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Becoming more flexible on questions of spirituality
I’m not religious.
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Halves make a whole
Halves make a whole
A simple semicircle encompasses some big ideas, Anya Samarasinghe writes.
Escaping into romantasy
Escaping into romantasy
The huge popularity of romantasy fiction’s handsome princes and horny dragons tells us something about what women want, writes Sophie Heawood.
The journey of our branching trees
The journey of our branching trees
Our trees have some intriguing family histories.
A message in a bottle
A message in a bottle
Out in the dark, on a frost-bitten Saturday in Middlemarch, I turned my telescope towards Messier 83.
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Our timeless companion: Michelle Thaller's starry-eyed gaze
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Our timeless companion: Michelle Thaller's starry-eyed gaze
Astrophysicist Dr Michelle Thaller has spent a lifetime with her head in the stars, she tells Paul Gorman.
The leadership clearing the air
The leadership clearing the air
A new documentary shows what leadership can look like.
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Shining a light: Richard Blaikie's brilliant career
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Shining a light: Richard Blaikie's brilliant career
Throughout his career, Prof Richard Blaikie has championed the light of science.
Undoing ‘the Great Rewiring’
Undoing ‘the Great Rewiring’
Smartphones are turning our young people into the anxious generation, Jonathan Haidt tells Tom Faber.
The universe doesn’t run on our clocks
The universe doesn’t run on our clocks
Some things in life just don’t line up the way you’d expect.
Back from oblivion
Back from oblivion
Archaeology can be both deadly dull and, if you are fortunate, incredibly exciting.
Relax, and think of your skin
Relax, and think of your skin
Yes, a hot bath feels lovely, but there are things you need to watch, write Amanda Meyer and Monika Zimanyi.
Another year in the life
Another year in the life
Orokonui’s takahē whānau is spreading its wings, Madison Kelly writes.
Removing the grit
Removing the grit
AI, Botox, weight-loss drugs ... are we in danger of losing the wrinkles that give life its grit? asks Eva Wiseman.
Ingredients for a cooking classic
Ingredients for a cooking classic
An early Dunedin recipe book told a story about the city’s inhabitants, Peter Read writes.
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Never again
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Never again
Dunedin man Emir Hodzic survived a genocide.
Waiting for Matariki to rise
Waiting for Matariki to rise
There’s a bend in the shared pathway out on Otago Peninsula just before you round the corner to Broad Bay.
Sooty fingerprints of sister species
Sooty fingerprints of sister species
In 1957, my brother Richard and I travelled on our 59cc NSU mopeds from our home in Wimbledon to central France to spend our summer digging in the cave of Arcy-sur-Cure.
Power to the plastic-free people
Power to the plastic-free people
It’s time to raise your own cup to Plastic Free July again.
Stories from the heartwood
Stories from the heartwood
A new collection of short writing doubles down on language, Tom McKinlay writes.
