by Richard Easther | Dec 9, 2024 | New Zealand, Physics, Science in Our Lives
New Zealand’s research community is up in arms over abrupt changes to the Marsden Fund, which is our primary source of support for open-ended aka blue-sky research. The outrage centres on government’s decision to remove funding for the humanities and...
by Richard Easther | Dec 2, 2024 | Personal
I have been writing this blog for over ten years. I am not particularly prolific; there are around 100 posts in total – less than once a month and sometimes closer to once a year. Apparently I only write when I have something to say along with the time to say it. For...