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A month or so ago we posted on a study that appeared to show that the brains of conservative and liberals differed. A […]

Apologies to The Independent Financial Review and to Chris Trotter for this rather large cut and paste from the second half of his […]

This years’ Ig Nobel awards have just been presented. The awards recognise achievements that “first make people laugh, then make them think”. Pictured […]

Today is the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara’s death. The BBC has a piece up titled “Che: the icon and the ad” tracing […]

And would you even know if you were? A team of researchers have set up an online test that can help to uncover […]

A good read from Bill Ralston in the Herald today. He observes what seems to have been a turn in media and public […]

The Guardian reports that “Growing consumer demand for ethically sourced coffee has fuelled a huge year-on-year rise in sales”. Global sales of coffee, […]

Fran O’Sullivan of the Herald, has lept to John Key’s defence. She points to a couple of times back in 2003 when Clark […]

The NBR this week – hardly a publication known for its politically balanced coverage – includes digs at both National Party blogger David […]

The NY Times reports: DASHIV is in town and the celebration has not ceased. Strange women are opening their apartments to him. Three […]

If you read yesterday’s post about music and copyright this might be of interest. If not, umm, well sorry. Radiohead are about to […]

A recent neurobiology study suggests that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives. The result seems to be strongly tied to low-level […]

I just watched a fantastic Danish documentary, “Good Copy, Bad Copy”. The hour long film is about art, culture, copyright and freedom – […]

McCarten’s column in the Herald today asks readers to get out and vote in local body elections – particularly for candidates opposed to […]

Police Minister Annette King has sensibly decided to wait for a police report on their trial of the Taser stun gun before making […]

Here’s an interesting article from The Economist entitled “The truth about recycling”. It sets out to answer some of the big questions about […]

Yesterday the PM helped launch Cityhop – a rental car company who park their cars around the Auckland CBD. The cars can be […]

From Colin Espiner’s blog: The Government has been dying for National to make this kind of error for months, but when it came […]

  In being ‘economical’ with the truth, Gordon Copeland struggled with what some would think was a pretty easy biblical edict – don’t […]

At Columbia University on Monday, the President of Iran, Mr Ahmadinejad said homosexuality did not exist in his country: “In Iran we don’t […]

Newsweek’s Steven Levy does a quick video preview of the OLPC laptop, writing that “The $100 (well, $200) laptop is ready to change […]

From Colin Espiner’s blog, his comments on English’s “gaffe” about privatisation: One of the problems of being a party without any policies is […]

God has spoken this week. It’s clear that he doesn’t want Gordon Copeland, Brian Tamaki or Taito Phillip Field representing him on Earth. […]

Colin Espiner seems to think the government’s done ok with its climate change policy: While I can’t confess to yet having had time […]

From The Guardian: It isn’t easy being green. You have to turn the thermostat down to a chilly 18C in winter, spend ages […]

An American doctoral student has found that there may be a silver lining when it comes to higher petrol prices – they might […]

Colin Espiner writes in the Press that “Prime Minister Helen Clark has become a polarising figure in New Zealand politics, but voters have […]

Earlier this week I posted on National’s attempted inoculation of the “nuclear issue”. Chris Trotter’s just written a related analysis of Key’s comments […]

Feeling guilty after watching An Inconvenient Truth? Want to do your bit to help save the planet but don’t have the cash to […]

A reader just sent me a link to a piece in The Guardian entitled: “First world results on a third world budget”. It’s […]

The LA Times has a story today about Freegans – “a growing subculture of people who have reduced their spending habits and live […]