EnergyFed-up public open to fuel changeNew ETS charges and images of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig catastrophe are giving impetus to the fledgling bio-fuels sector.04 Jul 04:00 PM
Media and marketingE is for bookA library in your handbag? Cheaper reading? The salvation of newspapers? Digital publishing promises all that and more. But, reports Karyn Scherer, the future isn't quite here yet.04 Jul 03:45 PM
WorldUN celebrates 'watershed day' for womenThe United Nations has decided to set up a single, powerful body to promote equality for women around the world.04 Jul 01:35 AM
WorldBushmeat trade threatens Congo's pygmiesA tidal wave of demand for game meat could drive some of Africa's last hunter-gatherers to eradicate the very wildlife that sustains them.04 Jul 12:41 AM
LifestyleFrom gate to plate - chefs grow their ownChefs from London to Loch Voll are growing their own produce, from bumper crops of carrots to unusual herbs they find difficult to source.03 Jul 10:52 PM
World1970 vs 2010: Forty years when we got older, richer and fatterA British report shows that during the course of four decades, our lives have changed in a myriad subtle ways.03 Jul 12:38 AM
New ZealandWho wants to be a centenarian?Scientists warn that the average person is not ready to face his or her own mortality.02 Jul 12:25 AM
TechnologyBroadband now 'legal right' for Finnish citizensFinland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for all of its citizens.01 Jul 03:37 AM
New ZealandSimple test offers hope for marrow transplantsWhile a white person has a one in three chance of finding a donor, Asian and black patients have just a one in 125,000 chance.01 Jul 12:22 AM
New ZealandPublic access mapping system launchedThe NZ Walking Access Commission is producing a mapping system so that people can more easily find out where there is legal public access across land.29 Jun 11:40 PM
WorldRacist violence migrates to the countrysideRacism and xenophobic violence is flourishing in towns and villages across Britain - while inner city areas that were once hotbeds of racial violence are now more "at ease" with diversity.26 Jun 01:02 AM
Technology3D - increasing the gaming spectacleHow 3D games are changing the experience.24 Jun 04:00 PM
EnvironmentAn 80s revival nobody wants to see: the return of acid rainThirty years ago it was one of the great environmental issues, along with the hole in the ozone layer and CFC chemicals. Now acid rain may be making a comeback.23 Jun 03:08 AM
EnvironmentHow whale droppings could save the planetResearchers estimate that the iron-rich faeces of sperm whales helps remove 400,000 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year.17 Jun 01:09 AM
Opinion<i>Rob Fenwick</i>: Sea levels set for dramatic risePolar scientists are united on the likelihood of level rises - but how much and when?16 Jun 04:00 PM
LifestyleIs this the start of a backlash against circumcision?The Royal Dutch Medical Association has adopted the view that the circumcision of underage boys violates their human rights.14 Jun 10:25 PM
Small BusinessClever Kiwi companies out to prove that technology can save money, as well as many people's lives13 Jun 03:44 PM
LifestyleEverybody's dancingContemporary dance is enjoying an explosion in popularity, from belly dancing to street and ballet styles.13 Jun 01:12 AM
Media and marketingA glimpse into the future of journalismBuried in a local Michigan paper, one byline offers a taste of what journalism could one day become.12 Jun 03:57 AM
WorldCut-price degrees proposed to stem university costsA radical plan for cut-price degrees has been outlined in the UK as a means of solving higher education's economic woes. 11 Jun 03:23 AM
WorldA big day for football, a giant leap for a continentThe image of Africa in many minds is of a Hopeless Continent - but more than just a football stadium is being reborn. 11 Jun 03:10 AM
Official Cash RateThe man who lends cash to people banks won't touchMeet microfinance pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, banker to the world's poor.10 Jun 12:53 AM
WorldBritain: First woman to lead Friday prayersRaheel Raza is part of a growing group of Muslim feminists challenging the traditional exclusion of women from leadership roles within the mosque.10 Jun 12:27 AM
