Caster Semenya: Is bogus science being used to stifle the vulnerable?
By Sarah Laframboise Caster Semenya crouched over the starting line, waiting for the start in the final 800 meter race at the 2016 Olympic Games. When the gun went off, the middle-distance runner appeared to fly across the track. In the final 200 meters, she split...
A new India emerging? Explaining Modi’s victory in the world’s largest democracy
By Sekhar Bandyopadhyay In the 2019 election to the 17th Lok Sabha lower house of the Indian parliament, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by its controversial but charismatic leader Narendra Damodardas Modi,...
The meme politics of white supremacy: How does fascist radicalisation happen on the internet?
By Emmi Bevensee The devastating anti-Muslim attacks carried out in Christchurch in March this year were part of a trend of disaffected white men, radicalised into fascist politics through social media meme culture. The alleged shooter, now facing trial for the murder...
Q+A: How is trauma passed on through generations?
Is the transmission of trauma multi-generational? Do children of survivors of mass atrocities have a higher risk of developing psychological disorders? To understand the process of multi-generational legacies of trauma, Maria Armoudian speaks with Andrei Novac and...
Is El Niño becoming stronger?
By Mandy Freund, Ben Henley, David Karoly, Helen McGregor & Nerilie Abram The pattern of El Niño has changed dramatically in recent years, according to the first seasonal record distinguishing different types of El Niño events over the last 400 years. A new...
Are we equipped to protect our ecosystems in an age of global species extinction?
By Wendy Nelson The recently released Global Assessment from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is a wake-up call to all of us. The report presents overwhelming evidence of deteriorating conditions in...
Q+A: What are the flaws in New Zealand’s medicinal cannabis scheme?
In December 2018, the New Zealand parliament passed a bill to create a regulated market for medicinal cannabis and a legal defence for users who take the drug for palliative reasons. Under the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Act, the government has...
Q+A: Could ditching cars make us healthier?
A recent report from a team of researchers based at the University of Otago has found that our use of cars is harming both our health and our environment. The report, titled Turning the Tide, claims that urgent steps are needed to encourage New Zealanders to walk,...
How did the earthquakes affect the mental health of the people of Canterbury?
By Ben Beaglehole & Joseph Boden Cantabrians have endured much hardship over the last decade. First, a series of earthquakes, and more recently, the massacres at two mosques in the city on March 15 this year. The Canterbury earthquakes began with a 7.1 magnitude...Subscribe by Email
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