Jade still stirs passions
Humans have been intrigued by brightly coloured stones and minerals for tens of thousands of years, and we still are.
They need no males and no time at all
They need no males and no time at all
I was recently asked to identify greenhouse thrips.
Planets gather as the sky decides
Planets gather as the sky decides
There’s a short window before sunrise when the sky feels undecided.
Not even in the bidding
Not even in the bidding
You’d think not getting married in white would make things easier.
Guardians of the pā
Guardians of the pā
The stories of Kātiki Point and the names associated with it are being given new life, Tom McKinlay and Luke Chapman learn.
Zapped in space
Zapped in space
The most important data from Nasa’s first crewed Artemis II mission may not be its photographs.
Powering on beyond the crisis
Powering on beyond the crisis
We must use this moment to address our fossil fuel dependence.
Teeth hold diet secrets
Teeth hold diet secrets
How do you reconstruct the diet of prehistoric people?
Astonishment still growing
Astonishment still growing
Tiny telescope, big discoveries.
Cancer link stronger than ever
Cancer link stronger than ever
The evidence is mounting that vaping causes cancer, Bernard Stewart writes.
When mozzies sniffed blood
When mozzies sniffed blood
Last month, a new genetic study of mosquitoes in Southeast Asia led by Catherine Walton, of the University of Manchester, came to a remarkable conclusion. It found that about 1.8million years ago,...
Hype here second time around
Hype here second time around
Dunedin is preparing itself for a magnificent celestial event. Committees are forming. Plans are being drawn up. Accommodation, one suspects, will soon be priced as if the Sun itself were staying...
Warning signals loud and clear
Warning signals loud and clear
The climate stripes (shown here for Dunedin) are a compelling way to look at how temperature has changed over the past 100 years or so. They show how average annual temperature has changed, with...
Decisions made in distant rooms
Decisions made in distant rooms
Conversations about war, conflict, and global instability are no longer distant.
An intimate point of view
An intimate point of view
A Di ffrench work in the Forrester collection tells a tale of evolution, Ella McLean writes.
Pushing back against constant comfort
Pushing back against constant comfort
Feel like you just can’t win? The world is a dumpster fire. Your flights got cancelled and the refund won’t cover new ones; petrol prices are scuppering your long-distance relationship. Some days...
The ABCs of getting Zs
The ABCs of getting Zs
Sleep makes our waking lives possible, but for many that formula is anything but straightforward, Paul Gorman writes.
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The view from up there
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The view from up there
Saddle Hill normally just sits there, taunting us, playing hard to get. It seems to find it more comfortable to be pined after and unattainable, than to deign to the indignity of openness.
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Laughing matters
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Laughing matters
Comedy need not limit itself to the funny stuff, Alan Davies tells Tom McKinlay.
Ancient warning of climate calamity
Ancient warning of climate calamity
I always read what Gwynne Dyer has to say. Recently, it was a sobering account of how the Trump regime has decimated the American National Centre for Atmospheric Research.
