Eating well under high stress
When we are under high stress, we can often reach for foods
that are “comforting” (like biscuits, donuts, cake, pastries, and chocolate
bars), but these foods...
Karen Pollard and the Music of the Stars
Dr Karen Pollard is an Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She is also the Director of the...
Pleading for accuracy in trial reporting
Last week, Mariska Bot and colleagues published a clinical trial in JAMA whereby they randomized overweight or obese adults with subsyndromal depressive symptoms to...
Gateway Antarctic city Christchurch leads polar education
Christchurch is justifiably proud of its strong relationship to the southernmost continent, and punches above its weight in communicating research about Antarctic history to...
Introduction to Alpine Glaciology (VR)
Melting mountain glaciers all around our world are poster children for present-day climate change. But how do climate scientists monitor glaciers ? By doing...
Elaine P Snowden Astronomy School applications open
The Elaine P. Snowden Astronomy School is a five-day event for Year 13 students interested in studying Astronomy or Physics at university. The programme...
UC Geography busy over the “break”
A new weather sensor installed by Geography technician Nick Key at Broken River weather station will expand the data available from the station as...
Experiencing life on the ice
We were flown down to the ice in a USAF ski modified Hercules aircraft (LC130), or ski-herc for short. The flight time was about...
Māori students research water quality at He Puna Pūtaiao
The He Puna Pūtaiao Programme was established by the College of Science in 2013 and is designed to give Year 10 Māori students from...
Future scientists thrive at summer camp
60 Year-11 students from around New Zealand arrived at the University of Canterbury on Sunday 2 December, settling in at the Rochester and Rutherford Halls...
