Eighty years after it was established, a glimpse inside an Auckland monastery reveals simplicity and contentment born of another time...


	Silent Sisters Carmelite nuns live in seclusion, rarely venturing from their cloister. Instead, they devote themselves to prayer and contemplation. A glimpse inside an Auckland monastery reveals simplicity and contentment born of another time.

Blast from the past

A new species of Samoan beetle has been discovered, long after it became extinct. It had been locked away for more than 140 years in the Natural History Museum in Paris. Now, an entomologist has figured out the likely cause of its extinction.

A song of ice and whales

Researchers left recording devices underwater off the coast of Antarctica for three years, creating the first baseline measure of maritime sounds in an ocean largely free of human activity. The closest major shipping lane was 4000 kilometres away.

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IS THE EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSING?
In the past, south was north and north was south – but now there are reports that patches of the magnetic field deep under Earth’s crust are weakening and even reversing. You might imagine the magnetic field is a timeless, constant aspect of life – but Earth's magnetic field actually does change.

THE RISKS OF UNPROVEN STEM CELL TREATMENTS
An expert in stem cell treatment is warning of dodgy operators in New Zealand offering unproven and potentially dangerous treatments. A recently released scientific paper documented a case of three women in the United States who were blinded by an experimental treatment for macular degeneration.
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