Pahlawan super bisa saja berubah dan terbang menembus dinding, tapi karakteristik supernatural mereka berbeda dari karakteristik makhluk-makhluk spiritual yang membuat orang-orang taat beragama.
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When a male bluehead wrasse is removed from the group he dominates, the largest female changes sex, rapidly transforming ovaries into sperm-producing testes. Molecular research shows how.
The tragedy at Whakaari/White Island highlights the need for consent forms to ensure tourists are fully informed when choosing to visit dangerous locations.
When her contemporaries were engaging with European themes in their novels, Austen remained rooted in her home country.
The New Zealand First party, a government coalition partner, has received tens of thousands of dollars from a foundation whose trustees include the party’s lawyer and an ex-MP.
Tales of heroic rescues and bush Christmases in Australian fiction of the 19th century describe a time when the fire season was confined to summer.
Chinese animated film Ne Zha is a box office phenomenon, but it also has a surprising story to tell about raising the ideal ‘guai’ child – for the family, and for the state.
Superheroes may be able to regenerate and fly through walls, but their supernatural qualities differ from those of spiritual beings that attract religious devotion.
Do you have a question about climate change? This collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre gives you the chance to ask – and we’ll provide expert answers.
There is no doubt a regulated market for access to medicinal cannabis is safer, but if cannabis-based products were allowed to bypass efficacy trials, there’s a potential cost to patient safety.
The endangered Hector’s dolphins are found only in coastal seas in New Zealand, but conservation experts describe New Zealand’s proposed protection plan for the marine mammals as misleading.
An Australian company’s plan to mine a fossil-rich site in New Zealand to produce pig food has been described as unjustifiable vandalism. A campaign is under way to protect the site in perpetuity.
The high cost of dental treatment is stopping almost half of all New Zealanders from seeking care when they need it. Funding at least parts of dental care publicly could change that.
Academics call for an independent regulator to address risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence by government agencies.
Escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the disputed Kashmir border are a stark reminder that the subcontinent is one of the world’s likeliest nuclear flashpoints.
New Zealand’s gun lobby presents licensed gun owners as sensible and responsible, but the response to gun law changes reveals an aggressive online culture.
The evolution of live birth from egg-laying is no mean feat. Now new research reports on the first known example where both eggs and a live birth come from the same lizard pregnancy.
A new report suggests New Zealand should rethink climate policy and use forests to offset only agricultural emissions, which make up half of the country’s total emissions, and not carbon dioxide.
Interviews with survivors of sexual abuse by clergy show that recognising Jesus as an abuse victim might help the Catholic church to change its culture and response to the abuse crisis.
Genetic information extracted from fossil bones of two extinct penguin species shows the geological emergence of islands plays a role in penguin evolution.
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Professor of Education, University of Otago
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Researcher, Department of Zoology, University of Otago
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Research Fellow, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago
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Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago
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Associate Professor in Surgery, University of Otago
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PhD Candidate (Ecology), University of Otago
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Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
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Professor in Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago
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Teaching Fellow, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Otago
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Associate Professor in Health Promotion, University of Otago
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Professor of International Relations, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics, University of Otago
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Professor of Ecology, University of Otago
