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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blair Aitken, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology You had a great night out, but the next morning, anxiety hits: your heart races, and you replay every conversation from the night before in your head. This feeling, known as hangover anxiety or “hangxiety”, affects ... <a title="Why do I get so anxious after drinking? Here’s the science behind ‘hangxiety’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/why-do-i-get-so-anxious-after-drinking-heres-the-science-behind-hangxiety-240991/" aria-label="Read more about Why do I get so anxious after drinking? Here’s the science behind ‘hangxiety’">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Sirbatch/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Solar and wind have won the global energy race. They accounted for 80% of new global power capacity installed in 2023. In Australia, 99% of new capacity is wind or solar. ... <a title="Queensland election signals both major parties accept pumped hydro and the renewable energy transition as inevitable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/queensland-election-signals-both-major-parties-accept-pumped-hydro-and-the-renewable-energy-transition-as-inevitable-229611/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland election signals both major parties accept pumped hydro and the renewable energy transition as inevitable">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Waters, Professor of Zoology, University of Otago Author provided, CC BY-SA As we continue to change the planet, scientists are worried we might also be altering the evolutionary trajectories of the species that live alongside us, perhaps even including some irreversible shifts. Certainly, the evidence for ... <a title="Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution – new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/stoneflies-change-colour-in-response-to-deforestation-suggesting-humans-can-alter-evolution-new-research-242008/" aria-label="Read more about Stoneflies change colour in response to deforestation, suggesting humans can alter evolution – new research">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Cunningham, Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Physics, UNSW Sydney Part of the Taurus molecular cloud. ESA, CC BY-SA A team led by researchers at MIT in the United States has discovered large molecules containing carbon in a distant interstellar cloud of gas and dust. This is ... <a title="Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/astronomers-just-found-complex-carbon-molecules-in-space-a-step-closer-to-deciphering-the-origins-of-life-241889/" aria-label="Read more about Astronomers just found complex carbon molecules in space – a step closer to deciphering the origins of life">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Schumaker, Senior Lecturer in American Studies, University of Sydney In late September, the governor of the state of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, boasted that election officials had removed 453,000 people from the state’s voter rolls since 2021. In a state with only 2.3 million registered voters, it ... <a title="Most Republican states have made voting harder since 2020. Our research shows how successful they’ve been" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/most-republican-states-have-made-voting-harder-since-2020-our-research-shows-how-successful-theyve-been-240667/" aria-label="Read more about Most Republican states have made voting harder since 2020. Our research shows how successful they’ve been">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sathana Dushyanthen, Academic Specialist & Senior Lecturer in Cancer Sciences & Digital Health| Superstar of STEM| Science Communicator, The University of Melbourne Nenad Cavoski/Shutterstock Prostate cancer is Australia’s most commonly diagnosed cancer. One in six men will be diagnosed by the time they turn 85. Cancers are ... <a title="What is stereotactic radiation therapy for prostate cancer? How does it compare to other treatments?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/what-is-stereotactic-radiation-therapy-for-prostate-cancer-how-does-it-compare-to-other-treatments-241467/" aria-label="Read more about What is stereotactic radiation therapy for prostate cancer? How does it compare to other treatments?">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evelyn Parr, Research Fellow in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University Lizardflms/Shutterstock Type 2 diabetes affects 1.2 million Australians and accounts for 85-90% of all diabetes cases. This chronic condition is characterised by high blood glucose (sugar) levels, which carry ... <a title="For type 2 diabetes, focusing on when you eat – not what – can help control blood sugar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/for-type-2-diabetes-focusing-on-when-you-eat-not-what-can-help-control-blood-sugar-241472/" aria-label="Read more about For type 2 diabetes, focusing on when you eat – not what – can help control blood sugar">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yi Fei Chung, PhD candidate in Environmental Policy, The University of Queensland Black Dingo/Shutterstock “Nature positive” is seemingly everywhere. Two weeks ago, Australia hosted the first Global Nature Positive Summit. This week, nations are meeting in Colombia for a global biodiversity summit to discuss progress on nature ... <a title="Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Follow these 4 steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/want-genuine-progress-towards-restoring-nature-follow-these-4-steps-240569/" aria-label="Read more about Want genuine progress towards restoring nature? Follow these 4 steps">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Van Bergen, Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong Basilco Stock Studio/ Shutterstock Everyone knows a kid who cheats at Monopoly or backyard cricket. Perhaps they have even cheated on a test at school. If your notice your own child ... <a title="Why do kids cheat? Is it normal, or should I be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/why-do-kids-cheat-is-it-normal-or-should-i-be-worried-242022/" aria-label="Read more about Why do kids cheat? Is it normal, or should I be worried?">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa A. Wheeler, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock Should employers prioritise efficiency at all costs? It might seem like a good idea. More processes than ever before can now be automated with robotics, artificial intelligence and other technology. But in case ... <a title="Does tracking your employees actually make them more productive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/does-tracking-your-employees-actually-make-them-more-productive-242027/" aria-label="Read more about Does tracking your employees actually make them more productive?">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Enfield, Professor and Chair of Linguistics, University of Sydney Mongkolchon Akesin/Shutterstock Most people will tell you they hate small talk. It can feel awkward, especially when it steers to that blandest of topics, the weather. We turn to the weather when we can’t think of anything ... <a title="Party season is coming. Here are 2 ways to make small talk less awkward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/party-season-is-coming-here-are-2-ways-to-make-small-talk-less-awkward-241268/" aria-label="Read more about Party season is coming. Here are 2 ways to make small talk less awkward">Read more</a>
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October 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images The current inquest into the worshippers killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks has been examining gun laws at the time of the 2019 atrocities, and how lax controls helped the terrorist acquire his weapons. Inevitably, it has ... <a title="What can the US teach NZ about gun control? More than you might expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/25/what-can-the-us-teach-nz-about-gun-control-more-than-you-might-expect-242020/" aria-label="Read more about What can the US teach NZ about gun control? More than you might expect">Read more</a>
