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4,000-year-old rock painting in Indonesia offers clues to one of humanity’s greatest migrations
The age of the rock art at Wetar means it could be one of the earliest places outside of Taiwan to document the Austronesian migration.
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For Indigenous people, connection to Country can be a preventive health measure
When Indigenous people are displaced from or denied access to Country, measurable declines in mental health, physical health and emotional wellbeing follow.
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NZ has spent years preparing for H5N1 bird flu. For some species, it may not be enough
With H5N1 now in New Zealand, protecting the most threatened birds will involve difficult decisions, careful prioritisation – and sometimes chance.
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Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensional
Each person is a mosaic of sex-related and postpubertal biological traits that vary in their degree of femaleness and maleness.
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What India’s ‘cockroach’ protests reveal about youth, solidarity and hope
The Cockroach Janta Party protests are significant not just as a reaction to one judge’s insult, but because the way the movement has organized offers a hopeful model of democratic solidarity.
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Why Canada is effectively shutting down its 70-year peacekeeping legacy
The Canadian Defence Department’s recent announcement that it’s scaling back peacekeeping missions marks the final step in the triumph of one national peacekeeping mythology over another.
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Some of the most trusted political voices in 18th-century Britain were fictional – why this tradition lives on
A fictional astrologist, parrot, Chinese philosopher and midwife wrote biting and sought after political satire in the 18th-century.
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Is spraying perfume on neck bad for your health?
A viral post by a cancer specialist concedes there is no evidence of thyroid harm, while invoking hormone disruption and lifelong exposure. What does research show?
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Nurses learn how to care for patients – they should also learn how systems can fail them
Even skilled nurses can make mistakes when systems are badly designed. Human factors training could help nurses recognise and reduce these risks.
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North Korea grows stronger as South Korea reckons with fading US support
South Korea continues push for peace with the north, as Pyongyang’s military strength grows.
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In Madagascar, Gen-Z overthrew a corrupt regime but the battle against state capture has barely begun
The youth-led protests of 2025 were not the first time the Malagasy people created a window of opportunity for change.
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Returning bones to Madagascar doesn’t just right a colonial wrong: why a royal skull still has power
Royal relics in Madagascar confer legitimacy on rulers.