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September 20, 2022
PNG Post-Courier The tears came freely as the birth of the new nation of Papua New Guinea was heralded by a new flag — the Glorious Red, Black and Gold. Tears of joy, tears of freedom, tears of sadness, all rolled into one on the momentous occasion of the end of an era of colonialism. ... <a title="PNG’s Sir Julius: ‘I shed tears of joy and sadness – for a new beginning’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/pngs-sir-julius-i-shed-tears-of-joy-and-sadness-for-a-new-beginning/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Sir Julius: ‘I shed tears of joy and sadness – for a new beginning’">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer King, Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney Gwendal Cottin/Unsplash Last week, Johnson & Johnson reached a A$300 million settlement for two class actions brought by Australian women affected by complications from vaginal mesh products. The products are surgically implanted to correct urinary incontinence or prolapse, where ... <a title="Action on faulty vaginal mesh took too long, now women struggle to access mesh surgery that works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/action-on-faulty-vaginal-mesh-took-too-long-now-women-struggle-to-access-mesh-surgery-that-works-190532/" aria-label="Read more about Action on faulty vaginal mesh took too long, now women struggle to access mesh surgery that works">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrice Pottier, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Climate change is making heatwaves worse. Many people have already noticed the difference – and so too have other animals. Sadly, research by myself and colleagues has found young animals, in particular, are struggling to ... <a title="Young cold-blooded animals are suffering the most as Earth heats up, research finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/young-cold-blooded-animals-are-suffering-the-most-as-earth-heats-up-research-finds-190606/" aria-label="Read more about Young cold-blooded animals are suffering the most as Earth heats up, research finds">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Newitt, Lecturer, Criminology, Western Sydney University This article contains information on deaths in custody, racist language and violence experienced by First Nations people in encounters with the Australian justice system. It also contains references to and the names of people who have passed away. The three-month ... <a title="Police texts in Kumanjayi Walker case another sordid example of systemic racism in Australia’s legal system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/police-texts-in-kumanjayi-walker-case-another-sordid-example-of-systemic-racism-in-australias-legal-system-190833/" aria-label="Read more about Police texts in Kumanjayi Walker case another sordid example of systemic racism in Australia’s legal system">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katarina Miljkovic, ARC Future Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University NASA / JPL-Caltech Since 2018, NASA’s InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves from more than 1,300 marsquakes in its quest to probe the internal structure of the red planet. The solar panels ... <a title="For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/for-the-first-time-robots-on-mars-found-meteorite-impact-craters-by-sensing-seismic-shock-waves-190755/" aria-label="Read more about For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Michaelsen, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney Dmitri Lovetsky/AP/AAP Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022, the United States, the European Union and other countries swiftly imposed a mix of wide-ranging diplomatic and economic sanctions. Russia was excluded from the Council of Europe and voted ... <a title="Are the West’s sanctions against Russia actually working?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/are-the-wests-sanctions-against-russia-actually-working-190424/" aria-label="Read more about Are the West’s sanctions against Russia actually working?">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Wong, Forrest Fellow, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Have you ever wondered exactly how many ants live on Earth? Possibly not, but it’s certainly a question we’ve asked ourselves. Our research published today provides an approximate answer. We conservatively estimate our planet harbours about 20 ... <a title="Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/earth-harbours-20-000-000-000-000-000-ants-and-they-weigh-more-than-wild-birds-and-mammals-combined-190831/" aria-label="Read more about Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Lecturer and Research Fellow, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Photo: Jaana Dielenberg, Author provided To anyone who has stepped off a hot pavement into a shady park, it will come as little surprise that trees (and shrubs) have a big cooling effect ... <a title="Climate change threatens up to 100% of trees in Australian cities, and most urban species worldwide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/climate-change-threatens-up-to-100-of-trees-in-australian-cities-and-most-urban-species-worldwide-188807/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change threatens up to 100% of trees in Australian cities, and most urban species worldwide">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Dombroski, Associate Professor in Geography, Massey University Maja Moritz, CC BY-ND In the aftermath of a series of earthquakes that devastated Ōtautahi Christchurch 12 years ago, impromptu and transitional organisations kickstarted the city’s recovery. On the many vacant sites in the demolished city, they supported pop-up ... <a title="The city as laboratory: what post-quake Christchurch is teaching us about urban recovery and transformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/the-city-as-laboratory-what-post-quake-christchurch-is-teaching-us-about-urban-recovery-and-transformation-190738/" aria-label="Read more about The city as laboratory: what post-quake Christchurch is teaching us about urban recovery and transformation">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Michael McCarthy, Emeritus Professor, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia Emily Morter/Unsplah, CC BY Education Minister Jason Clare has just announced an independent review of the Australian Research Council (ARC). This is the body that oversees funding for non-medical research in Australian universities ... <a title="A review into how university research works in Australia has just begun – it must confront these 3 issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/a-review-into-how-university-research-works-in-australia-has-just-begun-it-must-confront-these-3-issues-190551/" aria-label="Read more about A review into how university research works in Australia has just begun – it must confront these 3 issues">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Tweedie, Senior lecturer, Macquarie University Matthew Henry/Unsplash, CC BY-SA If you’re reading this during work hours, there’s a chance your boss knows about it. The market for “bossware” – digital tools that enable managers to keep tabs on what workers are up to – is reportedly ... <a title="3 ways ‘bossware’ surveillance technology is turning back the management clock" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/3-ways-bossware-surveillance-technology-is-turning-back-the-management-clock-189070/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways ‘bossware’ surveillance technology is turning back the management clock">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Sprajcer, Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Jonathan Borba/Unsplash As a new mum to a “bonny” 6-month-old boy (as several doctors have described him), being frazzled sometimes feels like just part of the job. For the first three months of my baby’s life, my wife and I ... <a title="‘Soothing to an almost unexpected degree’: new online art project Glow is rethinking mindfulness for new parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/20/soothing-to-an-almost-unexpected-degree-new-online-art-project-glow-is-rethinking-mindfulness-for-new-parents-189884/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Soothing to an almost unexpected degree’: new online art project Glow is rethinking mindfulness for new parents">Read more</a>
