Fear of food
Subscriber contentBy Ruth Laugesen in Current Affairs
Anorexia turns normal homes into “madhouses”. Genes are part of the riddle of this terrifying illness, but a new wave of treatment offers fresh hope.
Turkey and the Twitter menace
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
The prime minister loathes Twitter, but the mayor of Ankara embraces its power - until it backfires.
Attractive results
By Marc Wilson in Psychology
Good looks can make the difference between life and death.
Jane Clifton: Why I'm feeling for Peter Dunne
By Jane Clifton in Politics
The demands made of the United Future party to re-register are downright inane.
Current Affairs
Blogging the tuatara genome
By Toby Manhire
A major new project to sequence and undestand the DNA of NZ's best looking native animal.
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As risky as houses
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From Xero a hero
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The go-getter from Google
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Culture
Our future on a plate
Subscriber contentA food system built around the holy trinity of local, seasonal and organic “simply won’t cut it”, says a controversial UK restaurant critic and author.
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Opening the Fludde gates
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Warhol: his 15 minutes and more
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Post-modern vamping: Anti Lebanon by Carl Shuker
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Lifestyle
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Going into a spin
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Beefed-up results
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Through thick and thin
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Commentary
Richard Dawkins: the meme-maker
By Toby Manhire
The man who invented the word "meme" in puzzling self-referential Cannes presentation.
Money 2013
Money 2013: Pieces of eight
By Mark Lister
Investment analyst Mark Lister follows up last year’s sharemarket picks and recommends yield and growth stocks for the year ahead.
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Money 2013: Change of fortune
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Money 2013: Stocks in trade
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Money 2013: Dilemmas for bond investors
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Competitions
Caption competition 29
Try your hand at this week's caption competition.
Books
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Now you see him, now you don’t
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One giant leap backwards for womankind
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Animal magic: The Elusive Language of Ducks, by Judith White
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TV & Entertainment
Weekly trivia quiz
By The Listener
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. - P.G. Wodehouse
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Crossword 826 answers and explanations
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Online June 29-July 5
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Bradford's Hollywood: John C Reilly, Reese Witherspoon
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Film
On at the movies: June 29, 2013
Subscriber contentBy David Larsen
David Larsen reviews White Lies (Tuakiri Huna), directed by Dana Rotberg. Plus a roundup of films now showing.
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On at the movies: June 22, 2013
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On at the movies: June 15, 2013
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On at the movies: June 8, 2013
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From Our Archive
From our archive: Bill's excellent adventure
In 1994, then-38-year-old Bill Gates was already bored of the term 'information superhighway'. Finlay Macdonald interviewed him during a whistle-stop tour
Archive
June 29, 2013
COVER STORY: Digital dynamos