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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Soanes, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne A moray eel Shutterstock It’s the question that baffled scientists for hundreds years – where on Earth do eels come from? Aristotle’s best guess was that they spontaneously generated. Danish biologist Johannes Schmidt ... <a title="Eels are some of nature’s weirdest creatures. Here are 5 reasons why they’re such cool little freaks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/eels-are-some-of-natures-weirdest-creatures-here-are-5-reasons-why-theyre-such-cool-little-freaks-192862/" aria-label="Read more about Eels are some of nature’s weirdest creatures. Here are 5 reasons why they’re such cool little freaks">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Kennedy, Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago Getty Images For many people, the term “eating disorder” will bring to mind its two most familiar forms – anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. What they may not realise, however, is that “binge eating disorder” is ... <a title="Binge eating is more common than anorexia or bulimia – but it remains a hidden and hard-to-treat disorder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/binge-eating-is-more-common-than-anorexia-or-bulimia-but-it-remains-a-hidden-and-hard-to-treat-disorder-192596/" aria-label="Read more about Binge eating is more common than anorexia or bulimia – but it remains a hidden and hard-to-treat disorder">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
By Andrew Anton Mako in Port Moresby “When we don’t have any of these copper and gold mines anymore, where are we headed?” This quote is by Jerry Garry, managing director of PNG’s Mineral Resources Authority (MRA). According to Garry, mineral resources from large mines (both current and pipeline) will be exhausted in 40 years. ... <a title="After PNG’s mines run out – what then? An ominous warning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/after-pngs-mines-run-out-what-then-an-ominous-warning/" aria-label="Read more about After PNG’s mines run out – what then? An ominous warning">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
RNZ Pacific A woman candidate appears to have won a seat for the first time in Vanuatu in more than a decade in unofficial results from last week’s snap election. Julie King, a member of the Union of Moderate Parties, is reported to have won one of the seats in the Efate constituency. She is ... <a title="Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/vanuatu-may-have-first-woman-mp-in-decade-say-poll-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu may have first woman MP in decade, say poll reports">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Andy Rain/EPA/AAP British politics currently exists in a weird time warp. Like some bad special effects from an early episode of Dr Who, time and reality are bent and twisted – only this time it’s all ... <a title="Do not adjust your sets: with Truss gone, the UK is about to get yet another prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/do-not-adjust-your-sets-with-truss-gone-the-uk-is-about-to-get-yet-another-prime-minister-192931/" aria-label="Read more about Do not adjust your sets: with Truss gone, the UK is about to get yet another prime minister">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Shutterstock A Victorian coroner has cited problematic gaming behaviour as the driver of a mood disorder which contributed to the 2019 death of regional school boy Oliver Cronin. The findings from Coroner Paresa Spanos’s investigation were ... <a title="Can gaming ‘addiction’ lead to depression or aggression in young people? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/can-gaming-addiction-lead-to-depression-or-aggression-in-young-people-heres-what-the-evidence-says-168847/" aria-label="Read more about Can gaming ‘addiction’ lead to depression or aggression in young people? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pat Anderson, Chairperson, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education fromtheheart.com.au Since the advent of colonisation, the absence of an effective process for conducting dialogues between the broader community and First Nations people has been a festering sore at the heart of Australian society. The notorious doctrine of ... <a title="Why a First Nations Voice should come before Treaty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/why-a-first-nations-voice-should-come-before-treaty-192388/" aria-label="Read more about Why a First Nations Voice should come before Treaty">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University Shutterstock Australia is falling behind other countries in addressing the unhealthy state of our diets. Several other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada and Mexico, have recently taken major steps to help improve population nutrition and prevent obesity. But our latest ... <a title="Australia is dragging its feet on healthy eating. In 5 years we’ve made woeful progress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/australia-is-dragging-its-feet-on-healthy-eating-in-5-years-weve-made-woeful-progress-192393/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is dragging its feet on healthy eating. In 5 years we’ve made woeful progress">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Kent, Lecturer, Western Sydney University Alexandr Podvalny/Unsplash We know university students regularly go without food and other necessities because they cannot afford them. This has negative impacts on their learning and physical and mental health. But what about the food security of those who teach and ... <a title="It’s not just Australian students who need more food, university staff are also going hungry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/its-not-just-australian-students-who-need-more-food-university-staff-are-also-going-hungry-192928/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just Australian students who need more food, university staff are also going hungry">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien O’Meara, PhD Candidate, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology Universal Pictures When Bros creator, Billy Eichner made an impassioned plea for people to see his queer-centred romantic comedy, he shared concerns on Twitter that straight people “just didn’t show up.” The subsequent “flop” discourse surrounding ... <a title="Queer romcom Bros struggled at the box-office. Are mainstream audiences still not ready?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/queer-romcom-bros-struggled-at-the-box-office-are-mainstream-audiences-still-not-ready-192717/" aria-label="Read more about Queer romcom Bros struggled at the box-office. Are mainstream audiences still not ready?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Lullfitz, Research Associate, The University of Western Australia Family photo in the Borden reserve, published with the family’s permission. Alison Lullfitz, Author provided Content warning: this article contains distressing information about Stolen Generations and residential schools. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article ... <a title="‘We can write novels of memories made here’: Elder-led land restoration is about rebuilding love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/we-can-write-novels-of-memories-made-here-elder-led-land-restoration-is-about-rebuilding-love-187855/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We can write novels of memories made here’: Elder-led land restoration is about rebuilding love">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2022
Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media freedom in the Pacific region, he is the author of several books on South Pacific media and politics, including an account of the French bombing of the Greenpeace flagship ... <a title="Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/21/pacific-lessons-in-climate-change-journalism-and-combating-disinformation/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific lessons in climate change journalism and combating disinformation">Read more</a>
