Paying the price to see the science superstars

Tickets for ‘rockstar’ particle physicist Professor Brian Cox’s Auckland show went on sale this week. With seats priced from $90 to $215, are big popular science shows fostering elitism? Super scientists, assemble! New Zealand has been blessed by visits from four big names in science this year already, and is set to play host to … Read more

The world’s most famous scientist on why we shouldn’t fear the robots

Don Rowe speaks to Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson, the leading science communicator of our age, about climate change, celebratory ignorance and the rise (or not) of artificial intelligence.   Stoners worship him, nerds want to be him, the average person wishes they had just a tenth of his IQ – Neil deGrasse Tyson is the … Read more