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, Elly Dunckley 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.
Value the darkness before it goes
Value the darkness before it goes
A confession: I am not, by nature, a political animal. I prefer my debates to be settled by photons rather than policy.
Chaste fish doing fine
Chaste fish doing fine
Ground-breaking research was recently published on the longevity and genetic integrity of the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a clonal, parthenogenetic fish that defies the expectations of...
When you have an itch to scratch
When you have an itch to scratch
Some birds have no problem putting their finger on the source of an irritating problem, Marcus Richards writes.
The shared world of our villages
The shared world of our villages
Human connection is what underpins community and a person’s village.
Cuddling up to the computer
Cuddling up to the computer
We are increasingly looking to digital companions to satisfy our emotional needs, James Muldoon writes in his new book Love Machines.
Two visions of the same aurora
Two visions of the same aurora
Autumn has arrived in Middlemarch.
Gypsum proves to be a remarkable preserver of Roman history
Gypsum proves to be a remarkable preserver of Roman history
Liquid gypsum is used today to improve the quality of clay soil, but in Roman times, it had a quite different application.
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Burn time
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Burn time
Another summer has left its legacy of sunburn as skin cancer warnings lose a battle with online influencers.
Scrolling in a sewer
Scrolling in a sewer
What do teenage boys see on TikTok?
