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Billions of dollars poured into Alzheimer's disease research has brought us no closer to understanding why some people lose their memories and fade away in front of their families. Yes, the human brain is complicated says science journalist Charles Piller, but the lack of progress is not just about biology, it's the result of arrogance, manipulated research results and downright fraud. Piller spent years peeling back the scientific scandal costing millions of research dollars and precious time for families. He details his investigation in his book, Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer's.
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Our Aussie correspondent relays all the latest news in the 'lucky country' including a multi-billion-dollar bailout of steelworks in South Australia and new laws passed in NSW aimed at reducing the spate of antisemitic incidents we. And there's also the story of a couple who had to sit next to a woman who died on a flight to Venice for the last four hours of the flight.
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Today Catherine Robertson reviews two nonfiction books and a novel. They are: Mrs D is Not on a Diet (Allen and Unwin) by Lotta Dann. Route 52: A Big Lump of Country Unknown (Ugly Hill Press) by Simon Burt Book People (Headline) by Jackie Ashenden
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Vertech managing director Dan Watson gets nostalgic for retro gaming of the 80s and 90s. Turns out you can relive your childhood using programmes called emulators. Dan also discusses the news that following Australia, MPs here have had their phones wiped of DeepSeek and WeChat.
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According to our most recent General Social Survey, a quarter of New Zealanders aged between 15 and 25 say they are lonely some or all of the time. The majority of that group live in the regions, where socialising with people their own age can be a rare opportunity. Re:News looks at this in their new docuseries 'The Regions', which follows their journalists as they travel to some of the most isolated regions in the country to meet young people we don't hear enough about. You can watch the series now on TVNZ+ and YouTube. Baz Macdonald is on the Re:News team and directed one of the episodes.
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Almost 120 years ago, a tragic incident captured headlines across the nation. The emu at Wellington Zoo was found dead in its enclosure only ten days after it arrived. Did the emu die of natural causes? Or was it killed in an act of cruelty?
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The biennial Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival kicked off today. 55 groups are vying for the coveted Toa Whakaihuwaka title in the competition this year, making it the biggest iteration of the festival yet.
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There was a time when we had to work hard for a hit of happy hormones our bodies produce naturally. Sugar, alcohol, scrolling social media on smart phones make dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins easy to access says Neuroscientist TJ Power. Too easy, he says . For years Power struggled with addictions and anxiety, damaging his brain while studying how it worked at the same time. His research led him to find a way to use the four natural hormones in our bodies with the acronym DOSE to improve mental health. He shares practical ways to harness the power of our happy hormones in his new book, The Dose Effect: Small Habits to Boost Your Brain Chemistry
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today we're focusing on the first of those inevitability's: death, and in particular funerals.
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It's a simple concept: Jesse calls an info center, chosen at random, with no advance warning. It could be good, fun chat. It could be a disaster.
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Caitlin Cherry reviews the hotly anticipated first episode of The White Lotus and reviews what she calls "the best medical drama ever made."
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Just over three years ago the End of Life Choice Act became law.
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We're all familiar with drones but how much do you really know about "Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles" and the role they could play in your daily life?
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Seivin Kim is Avondale College's Dux and deservedly so. As a year 10 student she was awarded Top in the World for IGCSE Mathematics and awarded a further five Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards across four different subjects. She's represented Avondale in Maths Olympiad, Bebras thinking, Mathematical modelling. She represented New Zealand proudly in the International Chemistry Olympiad in Saudi Arabia last year. On top of all of this, she also found the time to be part of Avondale's tuakana teina programme offering tutorials to students of all ages. And the list goes on. Jesse talks to Seivin after her prizegiving on Thursday night.
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A shortage of accessible housing meeting the needs of those with disabilities has left more than 25 Hawke's Bay residents living in ages-care facilities.
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This week's critter creates one of the most beautiful shells in the ocean. But they're not your run-of-the-mill shell-dweller: the pupu tarakihi or knobbled argonaut (Argonautus nodosus) is one of the world's weirdest octopuses. Female knobbled argonauts create their beautiful translucent shells by excreting minerals out of two enlarged tentacles. They are the only creature in the world that makes a shell out of their own arms. The shells are both a nursery for their eggs and young and a place to tuck away as they drift on the ocean surface.
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Builder and DIY expert Stan Scott is ready to take your questions if you've got something that needs to be fixed around the house or that weekend project is looming.
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Martin Bosley tempts with a fantastic lemony tart. Get the recipe here.
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Three brothers and a bestie make up indie rock group Daily J, today's guests on NZ Live. They've delivered sold our tours at home and across the ditch, and also made a big splash in the UK. Their singles and albums have racked up tens of millions of streams. Today's a very exciting day as they've just dropped their third studio album 'Scatterbrains'. They're about to fly over to Australia for their biggest tour yet, which will culminate back home at Auckland's Powerstation on the 28th of March.
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Kate Rodger reviews the latest Bridget Jones and muses about James Bond and where that might go now it's in the hands of Amazon.
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