Nikau Hepi lands US college football scholarship despite never playing the sport
Florida State, who initially offered Hepi a scholarship in June, are one of the most prestigious programmes in…
High School Dropout Now at OpenAI Says He Used ChatGPT to Learn AI
A high school dropout learned machine learning with ChatGPT. Now he’s a research scientist at OpenAI working on…
Why Grip Strength Boosts Longevity; Exercises to Try
Easily popping the lid off a jar can mean you’ll live longer — but not for the reasons…
A Dietitian Follows the 80/20 Rule to Eat Enough Protein, Fiber
As a registered dietitian, most of Maddie Pasquariello’s Instagram feed looks like how you’d expect. Beautifully constructed salads,…
Mum’s double lung transplant a lifesaving gift from a stranger
When NZME visited Carruthers at her home in Halcombe, Manawatū, in February, her rare lung condition had deteriorated…
No shore thing: Steve Braunias on the perfectly deformed wrybill snubbed again for Bird of the Year
Everything was going so well at the Ashley River until I turned up. I happened to be in…
Nelson Asofa-Solomona weighs NRL, Rugby 360 options but confirms boxing plans
“I’m looking for something that gets me up in the morning and that’s one of them,” said Asofa-Solomona.…
Former prison officer Rhonda Hāpi-Smith shares life behind the wire in new book
At work, she had a tough exterior to shield herself from constant verbal abuse, and she knew how…
How a Diesel Mechanic Made a Career Pivot to Head of AI at a Startup
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 30-year-old Daryl Roberts, lead AI and machine learning engineer…
Judd Apatow on working too much, TV cancellations, ‘Comedy Nerd’ book
On the Shelf Comedy Nerd: A Lifelong Obsession in Stories and Pictures By Judd ApatowRandom House: 576 pages,…
We shouldn’t sell our state assets unless we’re building – Nick Leggett
Here in New Zealand, we face an infrastructure deficit estimated at over $200b. In this context, it is…
Dirty money: Why your KiwiSaver fund may not be as ethical as you think
What if, when it comes to weapons, it was the “responsible” thing for a KiwiSaver manager to buy…