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		<title>Scientific knowledge – realiable but not certain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Perrott</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I find attempts to describe the scientific method in simple terms less and less convincing. And this goes for attempts by  both supporters of science, and those who oppose science. In reality science is a messy process and simple algorithmic &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;<br/>
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		<title>Hopeful signs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Pickering</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I began blogging with $100 Dialysis – the vision.  The technical challenge is to develop cheap and perhaps novel  means to filter the blood of nitrogenous waste products.  Below is an example of three approaches, one is a more user-friendly way to use existing technology, another utilizes nanotech, and the third although not aimed at &#8230; Continue reading &#187;<br/>
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		<title>Some thoughts while stuck in traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 21:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Wilson</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Monday morning was one of those strange days where for some non-obvious reason there was far more traffic than normal. Maybe there had been an accident somewhere, or there was some event on, but, for whatever reason, it took nearly half an hour to crawl through the Hillcrest roundabouts.
All that start-stop on the car is a massive waste of energy. You get the car going forward, which requires energy, then you stick the breaks on and lose it all. That kinetic (movement) energy turns to heat in your brake pads and does nothing except contribute to global warming. That's for a conventional car,...<br/>
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		<title>Product development….no place for the faint hearted</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 20:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kerr</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some interesting thoughts on product development at a gathering-cum-lecture at Victoria University’s School of Design. Now there’s almost entire libraries devoted into taking an idea through the design and product development process – so compressing theory and practice into just &#8230; Continue reading &#8594;<br/>
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		<title>20 years on, NZ’s Rio response inadequate: WWF</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 08:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Walker</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The WWF report this week on how New Zealand has handled its responsibilities since the first Earth Summit 20 years ago is damning on the matter of greenhouse gas emissions. We have failed to measure up to our undertakings given back in 1992 and again in 2002. New Zealand signed up to the United Nations [...]<br/>
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		<title>FTTH – RF or no RF? A big question.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 06:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Nixon</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been vaunting the merits of RF Overlay over FTTH (Fibre to the Home) for a long time.
Yes I confirm that one of my clients is a leading researcher, manufacturer and vendor of 1550 nm RF solutions.
In working with them, I have become convinced that delivering broadcast TV over fibre is an excellent, reliable [...]<br/>
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		<title>The dead centre of the Garden City</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 05:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Griffin</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Over the weekend I borrowed a charming old bicycle from my architect friend Guy Evans and we rode around the accessible bits of Christchurch&#8217;s CBD.
The vibrations of demolition shook the ground as we passed numerous large office buildings in various stages of being dismantled. The tool of choice for doing so is not the cliched wrecking ball [...]<br/>
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		<title>nz herald, what are you *thinking* – all kids are psychic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 04:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison Campbell</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[From  the Herald&#8217;s website, we hear that
[a]ll children are psychic and they&#8217;re tuned in to their abilities now more  than ever, according to one of Australia&#8217;s top intuitives.
Oh, really?
And there&#8217;s more:
&#8220;We&#8217;re starting to see little kids who can see spirits, who can actually  validate who it is. It&#8217;s different to a child [...]<br/>
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		<title>Never mind open access – let’s make science really accessible!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 10:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Siouxsie Wiles</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As a publicly funded scientist, I&#8217;m a firm believer in the public having a right to access the research they pay for, and being willing to talk about what I do and why to any audience that is curious. It&#8217;s one of the reasons I jumped at the chance to talk at Pecha Kucha in [...]<br/>
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		<title>Professor Joe on Homeopathy – article 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 09:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Edmonds</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[This article is from a post by Professor Joe Schwarcz who has recently come under criticism by homeopaths in Canada for making inaccurate statements about their craft, and no doubt for being just plain mean for pointing out how absurd homeopathy is.
When I dilute my chicken soup, its taste suffers.  When I take one aspirin [...]<br/>
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