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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ritodhi Chakraborty, Lecturer of Human Geography, University of Canterbury When United States aid money was used to build a seawall on Fiji’s Vanua Levu island to shield the community from rising tides, it instead acted as a dam, trapping water and debris on its landward side. In ... <a title="Climate adaptation projects sometimes exacerbate the problems they try to solve – a new tool hopes to correct that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/climate-adaptation-projects-sometimes-exacerbate-the-problems-they-try-to-solve-a-new-tool-hopes-to-correct-that-213969/" aria-label="Read more about Climate adaptation projects sometimes exacerbate the problems they try to solve – a new tool hopes to correct that">Read more</a>
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October 30, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Norton, Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University Pexels/The Conversation, CC BY-SA The Universities Accord has been billed as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to “reimagine” Australian higher education and plan for the future over a “30-year horizon”. After an interim report in July, ... <a title="Tumult and transformation: the story of Australian universities over the past 30 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/30/tumult-and-transformation-the-story-of-australian-universities-over-the-past-30-years-215536/" aria-label="Read more about Tumult and transformation: the story of Australian universities over the past 30 years">Read more</a>
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October 29, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Australia’s top economists have overwhelmingly backed the reintroduction of the carbon price that helped cut Australia’s emissions between 2012 and 2014. The government concedes that achieving its legislated emissions reduction target of 43% below 2005 ... <a title="Worried economists call for a carbon price, a tax on coal exports, and ‘green tariffs’ to get Australia on the path to net zero" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/29/worried-economists-call-for-a-carbon-price-a-tax-on-coal-exports-and-green-tariffs-to-get-australia-on-the-path-to-net-zero-216428/" aria-label="Read more about Worried economists call for a carbon price, a tax on coal exports, and ‘green tariffs’ to get Australia on the path to net zero">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Wallis, Research Assistant, Youth Community Futures, University of Southern Queensland Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock When people move to the country from the city, they need to change their wardrobes, my research on tree-changers in Australia found. The new context of their lives means the clothes they wore for ... <a title="What to wear for a climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/what-to-wear-for-a-climate-crisis-214478/" aria-label="Read more about What to wear for a climate crisis">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Lupton, SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock This is the final article in The Conversation’s six-part series on insomnia, which charts the rise of ... <a title="How apps and influencers are changing the way we sleep, for better or for worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/how-apps-and-influencers-are-changing-the-way-we-sleep-for-better-or-for-worse-211749/" aria-label="Read more about How apps and influencers are changing the way we sleep, for better or for worse">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Global security involves managing a complex combination of law, ethics and politics. No situation exemplifies this more than what is happening now in Israel and Gaza. When United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres coupled an unequivocal condemnation of the ... <a title="As the Israel-Gaza crisis worsens and the UN remains impotent, what are NZ’s diplomatic options?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/as-the-israel-gaza-crisis-worsens-and-the-un-remains-impotent-what-are-nzs-diplomatic-options-216519/" aria-label="Read more about As the Israel-Gaza crisis worsens and the UN remains impotent, what are NZ’s diplomatic options?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Langley, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University Matthew R McClure/Shutterstock Excavations on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have uncovered two unique and deadly artefacts dating back some 7,000 years – tiger shark teeth that were used as blades. These finds, reported in the journal Antiquity, are ... <a title="Bringing a shark to a knife fight: 7,000-year-old shark-tooth knives discovered in Indonesia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/bringing-a-shark-to-a-knife-fight-7-000-year-old-shark-tooth-knives-discovered-in-indonesia-214070/" aria-label="Read more about Bringing a shark to a knife fight: 7,000-year-old shark-tooth knives discovered in Indonesia">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clive Thompson, Research Fellow, Labour, Development & Governance Unit, University of Cape Town In the 46th minute of the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC) pool match between contenders France and pretenders Namibia, with the rampaging Europeans ahead by a thumping 54 points to nil, the wilting Welwitschias ... <a title="A red card could ruin the Rugby World Cup final – the game needs fairer, safer rulings on the field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/a-red-card-could-ruin-the-rugby-world-cup-final-the-game-needs-fairer-safer-rulings-on-the-field-216419/" aria-label="Read more about A red card could ruin the Rugby World Cup final – the game needs fairer, safer rulings on the field">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University Where is the text you’re reading, right now? In one sense, it lives “on the internet” or “in the cloud”, just like your favourite social media platform or the TV show you might stream tonight. But in ... <a title="Most data lives in the cloud. What if it lived under the sea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/most-data-lives-in-the-cloud-what-if-it-lived-under-the-sea-216067/" aria-label="Read more about Most data lives in the cloud. What if it lived under the sea?">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum (MESF), and Deputy Director (International) at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Deakin University Iran has warned Israel of severe consequences from “multiple fronts” if it does not halt its relentless bombardment of the ... <a title="Despite its inflammatory rhetoric, Iran is unlikely to attack Israel. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/despite-its-inflammatory-rhetoric-iran-is-unlikely-to-attack-israel-heres-why-216345/" aria-label="Read more about Despite its inflammatory rhetoric, Iran is unlikely to attack Israel. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Holmes, Professorial Fellow in Sport, University of Canberra Noel Shorter This week, two of the original members of Australia’s 1971 “ping-pong diplomacy” team are returning to Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Half a century ago, few could foresee ... <a title="Ping-pong diplomacy: Australian table tennis players return to China, five decades after historic tour" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/ping-pong-diplomacy-australian-table-tennis-players-return-to-china-five-decades-after-historic-tour-215537/" aria-label="Read more about Ping-pong diplomacy: Australian table tennis players return to China, five decades after historic tour">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Bushell, Clinical Assistant Professor in Pharmacy, University of Canberra Shutterstock Stimulants are first-line drugs for children and adults diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But how do they actually work? First, let’s look at the brain ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition, which means it affects how ... <a title="How do stimulants actually work to reduce ADHD symptoms?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/27/how-do-stimulants-actually-work-to-reduce-adhd-symptoms-215801/" aria-label="Read more about How do stimulants actually work to reduce ADHD symptoms?">Read more</a>
