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NZ creates remarkably valuable tech firms. How can it keep more of the benefits?
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (468+ words) A new stocktake of the tech ecosystem shows NZ has grown companies now valued at more than $133 billion. But is it as good at retaining them?...
Is bird flu infecting humans? How would we know?
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (514+ words) Even with bird flu circulating in Australia, the risk to humans is low. But some groups are still at increased risk....
Why most homeowners don’t need to lose sleep over negative equity
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (583+ words) Owing more to the bank than your home is worth is a daunting prospect. But if you’ve bought a place to live in, not as an investment, there’s little reason to panic....
Women have always ‘method acted’ – they just don’t get called geniuses for it
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (488+ words) Critiques of method acting misunderstand what method acting is – and dismiss the women who practise it....
When can your child stay home alone? Neuroscience suggests we’re asking the wrong question
10+ hour, 8+ min ago (659+ words) Would you trust your child to stay home alone? For many caregivers, the answer depends on age. But when it comes to safety and independence, neuroscience suggests a different question may be more important: is your child developmentally ready to…...
From padded bras to penis injections: how changing body shape can give athletes a competitive edge
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (916+ words) Competitors in the Tour de France Femmes raised eyebrows recently after it was alleged that some riders were stuffing their bras to go faster during the time trials. Race organisers started checking riders’ clothes more closely before the race. While…...
Quitting alcohol changes the brain and can increase the risk of compulsive drinking – new research in mice
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (578+ words) For some, abstaining from alcohol can subsequently increase compulsive drinking. Our research team found that, in abstaining mice, this urge to drink is preceded by changes in the activity of a particular brain region, pointing to potential new screening opportunities…...
One of the most common brain disorders is one of the most misunderstood – how functional neurological disorder is both ‘all in your head’ and beyond it
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (1030+ words) “It’s all in your head.” By the time many people with functional neurological disorder arrive in our clinic, they have heard these five words more times than they can count. They are told their brain scan was normal. Their electroencephalogram,…...
Small businesses at the gateways to America’s national parks face 4 big risks – including changing boundaries and extreme weather
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (1159+ words) A record 332 million people visited U.S. national parks in 2024, followed by roughly 323 million in 2025. That’s a lot of love for national parks and lands. You might think that such big numbers of visitors automatically create windfalls for the towns and businesses…...
Britain’s quarter century: experts in sex, mental health, nutrition and addiction assess the nation’s changing wellbeing
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (1695+ words) In this fourth part in our series on how the UK has changed in the past 25 years, we look at health. The slowdown in improvement from the early 2010s was part of a wider pattern across high-income countries. The UK and…...