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Young bridge-builders join forces
12/08/2013Secondary students test their bridge designs at the Aurecon competition.
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Join Julian on a geological adventure
05/08/2013GNS Science outreach educator Julian Thomson has an enviable job: he’s communicating geoscience to the public.
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Ask-A-Scientist: Why are waves parallel to the beach?
15/10/2012John Falloon, Ardgowan School. John Campbell, a physicist at the University of Canterbury, responded:
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Ask-A-Scientist: Are there any dinosaurs alive today?
15/10/2012Crystal Steventon, Tikipunga Primary School.
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Questions, numbers and the emergence of new biology
15/10/2012A new synthesis of biology is gradually emerging, although its formulation is anything but complete, writes Paul B Rainey from the New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study and Allan Wilson Centre, Massey University at Albany, and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany.
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Mechanical Engineering- paradigm shift?
15/10/2012*There has been a paradigm shift in mechanical engineering as **Stefanie Gutschmidt **from The University of Canterbury explains using this example of development of new types of motors:*
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Science teachers as careers educators: a new role
15/10/2012*Science teachers are well-positioned to help young people gain career management competencies for an ever-changing workplace, as **Karen Vaughan**, NZCER explains: *
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Ask-A-Scientist: Transport fuels from coal?
15/10/2012Is it true that during the Second World War Germany and South Africa made transport fuels from coal? What is the process and is it feasible today?
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Build NoS into biology programmes
15/10/2012Science education researchers have identified key aspects of NoS that should be incorporated into science learning in school programmes, writes Kate Rice.
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Ask-A-Scientist: How do mother Emperor Penguins know if their chick is a boy or a girl?
15/10/2012Isabelle Robertson and Madison Thomson, East Taieri School.
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Ask-A-Scientist: Is there a scientific explanation for water divining?
15/10/2012John Kennedy, Gore.