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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas White, Senior lecturer, University of Sydney Shutterstock As the days grow longer and temperatures climb, we’re greeted by a familiar chorus of buzzing. It’s fly season again. This year is off to a bumper start, with bush flies swarming beach-goers, March flies on the march, and ... <a title="Fly season: what to know about Australia’s most common flies and how to keep them away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/fly-season-what-to-know-about-australias-most-common-flies-and-how-to-keep-them-away-215335/" aria-label="Read more about Fly season: what to know about Australia’s most common flies and how to keep them away">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naima Andrea López, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock Unlike nearly every other species of shark, scalloped hammerheads are highly social. They gather in large groups, or aggregations, numbering in the hundreds. But why? We don’t know. With the help of drones, we now ... <a title="Critically endangered scalloped hammerheads gather in seas off Perth. They need protection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/critically-endangered-scalloped-hammerheads-gather-in-seas-off-perth-they-need-protection-213258/" aria-label="Read more about Critically endangered scalloped hammerheads gather in seas off Perth. They need protection">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Cullen, Lecturer, Macquarie University In March 1976, American Leonard Mack was convicted of sexual assault and holding two female victims at gunpoint. In September 2023, Mack’s wrongful conviction was finally overturned by a New York judge on his 72nd birthday with the help of the Innocence ... <a title="How mistaken identity can lead to wrongful convictions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/how-mistaken-identity-can-lead-to-wrongful-convictions-214844/" aria-label="Read more about How mistaken identity can lead to wrongful convictions">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan Banks, Research professor, University of South Australia Shutterstock You’ve finished a workout, so you’re hot and drenched with perspiration – but soon you begin to feel cool again. Later, it’s a sweltering summer evening and you’re finding it hard to sleep, so you kick off the ... <a title="All the reasons you might be having night sweats – and when to see a doctor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/all-the-reasons-you-might-be-having-night-sweats-and-when-to-see-a-doctor-211436/" aria-label="Read more about All the reasons you might be having night sweats – and when to see a doctor">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McInerney, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Author provided You might have noticed it after sliding on a rock in a Melbourne creek. Or it could have been wading through a Northern Territory waterhole. It’s slime, and our rivers are full of it. That’s a good thing. Wherever ... <a title="Slime after slime: why those biofilms you slip on in rivers are vitally important" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/slime-after-slime-why-those-biofilms-you-slip-on-in-rivers-are-vitally-important-211356/" aria-label="Read more about Slime after slime: why those biofilms you slip on in rivers are vitally important">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By André O. Hudson, Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology Shutterstock Almost since antibiotics were first discovered, we’ve been aware bacteria can learn how to overcome these medicines, a phenomenon known as antimicrobial resistance. The World Health Organization says we’re currently ... <a title="Will we still have antibiotics in 50 years? We asked 7 global experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/will-we-still-have-antibiotics-in-50-years-we-asked-7-global-experts-214950/" aria-label="Read more about Will we still have antibiotics in 50 years? We asked 7 global experts">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Dodd, Director, Research Development, Adelaide Business School, University of Adelaide Javier Allegue Barros/Unsplash, CC BY This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition. For those people focused on meeting the profound challenge of shifting our economies from ... <a title="The human factor: why Australia’s net zero transition risks failing unless it is fair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/the-human-factor-why-australias-net-zero-transition-risks-failing-unless-it-is-fair-214064/" aria-label="Read more about The human factor: why Australia’s net zero transition risks failing unless it is fair">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda J. Graham, Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Suspension from school is meant to be a last resort for serious problem behaviour. Despite that, an alarming number of children are suspended every year, often at young ages, for ... <a title="School suspensions entrench disadvantage. What are the alternatives and how have they worked overseas?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/school-suspensions-entrench-disadvantage-what-are-the-alternatives-and-how-have-they-worked-overseas-212249/" aria-label="Read more about School suspensions entrench disadvantage. What are the alternatives and how have they worked overseas?">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gaunson, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Netflix Wes Anderson’s latest work involves four short films based on Roald Dahl stories: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher and Poison. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is the longest, with a runtime of 39 ... <a title="Roald Dahl was a bigot and beloved children’s author. Wes Anderson shows both sides of this complicated persona" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/roald-dahl-was-a-bigot-and-beloved-childrens-author-wes-anderson-shows-both-sides-of-this-complicated-persona-214836/" aria-label="Read more about Roald Dahl was a bigot and beloved children’s author. Wes Anderson shows both sides of this complicated persona">Read more</a>
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October 16, 2023
Asia Pacific Report A peace researcher and other pro-Palestinian supporters are calling on Auckland Museum to apologise over a furore about the “unethical” lighting of the main building in the blue and white colours of the Israeli flag. Researcher Dr Arama Rata said she wanted the museum to issue a formal apology to the community ... <a title="Pro-Palestine supporters call on Auckland Museum to apologise over lights fiasco" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/16/pro-palestine-supporters-call-on-auckland-museum-to-apologise-over-lights-fiasco/" aria-label="Read more about Pro-Palestine supporters call on Auckland Museum to apologise over lights fiasco">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore In the aftermath of Palestinian group Hamas’ terror attack inside Israel on October 7 and the Israeli state’s even more terrifying attacks on Palestinian urban neighbourhoods in Gaza, the media across many parts of Asia tend to take a more neutral stand in comparison with their Western counterparts. A ... <a title="Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/asian-states-shocked-by-hamas-raids-but-no-blind-support-for-israel/" aria-label="Read more about Asian states shocked by Hamas raids but no ‘blind support’ for Israel">Read more</a>
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October 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne The rules by which politics are conducted have changed dramatically, especially since the rise of Trumpism. Yet the professional mass media continue to cover politics in ways that are no longer fit for purpose. ... <a title="How did the media perform on the Voice referendum? Let’s talk about truth-telling and impartiality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/15/how-did-the-media-perform-on-the-voice-referendum-lets-talk-about-truth-telling-and-impartiality-214961/" aria-label="Read more about How did the media perform on the Voice referendum? Let’s talk about truth-telling and impartiality">Read more</a>
