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    The world’s largest bee, Megachile pluto, collected by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1859. PHOTO:...

    Bacan’s beefy bee a big, boisterous bug

    I was recently asked to name the world’s largest bee. This giant is Megachile pluto.

    Jesus took centuries to grow a beard

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    Jesus took centuries to grow a beard

    May 29, 1453 was a momentous day.

    Belonging in the universe

    Belonging in the universe

    There is a letter in my files that I occasionally take out and read.

    When the hills come alive

    Anna Caselberg (née Woollaston, 1942-2004), Mihiwhaka [sic] Hills, 3a, 1980, oil on board:...

    When the hills come alive

    We need not regard our landscape as fixed, Phoebe Thompson writes.

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    Don’t push me cos I’m close to the edge

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    Don’t push me cos I’m close to the edge

    ARGH!!!!! How’s the ol’ nervous system?

    In a trailblazer’s wake

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    In a trailblazer’s wake

     A new name for the South’s marine reserves carries a legacy of charting new horizons, Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman report.

    Be it ever so humble

    The model of a 7500-year-old house from Zarkou, in Greece. The model is 19cm wide. Notice the...

    Be it ever so humble

    Entering someone’s house uninvited is not to be taken lightly.

    A moon to watch with pumpkin soup

    The moon looms huge and gold behind Kapukataumahaka Mt Cargill. PHOTO: IAN GRIFFIN

    A moon to watch with pumpkin soup

    A reporter called to ask me about the strawberry moon. That’s what they’re calling Sunday night’s full moon.

    A tentacle’s tender embrace

    Octopus maorum PHOTO: MYRA KELLY

    A tentacle’s tender embrace

    The documentary My Octopus Teacher is a true account of a common South African octopus with which the documentary film-maker and naturalist Craig Foster formed a close acquaintance.

    Climate remains the crisis of our times

    We are becoming all too familiar with headlines about slips, floods, power outages, damaged homes...

    Climate remains the crisis of our times

    The urgency of the climate crisis demands we remain focused on solutions, despite all the distractions, writes Prof Janet Stephenson. 

    Weaving a welcome

    Artist Ana Teofilo with the carpet she designed for the Tangata Moana gallery at the Otago Museum.

    Weaving a welcome

    Ana Teofilo’s design for a new carpet at Tūhura Otago Museum draws from the rich visual language of Pacific cultures, she tells Kim Dungey.

    7  Weight-loss myths exposed

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    7  Weight-loss myths exposed

    Gary Dawkins dispels some myths about losing weight. 

    We’re still subsidising emissions

    Regenerative agriculture is now being employed on a number of farms. PHOTO: LAURA SMITH

    We’re still subsidising emissions

    Farmers should be supported to take climate action, not shielded from it, Sean Connelly writes.

    Seaweed washes up at museum

    Second and third pages of Irish seaweed collection. Photo: BT001; Tuhura Otago Museum Collection

    Seaweed washes up at museum

    Mystery surrounds the origin of a seaweed collection at Tūhura Otago Museum, writes On Le Lau.

    The genius of metal

    At Belovode in Serbia, archaeologists uncover the earliest copper smelting hearth known. PHOTO:...

    The genius of metal

    Sometimes we can take technological breakthroughs by genius ancestors for granted.

    The universe we don’t see

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    The universe we don’t see

    The night sky we share online is not quite the one we actually stand beneath.

    Fungus behind growths that can fell trees

    Gall caused by the rust fungus 'Uromycladium notable' on a branch of 'Acacia dealbata'. Photo:...

    Fungus behind growths that can fell trees

    An Acacia dealbata branch bearing large, brown, lobed, and inflated galls on the mature seed pods was brought to the museum for identification.

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    Epic new epoch

    The 4EPs bands U-No Juno, Sivle Talk, Vagina Dry and Sogg. Photo: Ethan Montaner

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    Epic new epoch

    Four young Dunedin bands are drawing on the city’s rock ’n’ roll heritage to create new possibilities, Tom McKinlay writes.

    Leading nature-based learning

    Orokonui lead educator Craig Beer with students in the cloud forest. Photo: Taylor Davies-Colley

    Leading nature-based learning

    The pace of learning at Orokonui only hots up as the cooler months arrive, Madison Kelly writes.

    Sorting which came first

    Tom Higham and Sir David Attenborough with the dated elephant bird egg. Photo: supplied

    Sorting which came first

    The world has saluted Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday.
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