Well-off countries need to help fund poorer ones to mitigate global climate change, but that requires more public buy-in for sending money overseas. A new working paper led by NZ researchers suggests ...

Variations in two genes involved in regulating appetite and digestion may help to explain why some people lose more weight than others on glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medicines, such as Ozempic, ...

Close to 8% of the glacier ice the world had in 1975 is gone, a new study estimates. The research team, including NZers, found that world glaciers - not including the ice sheets of Antarctica and ...

People living with obstructive sleep apnoea have a 71% higher risk of heart issues or death from any cause, according to international research being presented at this year’s European Congress on ...

Electric vehicles could offer a solution to the problems power systems face when transitioning to renewable energy sources, according to international researchers. They say upgrading EV charging ...

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Brazilian researchers who have pooled together past research on the topic say that, despite larger muscle mass, transgender women have comparable physical fitness levels to those of cisgender women.

International researchers have developed a method for making bamboo-based plastic which they say is strong enough to be used for industrial purposes but able to biodegrade in soil within 50 days. The ...

A shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday night has been declared a terrorist attack by NSW Police, with at least 16 people dead including one of two shooters. The shooting occurred at an event marking the ...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people are more likely to have experienced childhood trauma before the age of 18 than their heterosexual peers, according to international research. The team used ...

We know artificial intelligence (AI) is energy and water hungry, but how hungry? A Dutch scientist says that, while figuring out the power and water use of chatbots like ChatGPT is hard, looking at ...

*BRIEFING RECORDING AVAILABLE* An annual survey of young Australians aged 15-29, called the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll (SDRR) survey, has revealed the gaps in what young Australians know about their ...