpaper off the walls, evidence of their presence was everywhere. By winter’s end, the island was devoid of life: plants were stripped bare, two bird species were gone, the SCIBLOGS | HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE ONE The single biggest consumer of water in New Zealand is the dairy industry. As of 2010, farmers are permitted to take about 4707 million m3 of water per year from New Zealand’s rivers and aquifers to irrigate pasture, most of which is for dairying. This is 44% of all consumptive uses (excluding the Manapouri hydropower scheme), and 68% of this water is allocated in Canterbury alone (21% in SCIBLOGS | ALPINE FAULT 101: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEW The collision of two great tectonic plates is building up strain along New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which traces the western flanks of Southern Alps. The Alpine Fault is a dominant geomorphic feature of the South Island, extending some 450 km from Milford Sound to near Springs Junction, where it branches off into the Marlborough FaultSystem.
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SCIBLOGS | THE PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE IS WAY BEYOND An experiment is a procedure carried out to test a hypothesis. We have determined through experiment, with extremely high precision, that the Pfizer COVID-19 works very well and is very safe. The initial experiments were successful, moving on However, there are some misconceptions flying around that abuse this concept and I thought they needed addressing with some interpretation and facts. SCIBLOGS | WHY WE REMEMBER MORE BY READING SCIBLOGS | BORDER TECH Marc Daalder tallies a few of the failures in getting better tech rolled out at the border. On Sunday, National Party Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop revealed that a voluntary rollout of saliva-based testing of border workers had seen just 339 saliva tests performed since it began in January. “Public health experts have recommended introducing regular saliva testing across our SCIBLOGS | SMOKEFREE OUTDOOR AREAS: A MISSING PART OF George Thomson, Nick Wilson (ASPIRE2025) Smokefree outdoor areas are not ‘business-as-usual’ for New Zealand. Current efforts for such areas are rarely backed by law. Smokers trying to quit need places where being smokefree is normal, and in particular, they need smokefree outdoor hospitality areas. Aotearoa is far behind many jurisdictions in helping smokers in this way. SCIBLOGS | SEEING THE SPACE-X SATELLITE CHAINS FROM NZ Space-X has started launching its Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit with a plan to use some tens of thousands of these to deliver 5G wifi to the whole globe. Chains of these satellites can be seen in the evening or before-dawn skies, through the sunlight they scatter. Here I provide a movie showing opportunities for spotting such satellites over the next few days (through to February 9th). SCIBLOGS | WHAT IS MĀTAURANGA MĀORI? What is Mātauranga Māori? What does it mean to have and use it? Why is it important in science? In a nutshell, Mātauranga Māori can’t be translated or defined in a simple, two-dimensional way: it is multifaceted. There are many aspects to it. From my understanding, Mātauranga Māori not only refers to the knowledge that Māori have, but encompasses the Māori way of knowing – and the SCIBLOGS | BIG SOUTH CAPE: AN INVASION, A RESCUE AND AN It was 1955 and it was only a single rat. But then in 1964, it was lots of rats. Muttonbirders returning to Big South Cape Island found their huts infested. The rodents had got into the bedding, they’d chewed the wallpaper off the walls, evidence of their presence was everywhere. By winter’s end, the island was devoid of life: plants were stripped bare, two bird species were gone, the SCIBLOGS | HOW MUCH WATER DOES IT TAKE TO PRODUCE ONE The single biggest consumer of water in New Zealand is the dairy industry. As of 2010, farmers are permitted to take about 4707 million m3 of water per year from New Zealand’s rivers and aquifers to irrigate pasture, most of which is for dairying. This is 44% of all consumptive uses (excluding the Manapouri hydropower scheme), and 68% of this water is allocated in Canterbury alone (21% in SCIBLOGS | ALPINE FAULT 101: GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH NEW The collision of two great tectonic plates is building up strain along New Zealand’s Alpine Fault, which traces the western flanks of Southern Alps. The Alpine Fault is a dominant geomorphic feature of the South Island, extending some 450 km from Milford Sound to near Springs Junction, where it branches off into the Marlborough FaultSystem.
SCIBLOGS | HOW VIRUS DETECTIVES TRACE THE ORIGINS OF AN 12 hours ago · Marilyn J. Roossinck, Penn State Every time there is a major disease outbreak, one of the first questions scientists and the public ask is: “Where did this come from?” In order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the origin of the viruses that cause them. This is not a trivial task. The origin of HIV was not clear until 20 years after it spread SCIBLOGS | WHAT WOULD SUSTAINABLE TOURISM REALLY MEAN FOR 16 hours ago · Jason Paul Mika, Massey University and Regina Scheyvens, Massey University Excitement among Cook Islands tourism operators and officials at the opening of quarantine-free travel with Aotearoa New Zealand was understandable. The impact of the pandemic on the island nation’s economy has been massive and will be felt for a long time. But it wasn’t long before a local environmental SCIBLOGS | POWER FROM THE OCEAN: CAN WE USE BIO-FOULING 17 hours ago · Craig Stevens, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research; Louise Kregting, Queen’s University Belfast, and Vladislav Sorokin, University of Auckland People living near the coast are familiar with the power of ocean waves. What we see when a typical wave breaks on a beach is the endpoint of a global energy conversion story. It starts with the sun’s heat driving winds whoseenergy
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