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For the Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti, the Hinematioro Pou is the material presence of an ancestor.
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
3D printing makes it easier for engineers to design cheap, lightweight materials that reflect patterns found in nature.
Several robotic spacecraft orbiting the Moon can take detailed pictures of its surface, so why send people around the Moon? A planetary geologist explains the benefits.
Clergy demonstrating against ICE in Minneapolis have turned to classic ‘freedom songs’ – the music associated with protests ever since the Civil Rights Movement.
The government directed data centers to turn on backup generation in parts of the US. Expanding distributed generation could improve grid resilience.
Innovations have made recent Winter Games possible, but the future climate will have a big impact on where the Olympics can be held and winter sports themselves.
The Supreme Court appears poised to abolish a key part of the Voting Rights Act. It may draw on a constitutional amendment that empowered African Americans.
Unequal access to contraception poses risks to reproductive-age women, families and Nigeria’s development.
Hydroponic farming is a good way to grow fresh fruit and vegetables in South African cities where high levels of unemployment and poverty make these unaffordable.
Rating agencies shape the policy space for pursuing development goals. Yet they remain private firms, operating under commercial incentives.
As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) rolls out AI-assisted judging at the Winter Olympics, how is this new technology set to revolutionise the sports industry?
Violence against children is a global crisis. States must take urgent action to prevent it or the cost will continue to impact communities around the world.
Some of the most decisive moments in sport hinge on how athletes perceive, process and act on information in a matter of milliseconds.
NZ’s one-size-fits-all approach to managing type 2 diabetes is better in theory than practice for many patients.
Both film and table tennis depended upon the invention of celluloid – which plastic ping pong balls are made from.
This dynamic production of Synge’s 1907 play refuses to treat it as a museum piece.
In the UK, filming someone in public – even covertly – is not automatically unlawful.
In the space of a few hours, Mandelson’s future has now shifted from the certainty of ignominy to the possibility of prison.
Kyiv is being told to give up territory which forms its main barrier preventing Russia from sweeping across Ukraine.