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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Nagle, Outreach Manager, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, CSIRO NASA / JPL-Caltech In 1977, five years before ET asked to “phone home”, two robotic spacecraft began their own journey into space. Almost 46 years later, after exploring the Solar System and beyond, one of those spacecraft ... <a title="Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/voyager-2-has-lost-track-of-earth-only-one-antenna-in-the-world-can-help-it-phone-home-210882/" aria-label="Read more about Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Lecturer in Social and Global Studies, RMIT University Sue Ogrocki/AP/AAP How many different ways are there to say “unprecedented”? Never before has a sitting or former president of the United States been indicted on federal charges. Former and aspiring President Donald J. Trump has now ... <a title="With yet another indictment, Donald Trump takes us into ‘unprecedented’ territory once again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/with-yet-another-indictment-donald-trump-takes-us-into-unprecedented-territory-once-again-210876/" aria-label="Read more about With yet another indictment, Donald Trump takes us into ‘unprecedented’ territory once again">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Soanes, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Dodging dog poo along the local path has become something of an Olympic sport of late. I thought I’d count path-side dog poo on my bike ride the other day and gave ... <a title="Leaving dog and cat poo lying around isn’t just gross. It’s a problem for native plants and animals, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/leaving-dog-and-cat-poo-lying-around-isnt-just-gross-its-a-problem-for-native-plants-and-animals-too-208288/" aria-label="Read more about Leaving dog and cat poo lying around isn’t just gross. It’s a problem for native plants and animals, too">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Hajdu, Director of The Sia Furler Institute, University of Adelaide Wikipedia/ Discord, CC BY-SA The 19th century concept of authorship revolved around the romantic view of the artist as a lone genius. In this model, every stroke of the brush, every note played and every word ... <a title="From Duchamp to AI: the transformation of authorship in art" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/from-duchamp-to-ai-the-transformation-of-authorship-in-art-210059/" aria-label="Read more about From Duchamp to AI: the transformation of authorship in art">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Finn Cameron Gillies Parker, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Bush rat eating a beetle. Larney Grenfell/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC Humans have trained domestic animals for thousands of years, to help with farming, transport, or hunting. But can we train wild animals to help us in conservation work? Wild ... <a title="Unique study shows we can train wild predators to hunt alien species they’ve never seen before" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/unique-study-shows-we-can-train-wild-predators-to-hunt-alien-species-theyve-never-seen-before-210644/" aria-label="Read more about Unique study shows we can train wild predators to hunt alien species they’ve never seen before">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olli Hellmann, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waikato A recreation of the extinct huia. Auckland Museum, CC BY-SA Humans typically reserve their practices of mourning for loved ones. But extending these rituals of grief and loss to non-human animals (and our shared habitats) can also ... <a title="Call of the huia: how NZ’s bird of the century contest helps us express ‘ecological grief’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/call-of-the-huia-how-nzs-bird-of-the-century-contest-helps-us-express-ecological-grief-210698/" aria-label="Read more about Call of the huia: how NZ’s bird of the century contest helps us express ‘ecological grief’">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The media sector in the Pacific should be supported with an enabling environment to report “without fear” in the face of ongoing challenges brought about since the covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study. The paper, titled Pacific media freedom since the pandemic, is ... <a title="Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/pacific-media-should-be-supported-post-covid-says-pjr-report/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christobel Saunders, James Stewart Chair Of Surgery, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Around one in seven Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their life, with 20,000 new breast cancers diagnosed each week. Mammograms are a key detection tool for early-stage breast cancer and involve ... <a title="AI can help detect breast cancer. But we don’t yet know if it can improve survival rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/ai-can-help-detect-breast-cancer-but-we-dont-yet-know-if-it-can-improve-survival-rates-210800/" aria-label="Read more about AI can help detect breast cancer. But we don’t yet know if it can improve survival rates">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content TRANSPORT Luke Malpass (Post): Maybe Labour should just rebrand LGWM ‘three transports’ (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): Let’s Get Wellington Moving spending rolls on with axe over its neck (paywalled) Andrea ... <a title="Newsletter: August 2 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/newsletter-august-2-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: August 2 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beatrice Alba, Lecturer, School of Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock Despite progress towards greater gender equality, many people remain stubbornly attached to old-fashioned gender roles in romantic relationships between women and men. Conventions around heterosexual romance dictate that men should approach women to initiate romantic interactions, ask women ... <a title="Is traditional heterosexual romance sexist?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/is-traditional-heterosexual-romance-sexist-210546/" aria-label="Read more about Is traditional heterosexual romance sexist?">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ty Ferguson, Research Associate, University of South Australia Shutterstock As we revel in much-cherished festive occasions and weekly get-togethers, Australians are unwittingly bearing an increasingly heavy cost – an expanding waistline. Our new study offers a new perspective on this. We asked 375 adults aged 18 to ... <a title="When Christmas comes so do the kilos. New research tracks Australians’ yo-yo weight gain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/when-christmas-comes-so-do-the-kilos-new-research-tracks-australians-yo-yo-weight-gain-210709/" aria-label="Read more about When Christmas comes so do the kilos. New research tracks Australians’ yo-yo weight gain">Read more</a>
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August 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen, Teaching Associate, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Last month, the federal government released the annual Closing the Gap data. According to the report, 34.3% of Indigenous preschoolers were starting school developmentally on track, compared to almost 55% of non-Indigenous Australian students as of 2021. ... <a title="‘That is the language they understand’: why Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/02/that-is-the-language-they-understand-why-indigenous-students-need-bilingual-teaching-at-school-210559/" aria-label="Read more about ‘That is the language they understand’: why Indigenous students need bilingual teaching at school">Read more</a>
