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Tears in the rainforest

The Penan tribes live in seemingly idyllic settlements in the Borneo jungle – less than ten hours’ drive from Brunei, but light years from the modern

Is your pharmacist ethical?

At around $10 a teaspoon, homeopathic remedies are an expensive way to buy water, writes Vicki Hyde, chair of NZ Skeptics. Despite this, some pharmacists seem

Glad to be recycling

Food storage brand GLAD has teamed up with recycling experts TerraCycle to launch the GLAD To Recycle Contest, offering New Zealanders the chance to win cash

Whistle-blower

Dr Elvira Dommisse, biotechnologist … and genetic engineering whistle-blower Photograph by David Baird When a woman who spent five years of her life setting up New

Coral reefs

Coral reefs are home to 25 percent of all marine species … and they’re disappearing fast Coral reefs are home to 25 percent of all marine

Carbon 101

Can changing a lightbulb make a difference? Nope—but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. Annabel McAleer takes it back to basics, to discover how carbon became the

Parabens

Should you worry about parabens? The average woman uses 12 products containing parabens every day. But these cosmetic preservatives can be absorbed by the body, and

Not in our waters – surely?

Exploitation and slavery-like conditions are not what we associate with working in New Zealand. But what about on our seas? Libby Nicholson-Moon investigates. Exploitation and slavery-like

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