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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Naeni, PhD candidate in digital technologies in Iran, Deakin University After Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash on May 20, the Iranian government had to schedule an early election to choose a new president. The regime has approved six presidential candidates to ... <a title="Social media platforms are blocked in Iran. Candidates in this week’s presidential election are embracing them anyway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/social-media-platforms-are-blocked-in-iran-candidates-in-this-weeks-presidential-election-are-embracing-them-anyway-232717/" aria-label="Read more about Social media platforms are blocked in Iran. Candidates in this week’s presidential election are embracing them anyway">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Maher, Professor, Medical Research Future Fund Emerging Leader, University of South Australia Anyone who lived through the COVID pandemic would likely understand that even a small period of isolation can cause physical and mental stress. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – who will return to Australia after ... <a title="Julian Assange was isolated for more than a decade. Here’s what that does to the body and mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/julian-assange-was-isolated-for-more-than-a-decade-heres-what-that-does-to-the-body-and-mind-233214/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange was isolated for more than a decade. Here’s what that does to the body and mind">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University A key measure of inflation has jumped, climbing to 4% in May after edging up from a recent low of 3.4% in February. The Bureau of Statistics monthly consumer price indicator produced an annual inflation rate of 3.6% in April. ... <a title="Australia’s inflation rate jumps to 4%, putting an RBA rate rise back on the agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/australias-inflation-rate-jumps-to-4-putting-an-rba-rate-rise-back-on-the-agenda-233331/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s inflation rate jumps to 4%, putting an RBA rate rise back on the agenda">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Williamson, Professor in Marine Fisheries Ecology, Macquarie University Author provided Last summer, the Great Barrier Reef suffered its worst mass coral bleaching event. Our new data show the devastating damage the bleaching caused to a reef at Lizard Island – a finding that does not bode ... <a title="New drone imagery reveals 97% of coral dead at a Lizard Island reef after last summer’s mass bleaching" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/new-drone-imagery-reveals-97-of-coral-dead-at-a-lizard-island-reef-after-last-summers-mass-bleaching-233325/" aria-label="Read more about New drone imagery reveals 97% of coral dead at a Lizard Island reef after last summer’s mass bleaching">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Park Thaichon, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Southern Queensland The property market is a competitive space where finding a nice home, in the area you want, at a price you can afford is a hard ask. With buyers outnumbering available properties, the pressure is even greater ... <a title="How fear of missing out can lead to you paying more when buying a home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/how-fear-of-missing-out-can-lead-to-you-paying-more-when-buying-a-home-233197/" aria-label="Read more about How fear of missing out can lead to you paying more when buying a home">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassy Dittman, Senior Lecturer/Head of Course (Undergraduate Psychology), Research Fellow, Manna Institute, CQUniversity Australia Benjamin Manley/Unsplash With around one in 50 adults diagnosed with cancer each year, many people are faced with the difficult task of sharing the news of their diagnosis with their loved ones. Parents ... <a title="I’ve been diagnosed with cancer. How do I tell my children?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/ive-been-diagnosed-with-cancer-how-do-i-tell-my-children-228012/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve been diagnosed with cancer. How do I tell my children?">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glenn Banks, Professor of Geography, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University Minister of Resources and of Regional Development Shane Jones has been busy boosting the prospects of an expanded mining and oil industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. A new mining policy is “long overdue”, he ... <a title="NZ’s government wants to kick-start a mining boom – but they’re unlikely to hit paydirt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/nzs-government-wants-to-kick-start-a-mining-boom-but-theyre-unlikely-to-hit-paydirt-232482/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s government wants to kick-start a mining boom – but they’re unlikely to hit paydirt">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University CandyBox Images/Shutterstock “Fart walks” have become a cultural phenomenon, after a woman named Mairlyn Smith posted online a now-viral video about how she and her husband go on walks about 60 minutes after dinner and release ... <a title="Why are people on TikTok talking about going for a ‘fart walk’? A gastroenterologist weighs in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/why-are-people-on-tiktok-talking-about-going-for-a-fart-walk-a-gastroenterologist-weighs-in-232152/" aria-label="Read more about Why are people on TikTok talking about going for a ‘fart walk’? A gastroenterologist weighs in">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney As incumbent President Joe Biden and his Republican challenger, Donald Trump, prepare for their first debate later this week, one big question hangs over the US presidential race: who will Trump pick as his vice-presidential running ... <a title="Why Trump’s best chance of winning the US election might be tapping a once-bitter rival as his vice president" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/why-trumps-best-chance-of-winning-the-us-election-might-be-tapping-a-once-bitter-rival-as-his-vice-president-233097/" aria-label="Read more about Why Trump’s best chance of winning the US election might be tapping a once-bitter rival as his vice president">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance” is a famous quotation usually attributed to Thomas Jefferson, a founder of US democracy. For Julian Assange, the price of freedom has been five years in jail while he fought extradition to the ... <a title="Julian Assange has been in the headlines for almost two decades. Here’s why he’s such a significant public figure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/julian-assange-has-been-in-the-headlines-for-almost-two-decades-heres-why-hes-such-a-significant-public-figure-233232/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange has been in the headlines for almost two decades. Here’s why he’s such a significant public figure">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leila Jameel, Trial Co-ordinator and Research Therapist, Swinburne University of Technology Rawpixel/Shutterstock Have you ever heard something that others cannot – such as your name being called? Hearing voices or other noises that aren’t there is very common. About 10% of people report experiencing auditory hallucinations at ... <a title="Hearing voices is common and can be distressing. Virtual reality might help us meet and ‘treat’ them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/hearing-voices-is-common-and-can-be-distressing-virtual-reality-might-help-us-meet-and-treat-them-230972/" aria-label="Read more about Hearing voices is common and can be distressing. Virtual reality might help us meet and ‘treat’ them">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney Teun van den Dries/Shutterstock Coal will no longer be burned for power in Australia within 14 years. To replace it will require faster deployment of solar and wind, storage, new transmission lines and some ... <a title="Coal-free in 14 years as renewables rush in: new blueprint shows how to green the grid – without nuclear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/26/coal-free-in-14-years-as-renewables-rush-in-new-blueprint-shows-how-to-green-the-grid-without-nuclear-232985/" aria-label="Read more about Coal-free in 14 years as renewables rush in: new blueprint shows how to green the grid – without nuclear">Read more</a>
