John Gibb

Making dispassionate decisions based on the evidence is a habit which is ''increasingly under threat'', the British High Commissioner to New Zealand, George Fergusson, says.

Otago Polytechnic's decision to weave ‘‘education for sustainability'' into all its courses has won high praise from Green MP Metiria Turei and Dr Morgan Williams, the former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

The Royal Society of New Zealand is restructuring its governance, as part of reforms aimed at boosting its effectiveness and strengthening science in this country.

A recently-developed roll of honour, commemorating all Dunedin people who died at war last century, can be seen for the first time at the Otago Settlers Museum today.

Nobel Prize-winning United States chemist Prof Richard Schrock still delights in making scientific discoveries - small and large.

The loss of manufacturing jobs in Mosgiel will not mean ‘‘doom and gloom'' for Dunedin, University of Otago economist Dr Niven Winchester says.

Nobel prize-winning chemist Prof Richard Schrock, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will visit the University of Otago this week.

New Zealand sea lions breeding on Otago Peninsula have been fitted with satellite-monitoring equipment in a bid to learn more about their secret life, including their mysterious offshore foraging trips.