History
Why ‘Planned Obsolescence’ Is Pretty Great, Really
They don’t make ’em like they used to, for a good reason.
aDNA Claims Another Popular Myth
It’s impossible that Aborigines were here 65,000 years ago.
Get the Facts, Not ‘We Just Reckon’
Facts demolish the edifice of lies passed off as ‘Aboriginal history’.
Where Are We 80 Years Later?
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the non-proliferation treaty.
Who Will Get To Name This Country?
Someone is going to have the power: you can’t make power disappear. Will you pick up the crown or let the Māori Party do it?
The History of Putting Animals on Trial
Mediaeval peasants treated animals more like people than even an animal rights activist today.
The Quantum Century: The Great Year of 1925
For a century, relativity and quantum mechanics have been at irreconcilable odds.
Why They Want (And Will Get) CBDCs
If the world is on track to reach 10 billion by 2080, and degeneracy is the default mode of human existence, what’s your alternative for organising all those people?
The Psyche of a Small, Proud, Compliant Country
NZ was not the test case this time. Ardern knew the Covid-19 injections would cause harm but went ahead and imposed them upon an accepting public.
Why Do We Hate Voting So Much?
Voting rights took centuries of struggle to win, so why don’t more people value it?