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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University A new pact between Australia and the United States highlights the pivotal role our nation’s mineral wealth will play in the clean energy transition. But it also underscores the massive effort now required from Australia. Prime Minister Anthony ... <a title="Cooperation with the US could drive Australia’s clean energy shift – but we must act fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/cooperation-with-the-us-could-drive-australias-clean-energy-shift-but-we-must-act-fast-206199/" aria-label="Read more about Cooperation with the US could drive Australia’s clean energy shift – but we must act fast">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has just been hit with an eye-watering €1.2 billion fine (about A$1.9 billion) for breaches of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Unfortunately for Meta and its shareholders, earlier penalties ... <a title="Meta just copped a A$1.9bn fine for keeping EU data in the US. But why should users care where data are stored?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/meta-just-copped-a-a-1-9bn-fine-for-keeping-eu-data-in-the-us-but-why-should-users-care-where-data-are-stored-206186/" aria-label="Read more about Meta just copped a A$1.9bn fine for keeping EU data in the US. But why should users care where data are stored?">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Tobler, Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock Most scientists agree modern humans developed in Africa, more than 200,000 years ago, and that a great human scattering across much of the rest of the world occurred between perhaps 60,000 and 50,000 years ago. In new research published ... <a title="Ancient humans may have paused in Arabia for 30,000 years on their way out of Africa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/ancient-humans-may-have-paused-in-arabia-for-30-000-years-on-their-way-out-of-africa-206200/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient humans may have paused in Arabia for 30,000 years on their way out of Africa">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Patterson, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Hallucinations are often depicted in the movies as terrifying experiences. Think Jake Gyllenhaal seeing a monstrous rabbit in Donnie Darko, Leonardo DiCaprio experiencing the torture of Shutter Island, Natalie Portman in Black Swan, or Joaquin Phoenix ... <a title="Hallucinations in the movies tend to be about chaos, violence and mental distress. But they can be positive too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/hallucinations-in-the-movies-tend-to-be-about-chaos-violence-and-mental-distress-but-they-can-be-positive-too-204547/" aria-label="Read more about Hallucinations in the movies tend to be about chaos, violence and mental distress. But they can be positive too">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Théotime Colin, Author provided Varroa mites – notorious honey bee parasites – have recently reached Australian shores, detected at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales last year. If they establish here, there would be significant implications ... <a title="Australia is in a unique position to eliminate the bee-killing Varroa mite. Here’s what happens if we don’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/australia-is-in-a-unique-position-to-eliminate-the-bee-killing-varroa-mite-heres-what-happens-if-we-dont-205926/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is in a unique position to eliminate the bee-killing Varroa mite. Here’s what happens if we don’t">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Prendergast, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Political Science, University of Canterbury Getty Images It isn’t often people get a free ride, but last week’s budget offered just that: free public transport fares for children aged five to 12 and permanent half-price fares for people under 25. The free ... <a title="Free public transport is a great start – but young people won’t give NZ governments a free ride on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/free-public-transport-is-a-great-start-but-young-people-wont-give-nz-governments-a-free-ride-on-climate-change-205989/" aria-label="Read more about Free public transport is a great start – but young people won’t give NZ governments a free ride on climate change">Read more</a>
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May 24, 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 ELECTION, PARLIAMENT Andrea Vance (Stuff): National using AI for attack ads: The AI political campaign has arrived Jenna Lynch (Newshub): National uses realistic-looking AI-generated health workers, scared woman ... <a title="Newsletter: May 24 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/newsletter-may-24-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: May 24 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Finn Cameron Gillies Parker, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Shutterstock For as long as humans have grown our own food, we have battled pest animals that destroy crops and take food for themselves. The traditional approach has been to try to kill the pests, typically with poisons. ... <a title="How to fool a mouse: ‘chemical camouflage’ can hide crops and cut losses by over 60%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/how-to-fool-a-mouse-chemical-camouflage-can-hide-crops-and-cut-losses-by-over-60-202042/" aria-label="Read more about How to fool a mouse: ‘chemical camouflage’ can hide crops and cut losses by over 60%">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaya Klop-Toker, Conservation Biology Researcher, University of Newcastle Jack Hamilton/Unsplash For the past 40 years, a devastating fungal disease has been ravaging frog populations around the world, wiping out 90 species. Unlike the global COVID-19 pandemic, you may not even be aware of this “panzootic” – a ... <a title="The world’s worst animal disease is killing frogs worldwide. A testing breakthrough could help save them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/the-worlds-worst-animal-disease-is-killing-frogs-worldwide-a-testing-breakthrough-could-help-save-them-205872/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s worst animal disease is killing frogs worldwide. A testing breakthrough could help save them">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Corben, Research Fellow, Foreign Policy and Defence, University of Sydney Susan Walsh/AP pool The Quad leaders’ meeting was meant to take place in Sydney today, with the Sydney Opera House as the picturesque setting. Instead, US President Joe Biden has rushed back to Washington from the ... <a title="Biden’s cancelled Australia-PNG trip was a missed opportunity – but a US debt crisis would hurt a lot more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/bidens-cancelled-australia-png-trip-was-a-missed-opportunity-but-a-us-debt-crisis-would-hurt-a-lot-more-206079/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s cancelled Australia-PNG trip was a missed opportunity – but a US debt crisis would hurt a lot more">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Charles Skinner, Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Health, Macquarie University Shutterstock Water plays a significant role in Aboriginal culture. The Fish Traps in Brewarrina, Baiame’s Ngunnhu, for example, were built by eight clan groups and continue to sustainably fish the Barwon River. Respect for and understanding of ... <a title="Drinking fountains in every town won’t fix all our water issues – but it’s a healthy start" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/drinking-fountains-in-every-town-wont-fix-all-our-water-issues-but-its-a-healthy-start-204912/" aria-label="Read more about Drinking fountains in every town won’t fix all our water issues – but it’s a healthy start">Read more</a>
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May 24, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sofía López-Cubillos, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Bees are crucial for producing many of our beloved foods and beverages. Coffee is one crop that benefits from bee pollination. Unfortunately, pollinator numbers are falling worldwide. Many are facing extinction. This decline is due in part ... <a title="Coffee, brought to you by bees: a case study in how restoring habitat is a win-win for forests and farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/coffee-brought-to-you-by-bees-a-case-study-in-how-restoring-habitat-is-a-win-win-for-forests-and-farmers-205932/" aria-label="Read more about Coffee, brought to you by bees: a case study in how restoring habitat is a win-win for forests and farmers">Read more</a>
