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February 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Spacey, Associate Lecturer, The University of Queensland A depiction of an earthquake in a 14th-century Apocalypse. British Library The catastrophic earthquakes of February 6 2023 in Turkey and Syria are so far known to have claimed the lives of over 41,000 people. This number will likely ... <a title="Buildings tumbling, survivors living in tents: medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE earthquake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/buildings-tumbling-survivors-living-in-tents-medieval-descriptions-of-an-1114-ce-earthquake-in-present-day-turkey-and-syria-feel-eerily-familiar-199866/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings tumbling, survivors living in tents: medieval descriptions of an 1114 CE earthquake in present-day Turkey and Syria feel eerily familiar">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
BACKGROUNDER: By David Robie Papuan independence rebels are playing a desperate game of cat and mouse with Indonesian authorities over their hostage taking last week with a New Zealand pilot caught in the middle. Christchurch-raised Philip Mehrtens, 37, a pilot for the national feeder airline Susi Air owned by a former cabinet minister and with ... <a title="Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/papuan-cat-and-mouse-over-nz-pilot-taken-captive-by-freedom-rebels/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan cat-and-mouse over NZ pilot taken captive by ‘freedom’ rebels">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2023
RNZ News A NZ Defence Force operation was beginning tonight to supply Wairoa in New Zealand’s North Island with food and water after being cut off by Cyclone Gabrielle floodwaters. A rapid relief team flown in by the airforce was organising a drop of bottled water for 3000 people from a helicopter this evening. Prime ... <a title="NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/16/nz-defence-force-starts-supplying-stricken-wairoa-with-food-water/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Defence Force starts supplying stricken Wairoa with food, water">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina N. Zdenek, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Venom Evolution Lab, The University of Queensland Christina Zdenek, Author provided Experts have long understood that snakes can feel sound vibrations through the ground – what we call “tactile” sensing – but we’ve puzzled over whether they can also hear airborne ... <a title="Snakes can hear you scream, new research reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/snakes-can-hear-you-scream-new-research-reveals-199958/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes can hear you scream, new research reveals">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina N. Zdenek, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Venom Evolution Lab, The University of Queensland Christina Zdenek, Author provided Experts have long understood that snakes can feel sound vibrations through the ground – what we call “tactile” sensing – but we’ve puzzled over whether they can also hear airborne ... <a title="Snakes can hear you talking about them, new research reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/snakes-can-hear-you-talking-about-them-new-research-reveals-199958/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes can hear you talking about them, new research reveals">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prema Arasu, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Western Australia Warner Bros. Games The controversial and keenly anticipated open-world role-playing game Hogwarts Legacy was released a week ago, and reviews have been mixed. Some have praised the sweeping expanses of Hogwarts castle and its surrounds, and others ... <a title="Hogwarts Legacy’s game mechanics reflect the gender essentialism at the heart of Harry Potter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/hogwarts-legacys-game-mechanics-reflect-the-gender-essentialism-at-the-heart-of-harry-potter-199604/" aria-label="Read more about Hogwarts Legacy’s game mechanics reflect the gender essentialism at the heart of Harry Potter">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Hemsley, Professor of Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney Alexander Egizarov/Shutterstock Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, reportedly had it before marrying Prince Harry. Jennifer Lopez is also apparently a fan. We’re talking about a type of facial called a “buccal massage”. But what exactly is a buccal ... <a title="Could buccal massage – the latest celebrity beauty trend – make you look older, not younger?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/could-buccal-massage-the-latest-celebrity-beauty-trend-make-you-look-older-not-younger-198990/" aria-label="Read more about Could buccal massage – the latest celebrity beauty trend – make you look older, not younger?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Buiten, Senior Lecturer in Social Justice and Sociology, University of Notre Dame Australia Rick Egan/AP/The Salt Lake Tribune As the number of mass shootings in the United States this year continues to grow, so too have family murder-suicides. It is only February, and already at least ... <a title="Why do men who kill their families still receive sympathetic news coverage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/why-do-men-who-kill-their-families-still-receive-sympathetic-news-coverage-198066/" aria-label="Read more about Why do men who kill their families still receive sympathetic news coverage?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Mick Tsikas/AAP On February 9, Liberal Alan Tudge announced he would resign from politics, setting up a byelection in his Victorian seat of Aston. A date for ... <a title="Liberals likely to win Aston byelection; Voice support increases in Essential poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/liberals-likely-to-win-aston-byelection-voice-support-increases-in-essential-poll-199395/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals likely to win Aston byelection; Voice support increases in Essential poll">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Getty Images Another extreme weather event has highlighted the weak points in New Zealand’s critical infrastructure. As Cyclone Gabrielle ripped across the North Island, nearly 225,000 people lost power. The cause is relatively obvious: many houses and ... <a title="Massive outages caused by Cyclone Gabrielle strengthen the case for burying power lines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/massive-outages-caused-by-cyclone-gabrielle-strengthen-the-case-for-burying-power-lines-199949/" aria-label="Read more about Massive outages caused by Cyclone Gabrielle strengthen the case for burying power lines">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
RNZ News The extent of devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is still unfolding with vast areas of the North Island flooded, at least 2500 evacuated and Wairoa cut off by phone and road. Power is now mostly back on in the northern Hawke’s Bay town but its 8000 residents have no ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after bank collapses on home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/cyclone-gabrielle-wairoa-cut-off-amid-nz-devastation-woman-dies-after-bank-collapses-on-home/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after bank collapses on home">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Why do we think there is a possible planet X? – Courtney, Year 5, Victoria Hi Courtney, what a great question! Our Solar System is a pretty busy place. There are millions ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we think there is a possible Planet X?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/curious-kids-why-do-we-think-there-is-a-possible-planet-x-195016/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we think there is a possible Planet X?">Read more</a>
