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NNew Zealand
Pike River families sound warning as health and safety bill moves closer
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Pike River families sound warning as health and safety bill moves closer

  • June 16, 2026
The Government says the bill will increase certainty, reduce compliance costs and help businesses understand their responsibilities to…
NNew Zealand
Auckland manslaughter defendant Kaixiao Liu suggests ‘cult’ leader insinuation is wrong
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Auckland manslaughter defendant Kaixiao Liu suggests ‘cult’ leader insinuation is wrong

  • June 8, 2026
Liu referred jurors to a document written by one of the women in the house titled “Letter of…
NNew Zealand
Auckland man avoids conviction for allowing teen sex work at his Kohimarama home
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Auckland man avoids conviction for allowing teen sex work at his Kohimarama home

  • May 3, 2026
The judge voiced suspicion that the defendant might have underplayed, to a degree, his involvement in the scheme.…
HHeadlines
Invercargill enrolled nurse censured for slapping dementia resident
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Invercargill enrolled nurse censured for slapping dementia resident

  • May 2, 2026
Pleas for help The teleconference hearing heard the woman had completed an Enrolled Nursing diploma and was registered…
HHealth
Scatterty et al. used a combination of self-report and biological measures to demonstrate that infrasound can have irritant, and aversive properties on humans. Similarly, infrasound appears to influence increases in negative affective evaluation.
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Infrasound Can Subtly Raise Stress and Discomfort, New Study Finds

  • April 27, 2026
New research suggests that infrasound — very low-frequency sound below 20 Hz — can increase cortisol levels and…
HHealth
Four-day OCD treatment offers new hope in New Zealand - No Such Thing as Normal
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Four-day OCD treatment offers new hope in New Zealand – No Such Thing as Normal

  • April 3, 2026
The hug came moments after Isabella had completed an intensive treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder, the Bergen 4-day…
WWildlife
Ayumu the chimpanzee spontaneously produced long, multicomponent instrumental displays by drumming, dragging, and throwing self-detached objects. Transition and rhythm analyses revealed non-random sequencing partially resembling pant-hoot structure, predominantly isochronous timing, and a more stable tempo when using tools than with the body. Accompanying play-face and silent bared teeth expressions suggest high arousal and positive affect, supporting the idea that affective vocal expression can be externalized through instrumental sound. Image credit: Hattori et al., doi: 10.1111/nyas.70239.
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Chimpanzee’s Drum Solo Offers Clues to Origins of Music

  • April 1, 2026
Researchers who analyzed dozens of spontaneous performances by a captive male chimpanzee named Ayumu say the animal’s steady…
SScience
Reconstruction of a Triassic coelacanth schematically showing the otophysic connection linking the ossified lung to the inner ear and enabling underwater hearing. Image credit: A. Beneteau & L. Cavin, MHNG.
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Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs

  • March 30, 2026
An analysis of two 240-million-year-old coelacanth fossils suggests a bizarre sensory adaptation: an ossified lung that transmitted sound…
EEntertainment
Split Enz tour 2026: Neil Finn on recapturing the band’s classic sound
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Split Enz tour 2026: Neil Finn on recapturing the band’s classic sound

  • March 28, 2026
Finn felt the familiar alchemy last month when Split Enz came back together and played their first gig…
SScience
Detail of the color pattern of the bill in adult specimens of the Chiloe steamerduck (A) and the Magellanic steamerduck (B). Image credit: Bernabé López-Lanús & Mariano Costa.
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New Species of Steamer Duck Discovered in Chile

  • March 26, 2026
In the cold, wave-battered channels off southern Chile, scientists have identified what they say is a new species…
SScience
Morrell et al. observed a new type of time crystal -- one whose particles levitate on a cushion of sound while interacting with each other by exchanging sound waves. Image credit: David Song / NYU.
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Physicists Create Levitating Form of Time Crystal

  • March 24, 2026
A team of scientists at New York University has created a version of the exotic phase of matter…
AArts and design
Designing the Sensory City: Architecture, Light Pollution, and Urban Noise
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Designing the Sensory City: Architecture, Light Pollution, and Urban Noise

  • March 13, 2026
SEOULLO Skygarden / MVRDV. Photo © Ossip van Duivenbode Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1039436/designing-the-sensory-city-architecture-light-pollution-and-urban-noise…
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