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Evidence Giant Blue Whale Making Comeback

Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 1:25 pm | University of Auckland

The critically endangered blue whale is increasingly looking like one of conservation’s biggest success stories and the good news just keeps on coming. In the first multi-year survey at South Georgia Island in the southwest Atlantic ... More >>

Fertility Clinics’ ‘success Rates’ Like Apples And Pears

Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 8:21 am | University of Auckland

Couples seeking help having a baby cannot meaningfully compare advertised ‘success rates’ between fertility clinics in New Zealand and Australia, a new study shows. Up to one in five couples experience infertility and some will seek help from fertility ... More >>

Living In Death’s Shadow: Personal Stories Of The AIDS Epidemic

Friday, 14 February 2020, 1:46 pm | University of Auckland

A new book by University of Auckland historian Dr Cheryl Ware looks at the intimate lives and memories of HIV-positive gay men in Sydney between 1982 and 1996. Inner-city Sydney was the epicentre of gay life in the Southern hemisphere ... More >>

Double Jeopardy Or Double Advantage? Ethnic Women In New Zealand Politics

Thursday, 13 February 2020, 11:34 am | University of Auckland

Where are all the ethnic women leaders in the stories we tell ourselves about Aotearoa New Zealand, past and present? “Ethnic minority women New Zealanders (defined as non-Pakeha, non-Māori, non-Pacific) have been involved in politics since ... More >>

Yawning Difference Between Us And Dogs

Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 1:40 pm | University of Auckland

In a bitter disappointment for dog lovers everywhere, scientists have found dogs don’t yawn at the same time we do because of any special human-canine bond. While contagious yawning is well documented in chimpanzees, the evidence is much more mixed ... More >>

Could An App Lower Your Blood Pressure?

Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 1:26 pm | University of Auckland

We all know that less is more when it comes to salt, but who has the time to check the sodium in every food item they buy? A smartphone app called SaltSwitch, being trialled at the University of Auckland, does just that: scan a barcode and ... More >>

Physicists shine light into Primordial Universe

Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 8:45 am | University of Auckland

Following the Big Bang, the Universe passes through a series of epochs, each one longer than the last. For physicists to be sure that they understand the Universe, the predicted events in each of these eras must combine to match what astronomers ... More >>

Female neuroscientists on why we need more women in science

Monday, 10 February 2020, 4:52 pm | University of Auckland

(Headline abbreviated, original headline: No-brainer: NZ’s top female neuroscientists on why we need more women in science) More >>

Bigger Babies At Risk Of Obesity In Adulthood: Study

Saturday, 8 February 2020, 10:58 am | University of Auckland

Strictly embargoed until 11pm Friday 7 February NZT (10am UK time): Big, ‘bonny’ babies are traditionally celebrated as pictures of health, but a new international study shows women born heavy were on average nearly 4kg heavier by their mid-twenties, ... More >>

Another doctor and nurse in the whare

Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 2:26 pm | University of Auckland

When brother and sister Eruera and Tumanako Bidois are back home at their marae, Tarimano, Rotorua, they’re getting used to having their aunties, uncles, and kaumātua asking them for medical advice. More >>

Medical cannabis may ease anxiety, chronic pain

Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 2:13 pm | University of Auckland

A new study of the first 400 patients in Aotearoa New Zealand assessed for medical cannabis suggests potential benefits for thousands of people beyond currently recognised uses. More >>

Removing barriers to inclusivity

Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 12:04 pm | University of Auckland

We need to challenge medical schools everywhere to re-evaluate their expectations of people with disabilities and their image of the ‘ideal’ physician, believes University of Auckland doctoral student Neera Jain. More >>

Award for significant analysis of judicial decision

Friday, 31 January 2020, 11:26 am | University of Auckland

A research paper that examines the Court of Appeal's judgment in the Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Lin has received an award in recognition of its significant analysis of a judicial decision. More >>

Text tips boost parenting confidence

Thursday, 30 January 2020, 9:49 am | University of Auckland

Could feeling more confident and connected parenting your teens be as simple as receiving text messages? World-first research from the University of Auckland suggests it can. More >>

Finding a new place to stand together

Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 11:50 am | University of Auckland

Mātauranga Māori and Pacific knowledge is being incorporated into both course content and the class environment in the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Arts. More >>

Pump up the volume: why we love loud music

Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 7:02 pm | University of Auckland

You walk into a club and the music hits you like a wall. You have to yell in your friend’s ear to make yourself heard; the intensity is almost painful, but it swallows you up and that feels good. When you step outside much later, your ears are ringing ... More >>