Reader’s Digest New Zealand

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LETTERS • Reader’s Comments And Opinions

EDITOR’S NOTE

Reader’s Digest New Zealand • Vol. 207 No. 1226 October/November 2024

The Power Of Music

SMART ANIMALS • Know how to make themselves at home

Signs Your Pet May Be Overweight • There’s more to it than checking the number on the scale

How To Protect Your Eyesight

Sleep Helps Shed Weight

WORLD OF MEDICINE

My My Stutter, Myself • If others don’t notice my stutter, can I really call myself a stutterer?

DO YOU DARE? • Two savvy business women want us to start eating insects. It’s good for the environment, but can consumers get over the yuck factor?

LIFE’S LIKE THAT • Seeing The Funny Side

TRAPPED UNDER A GREY SKY

SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY

How To Make The Perfect CUP OF TEA

A SYMPHONY OF IRRITATION

INTO THE LIGHT • Doctors used to tell people who had suffered concussions to sit in a dark room until they felt better. Now they have entirely different advice – and much better results

GET A GREEN(ER) THUMB

LAUGHTER • The Best Medicine

AFTER THE ERUPTION • In popular culture, the sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius is usually depicted as an apocalyptic event. Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

Impressive Creations • 3D printers can be used to create buildings, artwork, vehicles, food, and even body parts

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Fast-Moving Facts About Driving

TRESPASSING THE TRAIN GRAVEYARD • The place was off-limits, just enough to make you want to get in …

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK • Humour On The Job

DO MORE WITH YOUR TECH • Cool features that can help make life easier, safer, even more fun

The Great Astronomers • The starry sky has fascinated humans since ancient times

TO HELL AND BACK • The Darvaza crater in Turkmenistan is known as the Gates of Hell. I stood on its edge – and lived to tell the tale

HOME AT LAST! HOME AT LAST! • A cat missing for five years, a dog who disappeared during a fire, and more heart-warming true stories of pets who were lost – then found

PUZZLES • Challenge yourself by solving these puzzles and mind stretchers, then check your answers on page 142.

FAMILY FUN

TRIVIA • Test Your General Knowledge

PUZZLE ANSWERS • From Page 138

WORD POWER • Halloween on October 31 is the time to share scary stories. Turn the down the lights and create a spooky atmosphere with these words