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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Imraan Valodia, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand Since the Industrial Revolution, country after country has turned to fossil fuels to power their transport and industry. Now the bill is coming due. Huge volumes of long-buried ... <a title="Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/developing-nations-are-least-responsible-for-climate-change-but-cop-it-worst-will-the-cop29-climate-talks-tackle-this-injustice-243147/" aria-label="Read more about Developing nations are least responsible for climate change but cop it worst. Will the COP29 climate talks tackle this injustice?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Annear, Lecturer (Teaching Specialist) Disability and Community Inclusion, Flinders University Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Language trends change quickly at the hands of social media users. They explode into our screens, rather than slowly evolve. This can change the ways we talk about diagnoses such as autism and concepts like ... <a title="Is it OK to use the term ‘neurospicy’ when talking about autism and other neurodivergences?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/is-it-ok-to-use-the-term-neurospicy-when-talking-about-autism-and-other-neurodivergences-241349/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK to use the term ‘neurospicy’ when talking about autism and other neurodivergences?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evangeline Mantzioris, Program Director of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Accredited Practising Dietitian, University of South Australia Just as a Formula 1 team wouldn’t use shoddy fuel for their cars, elite athletes shouldn’t eat poorly as they try to get the best out of themselves. Nutrition is crucial ... <a title="Many elite women athletes don’t eat enough carbs, which can affect their performance and health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/many-elite-women-athletes-dont-eat-enough-carbs-which-can-affect-their-performance-and-health-242211/" aria-label="Read more about Many elite women athletes don’t eat enough carbs, which can affect their performance and health">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato and Claire Breen, University of Waikato With the protest hīkoi from the Far North moving through Rotorua on its way to Wellington, it might be said ACT leader David Seymour has been granted his wish of generating an “important national conversation about the place of the Treaty in ... <a title="NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/nzs-treaty-principles-bill-is-already-straining-social-cohesion-a-referendum-could-be-worse/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Treaty Principles Bill is already straining social cohesion – a referendum could be worse">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Mudgway, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury Given the ever-increasing problem of digital harm, the government’s proposed legislation criminalising stalking is welcome news. The yet-to-be-named proposed law, set to be introduced to parliament by the end of the year, refers to a range of stalking ... <a title="NZ’s proposed anti-stalking law is good news – but it must be future-proofed against rapidly evolving technologies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/nzs-proposed-anti-stalking-law-is-good-news-but-it-must-be-future-proofed-against-rapidly-evolving-technologies-243465/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s proposed anti-stalking law is good news – but it must be future-proofed against rapidly evolving technologies">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Parkinson, Research Scientist in Astrophysics, The University of Queensland The active galaxy Centaurus A, with jets emanating from the central black hole. ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray), CC BY Black holes don’t have many identifying features. They come in one colour ... <a title="Egg-shaped galaxies may be aligned to the black holes at their hearts, astronomers find" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/egg-shaped-galaxies-may-be-aligned-to-the-black-holes-at-their-hearts-astronomers-find-236699/" aria-label="Read more about Egg-shaped galaxies may be aligned to the black holes at their hearts, astronomers find">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Sasson, Scientia Senior Lecturer in Medicine (Immunology), UNSW Sydney PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Former winner of TV show Alone Australia Gina Chick was diagnosed with breast cancer just days after finding out she was pregnant. She describes in her recent book her experience with chemotherapy and ... <a title="Cancer while pregnant is rare, but is becoming more common. Here’s what researchers think is behind the rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/cancer-while-pregnant-is-rare-but-is-becoming-more-common-heres-what-researchers-think-is-behind-the-rise-238225/" aria-label="Read more about Cancer while pregnant is rare, but is becoming more common. Here’s what researchers think is behind the rise">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is famous for his forthright statements to other world leaders. In March 1989, Mahathir wrote a letter to then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that ... <a title="35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/35-years-after-the-satanic-verses-controversy-newly-unearthed-letters-reveal-some-uncomfortable-truths-241890/" aria-label="Read more about 35 years after The Satanic Verses controversy, newly unearthed letters reveal some uncomfortable truths">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Lintermans, Adjunct associate in freshwater fisheries ecology and management, University of Canberra The barred galaxias is already extinct across 95% of its former streams due to trout, bushfires and droughts. Steven Kuiter Three-quarters of Australia’s freshwater fish species are found nowhere else on the planet. This ... <a title="Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/troubled-waters-how-to-stop-australias-freshwater-fish-species-from-going-extinct-242950/" aria-label="Read more about Troubled waters: how to stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen Larsen, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland Iryna Tolmachova/Shutterstock Pupil-free or student-free days may seem like an extra holiday for students and an inconvenience for parents, who are juggling work and family. This week, some parents in New South Wales expressed frustration about ... <a title="Pupil-free days may be tricky for parents, but they are vital for teachers and schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/pupil-free-days-may-be-tricky-for-parents-but-they-are-vital-for-teachers-and-schools-243475/" aria-label="Read more about Pupil-free days may be tricky for parents, but they are vital for teachers and schools">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott French, Senior Lecturer in Economics, UNSW Sydney Engineer studio/Shutterstock This article is part of The Conversation’s “Business Basics” series where we ask experts to discuss key concepts in business, economics and finance. Thanks to the decisive victory of US President-elect Donald Trump, we’re now set to ... <a title="What are tariffs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/what-are-tariffs-243356/" aria-label="Read more about What are tariffs?">Read more</a>
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November 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Kelsey, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Headlines following Donald Trump’s election victory focused largely on the influence of personalities, such as Elon Musk or Robert Kennedy junior, and single issues, such as how US tariff hikes would affect New ... <a title="Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/15/trumps-tariffs-are-nothing-new-nzs-real-problem-is-the-failing-free-trade-system-itself-243446/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself">Read more</a>
