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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Malone, Professor, Environmental Sustainability and Childhood Studies, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock To remember things, you need to give them your full attention. American neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice, Lisa Genova’s key findings on preventing Alzheimer’s disease show how to enhance memory to retain ... <a title="How to use a trip to the playground to help your children strengthen their memory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/how-to-use-a-trip-to-the-playground-to-help-your-children-strengthen-their-memory-163424/" aria-label="Read more about How to use a trip to the playground to help your children strengthen their memory">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark David Ryan, Associate Professor Film, Screen, Animation, Queensland University of Technology The Dry/Roadshow Films The Australian screen industry is booming. Russell Crowe recently announced his support for a A$438 million film studio — complete with accommodation — in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. In the lead ... <a title="International franchises love filming in ‘Aussiewood’ — but the local industry is booming too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/international-franchises-love-filming-in-aussiewood-but-the-local-industry-is-booming-too-162861/" aria-label="Read more about International franchises love filming in ‘Aussiewood’ — but the local industry is booming too">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Dodd, Tutor, The University of Queensland A report from the US task force dedicated to investigating UFOs — or, in the official jargon, UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) — has neither confirmed nor rejected the idea such sightings could indicate alien visits to Earth. On Friday June ... <a title="Pentagon report says UFOs can’t be explained, and this admission is a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-and-this-admission-is-a-big-deal-161806/" aria-label="Read more about Pentagon report says UFOs can’t be explained, and this admission is a big deal">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Duffy, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology Despite the excitement of the Australian swimming trials to determine which athletes will go to the Tokyo Olympics, it was still hard to overlook the absence of swimmer Shayna Jack. Jack is a 22-year-old Australian swimming star. She has ... <a title="Why Shayna Jack is likely to successfully defend her doping ban appeal — but still won’t be at the Tokyo Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/why-shayna-jack-is-likely-to-successfully-defend-her-doping-ban-appeal-but-still-wont-be-at-the-tokyo-olympics-162427/" aria-label="Read more about Why Shayna Jack is likely to successfully defend her doping ban appeal — but still won’t be at the Tokyo Olympics">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Indonesia’s most troubled province of Papua is become embroiled in another mass demonstration with protesters barricading provincial government buildings and offices over a draconian and undemocratic appointment. The latest unrest is in response to last week’s controversial appointment of Papua’s Provincial Government Secretary, Dance Yulian Flassy, as Acting Governor of ... <a title="Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/papuans-protest-over-draconian-bid-by-jakarta-to-replace-governor-enembe/" aria-label="Read more about Papuans protest over draconian bid by Jakarta to replace Governor Enembe">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
RNZ Pacific The electoral stalemate in Samoa finally looks set to be resolved with a Court of Appeal ruling on Friday paving the way for a Supreme Court hearing today. Today’s hearing will determine whether the swearing-in ceremony held last month by the election-winning FAST party was legal. The Supreme Court is due to sit ... <a title="Samoan court ruling may open door to Parliament sitting this week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/samoan-court-ruling-may-open-door-to-parliament-sitting-this-week/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan court ruling may open door to Parliament sitting this week">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Joint Op-Ed by: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja, Omar Abdi. With health systems at a breaking point, hospitals at capacity and desperate family members searching for oxygen for loved ones, the devastating second wave of COVID-19 that has swept across South Asia has felt surreal. Official figures have indicated record-breaking daily coronavirus cases and deaths, ... <a title="Op-Ed: Universal civil registration and vital statistics are critical for truth, trust and COVID recovery in Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/op-ed-universal-civil-registration-and-vital-statistics-are-critical-for-truth-trust-and-covid-recovery-in-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Universal civil registration and vital statistics are critical for truth, trust and COVID recovery in Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Evans, ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Jurik Peter / Shutterstock Imagine you sit down and pick up your favourite book. You look at the image on the front cover, run your fingers across the smooth book sleeve, and smell that familiar ... <a title="Is reality a game of quantum mirrors? A new theory suggests it might be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/is-reality-a-game-of-quantum-mirrors-a-new-theory-suggests-it-might-be-162936/" aria-label="Read more about Is reality a game of quantum mirrors? A new theory suggests it might be">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Fougerouse, Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Uoaei1/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the precious metal. The term was often used during the California gold rush in the 1840s because ... <a title="Not so foolish after all: ‘fool’s gold’ contains a newly discovered type of real gold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/not-so-foolish-after-all-fools-gold-contains-a-newly-discovered-type-of-real-gold-161819/" aria-label="Read more about Not so foolish after all: ‘fool’s gold’ contains a newly discovered type of real gold">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University There has been a mixed reaction to Barnaby Joyce’s return to leader of the federal National Party and deputy prime minister. Even some within his own party have expressed concern at his return to centre stage. There are ... <a title="What is Barnaby Joyce’s ‘women’ problem? And why does it matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/what-is-barnaby-joyces-women-problem-and-why-does-it-matter-163255/" aria-label="Read more about What is Barnaby Joyce’s ‘women’ problem? And why does it matter?">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben White, Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Voluntary assisted dying laws, which allow terminally ill people who meet strict eligibility criteria to end their life, have been operating in Victoria for two years. The laws ... <a title="Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying scheme is challenging and complicated. Some people die while they wait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/victorias-voluntary-assisted-dying-scheme-is-challenging-and-complicated-some-people-die-while-they-wait-162094/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying scheme is challenging and complicated. Some people die while they wait">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Tan, Professor of Agronomy (Agriculture), University of Sydney On July 1, the New South Wales government will lift a ban on genetically modified (GM) crops after an 18-year moratorium. It will mean GM crops can now be grown in every Australian state except Tasmania. Major farming ... <a title="From this week, every mainland Australian state will allow genetically modified crops. Here’s why that’s nothing to fear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/from-this-week-every-mainland-australian-state-will-allow-genetically-modified-crops-heres-why-thats-nothing-to-fear-159976/" aria-label="Read more about From this week, every mainland Australian state will allow genetically modified crops. Here’s why that’s nothing to fear">Read more</a>
