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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Lymbery, Postdoctoral Fellow in Biosecurity, Murdoch University Bruce Webber, CC BY-SA Humans are not the only animals that go to war. Ants do so too, and on a similarly catastrophic scale. Battles play out daily – in human conflicts, among animals in nature, and across the ... <a title="A battlefield for ants? New study on ant warfare shows we could manipulate their fights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/a-battlefield-for-ants-new-study-on-ant-warfare-shows-we-could-manipulate-their-fights-211127/" aria-label="Read more about A battlefield for ants? New study on ant warfare shows we could manipulate their fights">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Khoo, Associate Professor of International Politics, University of Otago As the general election nears, the campaign focus so far has been almost exclusively on domestic issues. And yet, over the past two months, no fewer than five government documents have been released outlining the significant defence ... <a title="Talk of a new Cold War is overheated – but NZ faces complex challenges in the era of ‘strategic competition’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/talk-of-a-new-cold-war-is-overheated-but-nz-faces-complex-challenges-in-the-era-of-strategic-competition-212360/" aria-label="Read more about Talk of a new Cold War is overheated – but NZ faces complex challenges in the era of ‘strategic competition’">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul B. Fitzgerald, Professor of Psychiatry, Australian National University Since the start of the COVID pandemic, there has been more attention given to problems of mental ill-health including depression than ever before. A new therapeutic option, especially for depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, is slowly helping to address ... <a title="Transcranial magnetic stimulation can treat depression. Developing research suggests it could also help autism, ADHD and OCD" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/transcranial-magnetic-stimulation-can-treat-depression-developing-research-suggests-it-could-also-help-autism-adhd-and-ocd-211417/" aria-label="Read more about Transcranial magnetic stimulation can treat depression. Developing research suggests it could also help autism, ADHD and OCD">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Highfield, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Head of School (ACT and regional NSW), Australian Catholic University At this time of year many parents and carers are asking a familiar set of questions. Should I send my child to school next year? Are they ready? Would it be better ... <a title="How can I tell if my child is ready to start school next year?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/how-can-i-tell-if-my-child-is-ready-to-start-school-next-year-211997/" aria-label="Read more about How can I tell if my child is ready to start school next year?">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra AAP What does a drought in Central America have to do with Australia’s cost of living? Quite a lot, if the drought affects the Panama Canal. The 425 square kilometre Gatun Lake was built in the early 1900s to ... <a title="How drought in Central America is pushing up the cost of living in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/how-drought-in-central-america-is-pushing-up-the-cost-of-living-in-australia-211999/" aria-label="Read more about How drought in Central America is pushing up the cost of living in Australia">Read more</a>
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August 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University ABC Mother and Son has long been regarded as one of Australia’s greatest sitcoms. First airing in 1984, the tale of the ageing Maggie Beare and her hapless son, Arthur, was not only very funny, but revealed the pain, frustration ... <a title="The Mother and Son reboot has fresh things to say about adult children and their ageing parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/29/the-mother-and-son-reboot-has-fresh-things-to-say-about-adult-children-and-their-ageing-parents-211905/" aria-label="Read more about The Mother and Son reboot has fresh things to say about adult children and their ageing parents">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noam Peleg, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law and Justice; Associate, the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney Climate change is not just an environmental crisis, it’s a human rights crisis. And the humans to be most affected by climate catastrophe are the youngest ones: children. We have ... <a title="Climate change threatens the rights of children. The UN just outlined the obligations states have to protect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/climate-change-threatens-the-rights-of-children-the-un-just-outlined-the-obligations-states-have-to-protect-them-209587/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change threatens the rights of children. The UN just outlined the obligations states have to protect them">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
RNZ Pacific One of Fiji’s three deputy prime ministers, Viliame Gavoka, has appealed to the country’s prime minister to review his stance on Japan’s disposal of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka supports Japan’s compliance with safety protocols outlined by the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency. However, Rabuka also spoke ... <a title="Rabuka’s nuclear wastewater discharge stance splits Fiji coalition opinion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/rabukas-nuclear-wastewater-discharge-stance-splits-fiji-coalition-opinion/" aria-label="Read more about Rabuka’s nuclear wastewater discharge stance splits Fiji coalition opinion">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Layton, Visiting Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Shutterstock At the weekend a V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed on Melville Island north of Darwin. Of the 23 US Marine Corps personnel onboard, three died, five were taken to Darwin hospital in a serious condition, and some others ... <a title="‘Every flight is a learning event’: why the V-22 Osprey aircraft won’t be grounded despite dozens of crashes and 54 fatalities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/every-flight-is-a-learning-event-why-the-v-22-osprey-aircraft-wont-be-grounded-despite-dozens-of-crashes-and-54-fatalities-212358/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Every flight is a learning event’: why the V-22 Osprey aircraft won’t be grounded despite dozens of crashes and 54 fatalities">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noel Morada, Director (Regional Diplomacy and Capacity Building) Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, The University of Queensland LCPL Riley Blennerhassett/Australian Department of Defence/AP At the end of last week, 1,200 Australian troops took part in a joint military exercise in the Philippines with hundreds ... <a title="As Australia strengthens its ties with the Philippines, it’s wading even further into the dangerous South China Sea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/as-australia-strengthens-its-ties-with-the-philippines-its-wading-even-further-into-the-dangerous-south-china-sea-212111/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia strengthens its ties with the Philippines, it’s wading even further into the dangerous South China Sea">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic and Visitor, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock As generative AI settles into the mainstream, growing numbers of courses and certifications are promising entry into the “hot job” of prompt engineering. Having skills in using natural language (such as English) ... <a title="Prompt engineering: is being an AI ‘whisperer’ the job of the future or a short-lived fad?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/prompt-engineering-is-being-an-ai-whisperer-the-job-of-the-future-or-a-short-lived-fad-211833/" aria-label="Read more about Prompt engineering: is being an AI ‘whisperer’ the job of the future or a short-lived fad?">Read more</a>
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August 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Dutton-Regester, Lecturer, Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Many of us love seeing an echidna. Their shuffling walk, inquisitive gaze and protective spines are unmistakable, coupled with the coarse hair and stubby beak. They look like a quirky blend of hedgehog and anteater. But they’re ... <a title="They sense electric fields, tolerate snow and have ‘mating trains’: 4 reasons echidnas really are remarkable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/28/they-sense-electric-fields-tolerate-snow-and-have-mating-trains-4-reasons-echidnas-really-are-remarkable-210556/" aria-label="Read more about They sense electric fields, tolerate snow and have ‘mating trains’: 4 reasons echidnas really are remarkable">Read more</a>
