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Can the world’s largest cruise ship really be climate-friendly?

New York Times: It accommodates nearly 8,000 people - that's a challenge.

A select few witnessed Alabama’s nitrogen execution. This is what they saw

New York Times: Witnesses agree on one thing: It did not go as Alabama had promised.

We’re the Perma-Singles - eligible, sexy and unattached

Times: Don't want to be tied down? Aversion to dating apps? Why people are remaining solo.

Auckland Pride’s Julia Croft and Hāmiora Bailey are going beyond paradise

The co-directors on Ki Tua, leadership and passing the mic.

'I’m aware of the dangers': Max Verstappen on Lewis Hamilton and living on the edge

Times: Motorsport’s bad boy on track to become the greatest (and richest) F1 driver ever.

Gene therapy allows 11-year-old boy to hear for the first time

New York Times: The genetic treatment targeted a particular kind of congenital deafness.

She wrote a bestseller on women’s sex lives. Then her own fell apart

New York Times: Sex educator's new book on maintaining intimacy began at home.

An atheist chaplain and a death row inmate’s final hours

NYT: The duo spent a year together wresting one question: how to face death without God.

The inside story of Mayor Brown's office the night of the Auckland Anniversary floods

"If no one told you, would you know there was a war in Ukraine?” asks Mayor Brown.

The new space race is causing new pollution problems

New York Times: Earth’s stratosphere has never seen this level of emissions and waste.

How to have good sex in your 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s

Telegraph: How to boost bedroom satisfaction as you age.

Succession’s Sarah Snook: ‘A producer told me off for eating cake’

Times: As a teen in Australia she felt ugly and depressed. Now she's dominating Hollywood.

Actually, I don’t: How to call off your wedding

New York Times: Tips on what to do next from people who have been through it.

'Jokes have changed': Tina Fey on Mean Girls then and now

New York Times: Fey reflects on how different generations have reacted over the years.

How a polyamorous mum had a 'big sexual adventure' and found herself

New York Times: Molly Roden Winter's new memoir, More, is breathtakingly candid.

Opinion: 1374 days of pain – my life with long Covid

NY Times: Giorgia Lupi first got Covid in 2020. It's been 'running the show' ever since.

Who was the mysterious woman buried alone at the pet cemetery?

NYT: Unusual requests were common at the pet cemetery. Then came Patricia Chaarte.

Meet the bionic woman who was run over by a Tube train. Twice

Times: Sarah de Lagarde lay trapped and bleeding for 15 minutes before help came.