"Be fruitful and multiply" says the Bible, and worldwide religious people tend to have more children than their secular counterparts. New research suggests that this "multiplying" may be the result of the higher levels of ...
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2020
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New University of Otago research provides insight into how males influence their mates' health, growth and fertility.
Evolution
Jun 23, 2020
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Controversy over public statues is nothing new, with protestors taking to New Zealand's statues with a range of weapons including an axe, a concrete cutter and a hammer over recent decades, a study by researchers from the ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2020
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New University of Otago research sheds light on guinea pig domestication and how and why the small, furry animals became distributed around the world.
Archaeology
Jun 16, 2020
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Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we need to think about what people eat to fuel their walking and cycling.
Environment
Jun 12, 2020
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Women use more diverse modes of travel and generate lower greenhouse gas emissions than men, despite men being more than twice as likely to travel by bike, a New Zealand study has found.
Environment
Jun 10, 2020
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New research which "fills in the blanks" on what ancient Papuan New Guineans ate, and how they processed food, has ended decades-long speculation on tool use and food stables in the highlands of New Guinea several thousand ...
Archaeology
Jun 4, 2020
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A University of Otago study of 2,595 New Zealanders working from home during lockdown suggests that most people were equally or more productive (73 per cent), and that many want to continue to work from home at least part ...
Economics & Business
May 28, 2020
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A scientific article out of the University of Otago's Department of Zoology is calling for an end to the seemingly unkillable "nature versus nurture' debate, which the authors say creates damaging sways in the public's view ...
Evolution
May 13, 2020
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More than three quarters of New Zealand's retail food waste is being saved from landfill, in stark contrast to Kiwi households, Otago researchers say.
Environment
Mar 30, 2020
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