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December 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Sprajcer, Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia fornStudio/Shutterstock You’ve come home after a long day at work, you have dinner, put the kids to bed, and then you have your usual nightcap before drifting off to sleep. Or, perhaps you’re at the pub for the work Christmas ... <a title="Christmas drinks anyone? Why alcohol before bedtime leaves you awake at 3am, desperate for sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/christmas-drinks-anyone-why-alcohol-before-bedtime-leaves-you-awake-at-3am-desperate-for-sleep-216834/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas drinks anyone? Why alcohol before bedtime leaves you awake at 3am, desperate for sleep">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shannon Zimmerman, Lecturer in Strategic Studies, Deakin University Nestled not far from Fiji’s Nadi airport is the Blackrock Peacekeeping, Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Camp. Before reopening in March 2022, this military complex was renovated and expanded in a A$100 million joint collaboration between Australia and Fiji. The ... <a title="Australia has invested heavily in a Pacific peacekeeping hub. So, where are the recruits?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/australia-has-invested-heavily-in-a-pacific-peacekeeping-hub-so-where-are-the-recruits-215533/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has invested heavily in a Pacific peacekeeping hub. So, where are the recruits?">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Degnan, PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology and Plant Pathology, The University of Queensland Melaleuca infected with myrtle rust. Louise Shuey Around a decade ago, an invasive fungal disease called myrtle rust reached Australia and began to spread like a plague through certain plants. The disease affects ... <a title="Myrtle rust is devastating Australian forests. A new high-tech spray holds out hope for native trees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/myrtle-rust-is-devastating-australian-forests-a-new-high-tech-spray-holds-out-hope-for-native-trees-219411/" aria-label="Read more about Myrtle rust is devastating Australian forests. A new high-tech spray holds out hope for native trees">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Shutterstock If you were, just for example, a slightly portly, older gent in a red and white suit who soon plans to travel around the globe delivering presents, assisted only by reindeer and a ... <a title="O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree … what are my rights this season, legally?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/o-christmas-tree-o-christmas-tree-what-are-my-rights-this-season-legally-217440/" aria-label="Read more about O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree … what are my rights this season, legally?">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University nobeastsofierce/Shutterstock It may soon be possible to coax human skin cells into becoming functional eggs and sperm using a technique known as “in vitro gametogenesis”. This involves the creation (genesis) of eggs ... <a title="Eggs from men, sperm from women: how stem cell science may change how we reproduce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/eggs-from-men-sperm-from-women-how-stem-cell-science-may-change-how-we-reproduce-219005/" aria-label="Read more about Eggs from men, sperm from women: how stem cell science may change how we reproduce">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s coal power stations will all close in 2038 – five years earlier than previously expected – and variable renewable energy capacity will need to triple by 2030 and increase sevenfold by 2050. ... <a title="Coal will be all but gone by 2034 under Australia’s latest energy roadmap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/coal-will-be-all-but-gone-by-2034-under-australias-latest-energy-roadmap-219714/" aria-label="Read more about Coal will be all but gone by 2034 under Australia’s latest energy roadmap">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Lewis, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University Anthony Fomin/Unsplash, CC BY You may be familiar with the popular TikTok trend, #ATARreaction. You see the face of a Year 12 student logging on to their computer, then they wait a few moments before they collapse in tears, ... <a title="‘Practically perfect’: why the media’s focus on ‘top’ Year 12 students needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/practically-perfect-why-the-medias-focus-on-top-year-12-students-needs-to-change-219710/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Practically perfect’: why the media’s focus on ‘top’ Year 12 students needs to change">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland I’m writing this with a dull ache in my left arm, sore from my third COVID booster. My second was in April when I also got a flu vaccination, which was funded by my employer. The arrival of ... <a title="New Zealanders are learning to live with COVID – but does that mean having to pay for protection ourselves?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/15/new-zealanders-are-learning-to-live-with-covid-but-does-that-mean-having-to-pay-for-protection-ourselves-219698/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealanders are learning to live with COVID – but does that mean having to pay for protection ourselves?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra For an issue in which Australia is not a player and has no direct influence, the Israel-Hamas conflict is putting serious strain on the Albanese government, internally and externally. Its decision this week to vote for the United Nations resolution ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese government comes under more heat as it tries to navigate its position on Gaza conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/14/grattan-on-friday-albanese-government-comes-under-more-heat-as-it-tries-to-navigate-its-position-on-gaza-conflict-219904/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese government comes under more heat as it tries to navigate its position on Gaza conflict">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Tertiary education is in crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand. Vocational education, the domain of the Polytechnic ‘Institutes of Technology’; and Science and Humanities’ education, the traditional domain of the Universities. 2023 was an election year, yet tertiary education did not feature in the election campaign, despite these manifest crises. The Labour ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Te Pūkenga, Universities, and Unitec" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/14/keith-rankin-analysis-te-pukenga-universities-and-unitec/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Te Pūkenga, Universities, and Unitec">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zena Assaad, Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Australian National University Shutterstock A recent New York Times article released a list of people “behind the dawn of the modern artificial intelligence movement” – and not a single woman was named. It came less than a week after news ... <a title="The AI industry is on the verge of becoming another boys’ club. We’re all going to lose out if it does" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/14/the-ai-industry-is-on-the-verge-of-becoming-another-boys-club-were-all-going-to-lose-out-if-it-does-219802/" aria-label="Read more about The AI industry is on the verge of becoming another boys’ club. We’re all going to lose out if it does">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernardo Figueiredo, Associate Professor of Marketing, RMIT University Yurii_Yarema/Shutterstock At least 65 million people around the world are estimated to have long COVID, which describes the continuation or development of symptoms at least three months after an initial COVID infection. Long COVID is a complex, multi-system disease ... <a title="We followed 14 ‘long haulers’ for 3 months. Here’s what they told us about living with long COVID" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/14/we-followed-14-long-haulers-for-3-months-heres-what-they-told-us-about-living-with-long-covid-219504/" aria-label="Read more about We followed 14 ‘long haulers’ for 3 months. Here’s what they told us about living with long COVID">Read more</a>
