NZ Budget 2025: anything less than a 5% increase in health funding amounts to merely standing still
Health Minister Simeon Brown.Hagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesMinister of Health Simeon Brown claimed earlier this year that health fundi...
Governors are leading the fight against climate change and deforestation around the world, filling a void left by presidents
Forests like the Amazon play vital roles in balancing the environment, from storing carbon to releasing oxygen. Silvestre Garcia-I...
Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs
A large number of children are born with HIV in Nigeria.Kristian Buus/Corbis News via Getty ImagesA little over two decades ago, a...
Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions is a win for Turkey, too – pointing to outsized role middle powers can play in regional affairs
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa meet in Turkey on April 11, 2025. TUR Presidency/ Mura...
Tomato trade dispute between the US and Mexico is boiling over again – with 21% tariffs due in July
The country of origin – Mexico – is noted on the label of a package of Campari tomatoes for sale in the prod…
Leaders can promote gender equity without deepening polarization − here’s how
Dialogue can make a difference.Pixelfit/E+/Getty ImagesAmericans largely agree that women have made significant gains in…
Space tourism’s growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement – a tourism scholar explains how
Blue Origin's NS-31 flight lifted off on April 14, 2025.Justin Hamel/Getty ImagesOn April 14, 2025, Blue Origin launched…
Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal…
The U.S. Housing Corporation built nearly 300 homes in Bremerton, Wash., during World War I.National ArchivesIn 1918, as…
In what order did the planets in our solar system form?
An artistic rendition of our solar system, including the Sun and eight planets.vjanez/iStock via Getty ImagesCurious Kid…
An online travel company just collapsed. Here’s how to avoid being left stranded by an online deal
Viacheslav Lopatin/ShutterstockTraveldream.com.au sold discounted holidays – curated hiking tours, boutique cruise…
Wine is still Australia’s most popular alcoholic drink – but many producers face an uncertain future
kwest/ShutterstockAustralia has become world-famous for its wine, but the industry faces an uncertain future. Too many g…
NZ Budget 2025: economic forecasting is notoriously difficult, but global uncertainty is making it harder
Javier Ghersi/Getty ImagesThis year’s budget will be one of the tightest in a decade, with the New Zealand governm…
How AI Phone Calls Are Changing the Dynamics of First-Contact Sales
The sales sector is increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) into its operations especially regarding first-…
H-bomb creator Richard Garwin was a giant in science, technology and policy
President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Richard Garwin at the White House on Nov. 22, 2016…
Landing on the Moon is an incredibly difficult feat − 2025 has brought successes and shortfalls for companies and space…
Several missions have already attempted to land on the lunar surface in 2025, with more to come. AP PhotoHalf a century …
Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts
Should you share that health-related Instagram post?Catherine McQueen/Moment via Getty ImagesIn today’s digital wo…
Cultivating obedience: Using the Justice Department to attack former officials consolidates power and deters dissent
Miles Taylor, center, a Homeland Security official during the first Trump administration, wrote an op-ed in September 20…
Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm − a psychologist explains why gestures don’t always land as intended
Touch is not always received the way it's intended.Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty ImagesA hug from a friend. A squeeze of…