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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angel Zhong, Associate Professor of Finance, RMIT University Shutterstock When was the last time you used cash? For many Australians using cash or even swiping a card has become a rare event. The move towards a cashless society started 50 years ago with the introduction of the ... <a title="The move to a cashless society isn’t just a possibility, it’s well underway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/the-move-to-a-cashless-society-isnt-just-a-possibility-its-well-underway-215446/" aria-label="Read more about The move to a cashless society isn’t just a possibility, it’s well underway">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English, University of Sydney © 2023 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Halloween season is here, bringing with it the promise of new horrors at the box office. This year it’s all about renewed cinematic horrors. Alongside the tenth Saw film, there ... <a title="The Exorcist: Believer is a ‘retcon’ film – it imagines none of the sequels exist. This sequel shouldn’t exist, either" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/the-exorcist-believer-is-a-retcon-film-it-imagines-none-of-the-sequels-exist-this-sequel-shouldnt-exist-either-210463/" aria-label="Read more about The Exorcist: Believer is a ‘retcon’ film – it imagines none of the sequels exist. This sequel shouldn’t exist, either">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Auckland Museum has apologised for the hurt caused after it staged a light display in support of Israel on Sunday night. Auckland Museum lit its building up in blue and white. On social media, the museum said it had lit up “in solidarity with Israel”. “Our thoughts go out to the many civilians impacted as ... <a title="Israel-Palestine conflict: Auckland Museum apologises over light display" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/israel-palestine-conflict-auckland-museum-apologises-over-light-display/" aria-label="Read more about Israel-Palestine conflict: Auckland Museum apologises over light display">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vasso Apostolopoulos, Professor of Immunology, Vice-Chancellors Distinguished Professorial Fellow, Head of Immunology and Translational Research, Victoria University Shutterstock Tuberculosis is often seen as a threat of the past. But it remains a significant concern worldwide, with international travel spreading the disease. While tuberculous is rare in Australia, ... <a title="Tuberculosis isn’t just a historical disease. Here’s how it spreads and who is at risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/tuberculosis-isnt-just-a-historical-disease-heres-how-it-spreads-and-who-is-at-risk-215154/" aria-label="Read more about Tuberculosis isn’t just a historical disease. Here’s how it spreads and who is at risk">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
By Lydia Lewis and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalists Pacific leaders fear they will have little or no voice in the new National-led government in Aotearoa New Zealand with the real possibility of not a single Pacific person making it into the new coalition. Labour had 11 Pacific members of Parliament, then 10 when then ... <a title="Lack of Pasifika MPs and ‘no voice’ in new NZ govt worries community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/lack-of-pasifika-mps-and-no-voice-in-new-nz-govt-worries-community/" aria-label="Read more about Lack of Pasifika MPs and ‘no voice’ in new NZ govt worries community">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide On October 16 1923, brothers Walt and Roy set up a modest cartoon studio. Their goal was to produce short animated films. They created a new character: a mouse, with large ears. Named “Mickey”, he soon became ... <a title="100 years of Disney: from a cartoon mouse to a global giant, how Walt Disney conquered the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/100-years-of-disney-from-a-cartoon-mouse-to-a-global-giant-how-walt-disney-conquered-the-world-212783/" aria-label="Read more about 100 years of Disney: from a cartoon mouse to a global giant, how Walt Disney conquered the world">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas White, Senior lecturer, University of Sydney Shutterstock As the days grow longer and temperatures climb, we’re greeted by a familiar chorus of buzzing. It’s fly season again. This year is off to a bumper start, with bush flies swarming beach-goers, March flies on the march, and ... <a title="Fly season: what to know about Australia’s most common flies and how to keep them away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/fly-season-what-to-know-about-australias-most-common-flies-and-how-to-keep-them-away-215335/" aria-label="Read more about Fly season: what to know about Australia’s most common flies and how to keep them away">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naima Andrea López, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Unlike nearly every other species of shark, scalloped hammerheads are highly social. They gather in large groups, or aggregations, numbering in the hundreds. But why? We don’t know. With the help of drones, we now ... <a title="Critically endangered scalloped hammerheads gather in seas off Perth. They need protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/critically-endangered-scalloped-hammerheads-gather-in-seas-off-perth-they-need-protection-213258/" aria-label="Read more about Critically endangered scalloped hammerheads gather in seas off Perth. They need protection">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Cullen, Lecturer, Macquarie University In March 1976, American Leonard Mack was convicted of sexual assault and holding two female victims at gunpoint. In September 2023, Mack’s wrongful conviction was finally overturned by a New York judge on his 72nd birthday with the help of the Innocence ... <a title="How mistaken identity can lead to wrongful convictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/how-mistaken-identity-can-lead-to-wrongful-convictions-214844/" aria-label="Read more about How mistaken identity can lead to wrongful convictions">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan Banks, Research professor, University of South Australia Shutterstock You’ve finished a workout, so you’re hot and drenched with perspiration – but soon you begin to feel cool again. Later, it’s a sweltering summer evening and you’re finding it hard to sleep, so you kick off the ... <a title="All the reasons you might be having night sweats – and when to see a doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/all-the-reasons-you-might-be-having-night-sweats-and-when-to-see-a-doctor-211436/" aria-label="Read more about All the reasons you might be having night sweats – and when to see a doctor">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McInerney, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Author provided You might have noticed it after sliding on a rock in a Melbourne creek. Or it could have been wading through a Northern Territory waterhole. It’s slime, and our rivers are full of it. That’s a good thing. Wherever ... <a title="Slime after slime: why those biofilms you slip on in rivers are vitally important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/slime-after-slime-why-those-biofilms-you-slip-on-in-rivers-are-vitally-important-211356/" aria-label="Read more about Slime after slime: why those biofilms you slip on in rivers are vitally important">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By André O. Hudson, Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology Shutterstock Almost since antibiotics were first discovered, we’ve been aware bacteria can learn how to overcome these medicines, a phenomenon known as antimicrobial resistance. The World Health Organization says we’re currently ... <a title="Will we still have antibiotics in 50 years? We asked 7 global experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/will-we-still-have-antibiotics-in-50-years-we-asked-7-global-experts-214950/" aria-label="Read more about Will we still have antibiotics in 50 years? We asked 7 global experts">Read more</a>
