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February 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Heinsohn, Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Australian National University Thomas Suchanek, CC BY-SA From pocket knives to smart phones, humans keep inventing ever-more-sophisticated tools. However, the notion that tool use is an exclusively human trait was shattered in the 1960s when Jane Goodall observed our ... <a title="Goffin’s cockatoo named third species that carries toolsets around in preparation for future tasks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/11/goffins-cockatoo-named-third-species-that-carries-toolsets-around-in-preparation-for-future-tasks-199408/" aria-label="Read more about Goffin’s cockatoo named third species that carries toolsets around in preparation for future tasks">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2023
RNZ news Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay are now under red heavy rain warnings in Aotearoa New Zealand linked to Cyclone Gabrielle. MetService says it expects up to 400 mm of rain to fall in the regions, mostly on Monday. Civil Defence Controller for the Coromandel Garry Towler said that as well ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle closes in on Aotearoa: Warnings and forecasts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/11/cyclone-gabrielle-closes-in-on-aotearoa-warnings-and-forecasts/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle closes in on Aotearoa: Warnings and forecasts">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2023
Jubi News An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 hit Papua’s capital city Jayapura on Thursday afternoon, killing four people, injuring at least five and forcing 700 to flee, emergency officials said. The shallow earthquake with an epicenter of 10 km deep and located at coordinates 2.60 south and 140.66 east struck at 3.28pm. Officlals ... <a title="4 die, 700 forced to flee as earthquake hits Papuan capital Jayapura" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/11/4-die-700-forced-to-flee-as-earthquake-hits-papuan-capital-jayapura/" aria-label="Read more about 4 die, 700 forced to flee as earthquake hits Papuan capital Jayapura">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2023
By Geraldine Panapasa of Wansolwara in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, was given a rousing welcome at Nadi International Airport today returning to Fiji from exile. He returned two years after he and wife Sandra Price were detained and deported by the former FijiFirst government for allegedly ... <a title="‘I’m just a catalyst for the bigger change’, says exiled USP vice-chancellor back in Fiji" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/11/im-just-a-catalyst-for-the-bigger-change-says-exiled-usp-vice-chancellor-back-in-fiji/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m just a catalyst for the bigger change’, says exiled USP vice-chancellor back in Fiji">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Those countries which are most efficient at reporting demographic information now have complete deaths’ data for last year. Some information revealed is worth noting. (With the exception of Poland, further below, all countries’ charts have a scale of excess deaths ranging from -10% to +70%.) Most of these are countries that ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: European Countries’ Epidemic Deaths to the end of 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-pandemic-european-countries-epidemic-deaths-to-the-end-of-2022/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: European Countries’ Epidemic Deaths to the end of 2022">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University Shutterstock After lifting interest rates for a record nine times in a row, and flagging more raises still to come, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s latest set of forecasts make for grim reading. The forecasts are part of the central ... <a title="RBA’s latest forecasts are grim. Here are 5 reasons why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/rbas-latest-forecasts-are-grim-here-are-5-reasons-why-199509/" aria-label="Read more about RBA’s latest forecasts are grim. Here are 5 reasons why">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Tang, PhD Scholar in Climate Governance, Australian National University NASA Advanced Concepts Laboratory A group of US scientists this week proposed an unorthodox scheme to combat global warming: creating large clouds of Moon dust in space to reflect sunlight and cool the Earth. In their plan, ... <a title="Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/can-clouds-of-moon-dust-combat-climate-change-199592/" aria-label="Read more about Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hussein Dia, Professor of Future Urban Mobility, Swinburne University of Technology The ACT is changing how it calculates car registration fees. Instead of being based on a car’s weight, the fee the owner pays will be based on the greenhouse gas emissions it produces. Up to now, ... <a title="Why a shift to basing vehicle registration fees on emissions matters for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/why-a-shift-to-basing-vehicle-registration-fees-on-emissions-matters-for-australia-199294/" aria-label="Read more about Why a shift to basing vehicle registration fees on emissions matters for Australia">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chay Brown, Research and Partnerships Manager, The Equality Institute, & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University shutterstock Content warning: this article contains mentions of racial discrimination against First Nations people, and themes of domestic violence. Let us tell you about our town, our home. Mparntwe/Alice Springs is a ... <a title="Here’s some context missing from the Mparntwe Alice Springs ‘crime wave’ reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/heres-some-context-missing-from-the-mparntwe-alice-springs-crime-wave-reporting-199481/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s some context missing from the Mparntwe Alice Springs ‘crime wave’ reporting">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney Shutterstock If you’re really feeling the heat this summer, it might be down to more than the temperature outside. Some types of medicines can increase your core body temperature or make you feel hotter than ... <a title="Is my medicine making me feel hotter this summer? 5 reasons why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/is-my-medicine-making-me-feel-hotter-this-summer-5-reasons-why-199085/" aria-label="Read more about Is my medicine making me feel hotter this summer? 5 reasons why">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camellia Webb-Gannon, Lecturer, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is – no one ever had anything bad to say about him”, says a colleague of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage this week by members of the West Papuan Liberation Army (TPN-PB) ... <a title="The NZ pilot held hostage in West Papua is the pawn in a conflict only real international engagement can resolve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/the-nz-pilot-held-hostage-in-west-papua-is-the-pawn-in-a-conflict-only-real-international-engagement-can-resolve-199601/" aria-label="Read more about The NZ pilot held hostage in West Papua is the pawn in a conflict only real international engagement can resolve">Read more</a>
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February 10, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renée Middlemost, Lecturer, Communication and Media, University of Wollongong IMDB A jaunty yet dramatic piano-driven soundtrack motif; a view of the Golden Gate Bridge; a series of location shots around San Francisco. The generic title sequence of the 2003 film The Room barely hints at what follows. ... <a title="‘You can love something deep inside your heart and there is nothing wrong with it’: why we still love The Room, 20 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/10/you-can-love-something-deep-inside-your-heart-and-there-is-nothing-wrong-with-it-why-we-still-love-the-room-20-years-on-198665/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You can love something deep inside your heart and there is nothing wrong with it’: why we still love The Room, 20 years on">Read more</a>
