Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?
This week, nations are hashing out new goals for climate finance at the COP29 talks. Loss and damage is finally on the agenda ...
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Is it OK to use the term ‘neurospicy’ when talking about autism and other neurodivergences?
Language trends change quickly at the hands of social media users. They explode into our screens, rather than slowly evolve.
Many elite women athletes don’t eat enough carbs, which can affect their performance and health
Despite the emergence of nutrition science and the resources available to most elite athletes, many don’t consume enough ...
COP29: Canada needs to start a real conversation about international carbon markets
In a world coping with climate setbacks and Donald Trump’s re-election in the United States, the growing prominence of ...
35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths
Correspondence between Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad and Britain’s Margaret Thatcher showed how differently the Muslim world ...
What are tariffs?
We may have to get used to hearing a whole lot more of Donald Trump’s favourite word. So how exactly do tariffs work – and ...
Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct
New research reveals a third of Australia’s freshwater fishes are at risk of extinction. That means 35 species should be ...
Friday essay: it’s ‘the intelligence age’, say tech titans – but information will not save us
It’s claimed that more information can solve our crises, from climate change to Gaza. But the world today shows how this ...
Cancer while pregnant is rare, but is becoming more common. Here’s what researchers think is behind the rise
Pregnancy complicates a cancer diagnosis in many ways. So cancer treatment may need to be adjusted. Here’s what we know so ...
How Rohingya activists are using art, food and storytelling as a form of resistance
Where traditional advocacy fails, a more creative approach is giving new life to Rohingya resistance across the globe.
De la pandemia a la dana: así se crean las teorías de la conspiración en momentos de crisis
Las teorías conspirativas han proliferado en redes sociales durante crisis recientes como la pandemia y la dana, propagando ...
Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself
The US and others have been shifting the rules of the global free trade system for years. New Zealand can’t ignore the risks ...