CATEGORIES

Waving the flag

The Southern Cross constellation is a distinctive feature of our night sky.

Wellbeing trifecta

A European study has examined ways of reducing the risk of cancer later in life.

Second sight

Journalist Sam Knight explores the efforts of a British psychiatrist, motivated by a Welsh disaster, to predict the future.

The Goldilocks kip

Too little sleep is harmful and so is too much. We should aim for just the right amount.

The transhuman condition

Exponential growth in key technologies could help us live longer, beat disease and become superintelligent. But can we keep our humanity in the process?

Return of a Jedi

Ewan McGregor revives his Star Wars role in yet another spinoff of the films.

Long story Shorty

Insiders from our longest-running soap, which was universally panned on release, reveal the secrets to its success.

Inmates running the asylum

Anyone who's ever had a child, dog, or recalcitrant Roomba knows that without the ability to dole out consequences, domestic tranquillity is as elusive as a balanced diet in Willy Wonka land.

Driving force

Effervescent Coast to Coast race founder Robin Judkins has written a musical - fittingly, in a plethora of styles.

FLYING FINN

Harper Finn is the latest member of New Zealand's first family of music to take his songwriting to the world.

DOUBLE TROUBLE

Hervé Le Tellier's novel The Anomaly, about the mysterious duplication of a plane and its passengers, probes the very nature of existence. He talks with MARK BROATCH about the extraordinary success of his literary thriller.

Choice dinner

The best way to turn children into healthy eaters for life is to let them choose their food but only to a certain degree.

Cheesed off

Rorted Covid bailout money and unnecessary new levies are unwanted distractions for a government looking for a Budget fillip.

An appalling distraction

Never mind the Ukraine invasion or rising Covid cases, come and see Depp vs Heard in the Colosseum!

'A case gone badly wrong'

The Crown finally accepts that the 1986 murder conviction of Alan Hall was "a substantial miscarriage of justice". PHIL TAYLOR, who first wrote about the case in 2011, asks why it has taken so long.

Vladimir

SHORT STORY

That time of life

Following a Mediterranean diet may play a role in improving women's wellbeing during their menopausal years.

Time to ditch coal

We are still burning the fossil fuel in Aotearoa, despite the government having declared a climate emergency

Tech turmoil

The lure of soaring returns in the tech sector was part of a "growth at all costs" mantra that has the planet riding for a fall.

Smoke without fire

In his 1995 memoir In Harm's Way, the British war correspondent Martin Bell wrote memorably that "People blithely imagine that journalists are where the news is.

Real chutzpah

TV series Kid Sister is a comedic crash course in Kiwi Judaism, written and somewhat reluctantly starring in-demand local screenwriter Simone Nathan.

Goodies & baddies

The government's new Emissions Reduction Plan creates a road map towards a zero-carbon future, but expect plenty of tinkering.

KNIGHT VISION

His outspoken views have won him both fans and enemies. But business pioneer Sir Ian Taylor isn't planning to pull his punches any time soon.

In defence of men

Men are under attack, and it's time women stood up for them, argues a provocative new book.

Heard mentality

The Depp-Heard defamation trial has put the spotlight on borderline personality disorder.

Gold rush

Plasma, the liquid part of blood, is useful in a range of medical treatments but demand is in danger of outstripping supply.

Dirty rotten scoundrels

What's behind Danny Boyle's series about the Sex Pistols?

Cultural evolution

Megan Walsh maps the diversity and division among writers in modern China.

Chewing the fat

Some years ago, I found myself backstage at a Paris fashion show talking to the designer Jean Paul Gaultier.

Are we losing the war?

When my first book, about conspiracy theories and fake news, was published, it was followed by a profile of me in our local paper, the Otago Daily Times.