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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • AUT plays pivotal role in space flight deal

    2012-05-23 10:32:30 //
    Kiwi scientists are tracking the world's first private flight to the International Space Station.
  • SKA bid slipping through our fingers

    2012-03-12 10:30:55 // // The Idealog Blog
    It's looking less and less likely that New Zealand will be selected to host the Square Kilometre Array, a $2.7 billion radio telescope project.
  • Kiwi astronomer’s small steps pay off with $2.5b leap (for mankind)

    2011-07-11 10:00:11 //
    The billion-dollar Square Kilomatre Array radio-telescope project takes a giant leap forward this week with a major annoucenment in Banff, Canada.
  • Rings around planet Earth

    2009-11-24 09:24:50 // // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    What would Earth look like if it had a ring system like Saturn? Pretty spiffy, that's what.
  • ANZACs aiming at the stars

    2009-08-21 09:41:07 // // The Idealog Blog
    In July 2005, AUT University Professor Sergei Gulyaev and his colleagues spent a series of cold evenings huddled in Karaka, South Auckland, pointing a portable telescope at a plasma disc and black hole 4.5 billion light years away. Their efforts have had a result: New Zealand could be part of the next great scientific adventure.
  • Southern stars

    2006-03-01 09:27:57 // // Idealog #2: now
    New Zealand may host the next big thing in research