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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University Shutterstock We’ve all heard of someone referred to as having an “addictive personality”. Some even say it about themselves. But you may be surprised to know there is no such thing. Despite decades of research, ... <a title="Is there really such a thing as an ‘addictive personality’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/is-there-really-such-a-thing-as-an-addictive-personality-184137/" aria-label="Read more about Is there really such a thing as an ‘addictive personality’?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Political Roundup: Why James Shaw needs to go James Shaw has lost his co-leadership position in the Green Party, and there’s a good chance he won’t be able to get it back. And he shouldn’t – it won’t be good for either him or his party. When delegates at the Green Party AGM voted on his ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why James Shaw needs to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-james-shaw-needs-to-go/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why James Shaw needs to go">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Klein, Professor, UNSW Sydney Chris Jackson/Getty Images This month, Spanish police authorities seized autonomous underwater vehicles, each capable of transporting around 200 kilograms of drugs. It’s not the first time police authorities have caught an uncrewed vessel carrying illicit substances. These remote-controlled “narco-drones”, “narco-subs” or “underwater ... <a title="‘Narco-drones’ are the newest form of drug trafficking. Our laws aren’t yet ready to combat them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/narco-drones-are-the-newest-form-of-drug-trafficking-our-laws-arent-yet-ready-to-combat-them-186824/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Narco-drones’ are the newest form of drug trafficking. Our laws aren’t yet ready to combat them">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock One delight of flying is seeing our familiar landscapes in a new way from above. At low altitude most of us know where things are, but as we ascend it becomes ... <a title="Urban patchwork is losing its green, making our cities and all who live in them vulnerable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/urban-patchwork-is-losing-its-green-making-our-cities-and-all-who-live-in-them-vulnerable-187161/" aria-label="Read more about Urban patchwork is losing its green, making our cities and all who live in them vulnerable">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Running like a pack of animals, a group of political party supporters in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby were armed with bush knives, iron bars and other weapons as they chased down two men outside the national elections counting centre yesterday afternoon. They reached the first man, and ... <a title="Armed PNG election supporters cause chaos in capital, attack bystanders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/armed-png-election-supporters-cause-chaos-in-capital-attack-bystanders/" aria-label="Read more about Armed PNG election supporters cause chaos in capital, attack bystanders">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Maturi, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In Australia, the discussion around gendered violence is increasingly focused on diversity. However, policy and services continue to be based mostly on the experiences of white, Anglo-settler women. Our research, ... <a title="Refugee and migrant women are often excluded from mainstream domestic violence services and policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/refugee-and-migrant-women-are-often-excluded-from-mainstream-domestic-violence-services-and-policy-187164/" aria-label="Read more about Refugee and migrant women are often excluded from mainstream domestic violence services and policy">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly-Ann Allen, Associate Professor, School of Educational Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University Shutterstock The peer review process is a cornerstone of modern scholarship. Before new work is published in an academic journal, experts scrutinise the evidence, research and arguments to make sure they stack ... <a title="The peer review system is broken. We asked academics how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/the-peer-review-system-is-broken-we-asked-academics-how-to-fix-it-187034/" aria-label="Read more about The peer review system is broken. We asked academics how to fix it">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier editor Matthew Vari For weeks, we have seen the election violence as it spread in horrific proportions around the Highlands region, mainly in Enga and other provinces there. Men, women, and even children caught up in the fray costing lives and properties into the millions. Yesterday, the capital city also ... <a title="Post-Courier: Our capital Port Moresby our last stand for peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/post-courier-our-capital-port-moresby-our-last-stand-for-peace/" aria-label="Read more about Post-Courier: Our capital Port Moresby our last stand for peace">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila A day before the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in Quezon City, a shooting incident inside the Ateneo de Manila University claimed the lives of at least three individuals, including the former mayor of Lamitan, Basilan, Rose Furigay. Furigay was supposed to ... <a title="Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/three-killed-including-former-mayor-in-manila-university-campus-shooting/" aria-label="Read more about Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter Why did criticism of a modest sum spent on a single mini-documentary made two years ago suddenly spring up in the news in two national networks this week — and then disappear? “I’m just so sick of everything getting taxpayer money for these projects. Why can’t people just pay ... <a title="Siouxsie Wiles mini-doco funding criticism does vanishing act online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/siouxsie-wiles-mini-doco-funding-criticism-does-vanishing-act-online/" aria-label="Read more about Siouxsie Wiles mini-doco funding criticism does vanishing act online">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Britz, Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney Amber Heard has one of the world’s most beautiful faces – that is, according to cosmetic surgeon Julian De Silva. The claim has been recycled for some years now, and recently resurfaced in the wake of Heard’s (widely reported) trial with ... <a title="Does Amber Heard really have the world’s most beautiful face? An expert explains why the Golden Ratio test is bogus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/does-amber-heard-really-have-the-worlds-most-beautiful-face-an-expert-explains-why-the-golden-ratio-test-is-bogus-187018/" aria-label="Read more about Does Amber Heard really have the world’s most beautiful face? An expert explains why the Golden Ratio test is bogus">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish McManus, Biostatistician, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock From today, eligible people who were in the United Kingdom in the 80s and 90s will be able to donate blood in Australia again. That’s because the risk of acquiring variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) from blood transfusions in Australia ... <a title="People who lived in the UK in the ‘mad cow disease’ years may now be able to give blood. The risk of vCJD is tiny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/25/people-who-lived-in-the-uk-in-the-mad-cow-disease-years-may-now-be-able-to-give-blood-the-risk-of-vcjd-is-tiny-183521/" aria-label="Read more about People who lived in the UK in the ‘mad cow disease’ years may now be able to give blood. The risk of vCJD is tiny">Read more</a>
