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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniela Ceccarelli, Reef Fish Ecologist, Australian Institute of Marine Science Wood Reef, near Cape York, suffered no bleaching last summer Neal Cantin/AIMS, Author provided It was another difficult summer on the Great Barrier Reef. A serious marine heatwave caused the fifth mass coral bleaching event since 2016. ... <a title="High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleaching? Here’s how both can be true on the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/high-coral-cover-amid-intense-heatwaves-and-bleaching-heres-how-both-can-be-true-on-the-great-barrier-reef-235510/" aria-label="Read more about High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleaching? Here’s how both can be true on the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Emily Ranquist/ Pexels , CC BY There are more than 850,000 current and former international students living in Australia. This means there are more international students in Australia than people living in Canberra. While this brings enormous benefits, including A$48 ... <a title="Australia could introduce a cap on international students and protect uni funding. Our formula shows how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/australia-could-introduce-a-cap-on-international-students-and-protect-uni-funding-our-formula-shows-how-236137/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could introduce a cap on international students and protect uni funding. Our formula shows how">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian R. Camilleri, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney Markus Mainka/Shutterstock You’re scrolling through your socials and an app for an online shopping site appears. You click the link but, before you can see any merchandise, a spinning wheel flashes up and invites you to ... <a title="You might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/you-might-get-a-discount-or-free-coffee-but-youre-also-being-played-by-the-multi-billion-dollar-gamification-industry-235859/" aria-label="Read more about You might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brumm, Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University The arm bone fragment excavated in 2013 at the site Mata Menge. Y. Kaifu We have discovered rare and very old human fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Our finds are reported ... <a title="Tiny fossil arm bone sheds light on evolution of ancient Indonesian ‘hobbits’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/tiny-fossil-arm-bone-sheds-light-on-evolution-of-ancient-indonesian-hobbits-236121/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny fossil arm bone sheds light on evolution of ancient Indonesian ‘hobbits’">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Barker, Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney Peacock How often do you think about the Roman empire? That was the question posed by a highly popular TikTok trend from last year. Women the world over were surprised to find out that, for ... <a title="I, Claudius, Plebs and Those About to Die: a look back at five decades of Ancient Rome on television" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/i-claudius-plebs-and-those-about-to-die-a-look-back-at-five-decades-of-ancient-rome-on-television-235862/" aria-label="Read more about I, Claudius, Plebs and Those About to Die: a look back at five decades of Ancient Rome on television">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Keogh, Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Vaillery/Shutterstock It’s no secret old age can rob us of our strength. This age-related muscle wastage – known as sarcopenia – can eventually lead to more falls, more hospital stays, difficulty with walking ... <a title="Sarcopenic obesity can rob people of their strength – but even brief bursts of exercise help a lot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/sarcopenic-obesity-can-rob-people-of-their-strength-but-even-brief-bursts-of-exercise-help-a-lot-234663/" aria-label="Read more about Sarcopenic obesity can rob people of their strength – but even brief bursts of exercise help a lot">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyle Eggleton, Associate Dean, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Telehealth has been touted as one solution to New Zealand’s ongoing health-care crisis, which is particularly stark in rural regions. But moving health services online can have a number of unintended consequences that can impact the wellbeing ... <a title="A tool not a panacea: telehealth is overhyped as a solution to New Zealand’s rural health-care crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/a-tool-not-a-panacea-telehealth-is-overhyped-as-a-solution-to-new-zealands-rural-health-care-crisis-236132/" aria-label="Read more about A tool not a panacea: telehealth is overhyped as a solution to New Zealand’s rural health-care crisis">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Polynesia’s homeboy Kauli Vaast has won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s shortboard finals of the Paris 2024 surfing event and in the process made history in Teahupo’o. Radio 1 reports Vaast 22, an indigenous Tahitian, beat Australia’s Jack Robinson to become the first ... <a title="French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/french-polynesias-homeboy-king-of-teahupoo-wins-olympic-surf-gold/" aria-label="Read more about French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Asia Pacific Report The West Papuan resistance movement OPM has blamed the tragic death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of the troubled Melanesian region on Indonesia’s security forces and “every nation supporting barbarity”. In a statement today, the OPM (Free Papua Organisation) chairman-commander Jeffrey Bomanak claimed his movement had undertaken ... <a title="OPM blames Indonesia over tragic death of NZ helicopter pilot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/opm-blames-indonesia-over-tragic-death-of-nz-helicopter-pilot/" aria-label="Read more about OPM blames Indonesia over tragic death of NZ helicopter pilot">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Hartigan, Lecturer in Economics, University of Sydney This week has been a rollercoaster ride for investors. Financial markets across the world were gripped by a fearsome selloff that surprised even seasoned investors with its speed and ferocity, as well as what caused it all in the ... <a title="Fear gripped global markets this week – but was it all overblown?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/06/fear-gripped-global-markets-this-week-but-was-it-all-overblown-236219/" aria-label="Read more about Fear gripped global markets this week – but was it all overblown?">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Days ago, at the start of last week, there was talk of a Reserve Bank rate hike. Not now, not seriously, although Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock said it remained an option on the table ... <a title="The RBA says don’t expect interest rate cuts for 6 months. Here’s why it could be sooner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/06/the-rba-says-dont-expect-interest-rate-cuts-for-6-months-heres-why-it-could-be-sooner-236138/" aria-label="Read more about The RBA says don’t expect interest rate cuts for 6 months. Here’s why it could be sooner">Read more</a>
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August 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government plans to set a start date of the middle of the next parliamentary term for the commencement of its electoral reforms, which would cap election spending and donations. But it has delayed the introduction of the legislation ... <a title="Government’s electoral reform legislation delayed until September" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/06/governments-electoral-reform-legislation-delayed-until-september-236241/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s electoral reform legislation delayed until September">Read more</a>
