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Expert Q&A: why did so many buildings collapse in Venezuela’s double earthquake?
Much of the world’s housing stock predates current building codes.
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Should I take zinc or eat oysters to ward off colds, boost my immune system or improve fertility?
The marketing hype promises better health for men, fewer colds and a more robust immune system. Here’s what the evidence says.
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A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in Gaza. It raises grave legal questions
ANALYSIS: By Shannon Bosch A recent United Nations report has detailed serious allegations of Israel deliberately targeting Palestinian children during the conflict since October 2023. The report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, which has been rejected by the Israeli government, documents harrowing
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Pro-French, pro-independence blocs remain in New Caledonia election
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific The one-round provincial election held in New Caledonia yesterday has produced a few surprises, but essentially maintained the existing blocs between pro-independence and pro-France parties. In the Southern Province (New Caledonia’s most affluent and populated, including the capital Nouméa), provisional results show half the votes went to the “Strong
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Heat is destroying Australia’s underwater forests. Seaweed biobanks could help save them
Many of Australia’s shimmering seaweed forests are disappearing as the oceans get hotter. It’s time for an insurance policy.
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What is migration for? How national needs wrestle with a basic human desire
Amid the fierce political debate about figures and systems, it’s easy to lose sight of the purpose of migration, to governments, individuals and society as a whole.
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‘I struggled a lot with ATAR’: there’s another way high school students can qualify for a uni degree
High school students can skip exams and do an ‘enabling program’ in years 11 and 12. This can qualify them for certain undergraduate degrees.
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Literary life after death: How authors are remembered across Canada
By celebrating our authors — especially on Canada Day — we honour their role in shaping, illuminating, and preserving our unique Canadian culture.
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Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of South Africa’s economic crisis
The economic and social conditions in which anti-migrant sentiment has exploded in South Africa include high joblessness and a collapse of government services.
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Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains
Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past.
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Techno tourism in Detroit – what do visitors owe the city that created the music?
Detroit’s repeat tourists help spread understanding of techno’s local roots as the music industry continues to commercialize the subculture.
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College is unaffordable for many Americans – but don’t just blame rising tuition
College tuition has not significantly risen since 1990, at least compared to tuition changes over the previous decades.