NZ government has promised to double exports (again) – but as history shows, this is easier said than done
Nikolai Diadechkin/ShutterstockWith the goal of doubling exports over the next ten years, the National Party’s Boosting Grow...
What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there
TikTok users fleeing to the app RedNote are mingling with Chinese social media users.VCG/VCG via Getty ImagesTikTok refugees fled ...
Superannuation is complicated. A guaranteed government income in retirement would be simpler
Monkey Business Images/ShutterstockHaving compulsory super should help create a comfortable and stress-free retirement. But Austra...
Texas is already policing the Mexican border − and will play an outsize role in any Trump plan to crack down on immigration
Maverick County Sheriff's Office Deputy Sgt. Aaron Horta, EMT operators and Border Patrol officers carry a body out of a canal on ...
Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the community − emphasizing research focused on solutions
Biden began his presidency in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.Evan Vucci/AP PhotoPresident Joe Biden was inaugurated…
China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason it won’t do the same with new tariffs
When it comes to slowing down China's tech rise, tariffs won't do the trick. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen Dona…
David Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture
Lynch, the director of 'Twin Peaks' and 'Mulholland Drive,' died in January 2024 at the age of 78.Hector Mata/AFP via Ge…
How do you create a workplace that people want to work in? We embedded in a company to find out
It’s been five years since the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 disrupted the traditional office workplace. For a while…
News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires
People who lost their possessions in the fire that swept through Altadena, Calif., look through donated shoes and clothi…
Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
Flooding in Asheville, N.C., caused by Hurricane Helene in September 2024 sparked climate misinformation.Melissa Sue Ger…
The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas
SpaceX has reshaped the landscape around Boca Chica, Texas. Robert KopackIf there is a leader in the aerospace industry…
How the literature of fire can help readers find hope among the ashes
A single page from a book lies on the charred remains of a home that burned down in the 2025 Palisades fire in Los Angel…
Tool of faith or digital distraction? Catholic Church offers indulgences to faithful who fast from social media
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Feb. 15, 2017.AP Photo/Gregorio BorgiaThe year 20…
Acute stress and early signs of PTSD are common in firefighters and other first responders − here’s what to watch…
A firefighter surveys the destruction at the Auto Fire in Oxnard, Calif.Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty ImagesThe thousand…
Israel-Hamas deal shows limits of US influence – and the unpredictable impact of Trump
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in Gaza gather in favor of the ceasefire deal in Tel Aviv on Jan. 16, …
How constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions
Since the U.S. Congress first met in 1789, it has been a key check on the power of the president.Allyn Cox, via Architec…
MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
Volunteers paint columns in a hallway during the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service at Ron Brown College Pre…
Civil servants brace for a second Trump presidency
Government workers worry they may not know where the perils lie as they do their jobs.z_wei/iStock / Getty Images PlusOn…