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Poll: NZers against sending solo parents back to work
The Government is looking into the Welfare Working Group's recommendations on...
Unorthodox faith systems: Believe them or not
Alan Perrott meets three women who have found a new direction through three unorthodox faith systems.
Coping with wilful kids? It's as easy as ABCD
Working with - rather than against - spirited children is key, finds Donna McIntyre.
Bilingual skills a boost for brain
Speaking two languages from a young age may help protect people from Alzheimer's disease.
Can't add up? Don't despair you may suffer from dyscalculia
It affects one in 20 people, can undermine their confidence and frequently leads to the embarrassment of counting on one's fingers.
Researchers uncover the nature of human kindness
A woman's compassion is largely due to the genes she inherits - but for men it comes from the environment.
Born to be happy: Discovering the 'happiness gene'
Some people are born happy, scientists say. Researchers have identified a "happiness gene" that makes people more likely to feel satisfied with their lives. Their sunny dispostion is an accident of birth, at least in part.
Remembering to remember
With so many ways of storing data, are we forgetting how to remember? Not according to US writer Joshua Foer, who reveals new and remarkable strategies for memorising. By Robin McKie.
The blurred reality of humanity
If you can be sure of one thing, then surely it is that you exist. Even if the world were a dream or a hallucination, it would still need you to be dreaming or hallucinating it.
Key to mental fitness - work the brain
Scientist says that exercise is the key to mental fitness.
How repetition helps a child's vocabulary
It may be boring for parents - but reading the same book over and over again to children is the best way to develop their vocabulary.
Future generations may be lost in space
If travelling to a new home might take thousands of years, would humans be able to successfully procreate along the way?
The smelling test
The human nose contains roughly 400 olfactory receptors, but no two people have the same sense of smell.
Stem cell campaigners win go-ahead for trial
Ethics experts have approved NZ's first clinical trial using adult stem cells to treat people with spinal injuries.
DNA sequencing in one easy step
What if a DNA reading machine could be fed through a machine, much like swiping your credit card?
Couple wanting a daughter abort twin boys
A couple so desperate for a baby girl that they terminated twin boys are fighting to choose the gender of their next child.
Scientists find there is such a thing as beauty sleep
Researchers claim to have found the first proof that getting a regular eight hours' sleep a night can make you appear more attractive.
The $10,000 human genome
You can sequence your own genome for $10,000 USD - and it will only take around eight days to complete.
Birth from the inside out
Where would the world of childbirth be without those uninhibited European women who feature so prominently in birthing videos?
The fertility specialist who does things his own way
Mohamed Taranissi, the so-called 'bad boy of the fertility world' is still Britain's most successful IVF specialist.
Aspirin - the little pill with a big impact on cancer
It is not yet a panacea for all ills, but it is getting close.