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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University On the Saturday before Election Day, I travelled from Washington DC to Charlotte, North Carolina, to attend one of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ last campaign rallies. It was extraordinary how many women ... <a title="Why did white women and the Democratic base abandon Kamala Harris? My view from the campaign trail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/why-did-white-women-and-the-democratic-base-abandon-kamala-harris-my-view-from-the-campaign-trail-243136/" aria-label="Read more about Why did white women and the Democratic base abandon Kamala Harris? My view from the campaign trail">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong Voters from Latino (immigrants from Latin America and their descendants) and Hispanic (people whose heritage is from Spanish-speaking countries) backgrounds contributed significantly to Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Kamala Harris in ... <a title="Why did so many Latino and Hispanic voters help return Donald Trump to power?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/why-did-so-many-latino-and-hispanic-voters-help-return-donald-trump-to-power-243048/" aria-label="Read more about Why did so many Latino and Hispanic voters help return Donald Trump to power?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nik Dennler, PhD Graduate in Computer Science, Western Sydney University Abudzaky / Shutterstock Imagine a robot that can detect scents in the air and track down their sources as efficiently as a dog or a mouse. If realised, it could detect small wildfires in dense forests, find ... <a title="We built a tiny electronic nose that can beat a mouse at its own game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/we-built-a-tiny-electronic-nose-that-can-beat-a-mouse-at-its-own-game-243020/" aria-label="Read more about We built a tiny electronic nose that can beat a mouse at its own game">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Tenbensel, Professor, Health Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau The government’s recent directive that public services should be prioritised “on the basis of need, not race” will make it harder and more time consuming to reach New Zealanders with higher needs. Focused on ethnicity, the ... <a title="Ethnicity is a useful shortcut for identifying need – without it, targeting public services will get harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/ethnicity-is-a-useful-shortcut-for-identifying-need-without-it-targeting-public-services-will-get-harder-239388/" aria-label="Read more about Ethnicity is a useful shortcut for identifying need – without it, targeting public services will get harder">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Conrad Hamann, Associate Professor of Architectural History, RMIT University RMIT/Flickr, CC BY-ND Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre – and the reinforced concrete and steel-beamed building around it – turns 100 today. The spectacular modern architecture, which was refurbished some years ago by RMIT, was designed by US architect Walter ... <a title="Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre turns 100. A look back at the radical Modernist marvel that almost met an early end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/melbournes-capitol-theatre-turns-100-a-look-back-at-the-radical-modernist-marvel-that-almost-met-an-early-end-242776/" aria-label="Read more about Melbourne’s Capitol Theatre turns 100. A look back at the radical Modernist marvel that almost met an early end">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis This morning, I am afraid. I am very afraid. I fear that by the time I go to bed democracy in the United States will be imperilled by a man, the nature of which the Founding Fathers could never envisage when creating the protective elements of the constitution. The risks will ... <a title="Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/gavin-ellis-a-day-to-be-gripped-by-fear-freedom-will-lose-its-true-meaning/" aria-label="Read more about Gavin Ellis: A day to be gripped by fear – ‘freedom’ will lose its true meaning">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University Online, people predicted the 2024 US election would be Roevember. According to a 2024 Pew Research Center poll, 63% of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, ... <a title="Abortion did not play as big a role in the US election as many anticipated. What might happen on this issue now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/abortion-did-not-play-as-big-a-role-in-the-us-election-as-many-anticipated-what-might-happen-on-this-issue-now-243047/" aria-label="Read more about Abortion did not play as big a role in the US election as many anticipated. What might happen on this issue now?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
RNZ Pacific The Tongan and Fijian prime ministers are among the first Pacific Island leaders to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, 78, returned to the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, according to Edison Research projections. Tonga’s Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, who is ... <a title="Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/pacific-nation-leaders-look-forward-to-strengthened-us-relations-with-trump/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nation leaders look forward to strengthened US relations with Trump">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Bowell, Lecturer of Sport Managmnet and Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology As sport and politics are ever more intertwined in 2024, so too are the number of nations and organisations turning to “sportswashing”. Sportswashing uses sport to improve the reputation of an authoritarian regime, nation-state or ... <a title="What can sport fans do if their team, or league, is being sportswashed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/what-can-sport-fans-do-if-their-team-or-league-is-being-sportswashed-241793/" aria-label="Read more about What can sport fans do if their team, or league, is being sportswashed?">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Over 30 years the French government tested 193 nuclear weapons in Māohi Nui and today Indigenous peoples still suffer the impacts through intergenerational cancers. In 1975, France stopped atmospheric tests and moved to underground testing. Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross was eight years old when the French nuclear tests ... <a title="Māohi Nui campaigner tackles French nuclear test legacy – cancer and limited compensation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/maohi-nui-campaigner-tackles-french-nuclear-test-legacy-cancer-and-limited-compensation/" aria-label="Read more about Māohi Nui campaigner tackles French nuclear test legacy – cancer and limited compensation">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brandon Robert Munn, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Sydney whitehoune/Shutterstock The brain is a marvel of efficiency, honed by thousands of years of evolution so it can adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. Yet, despite decades of research, the mystery of how the brain achieves ... <a title="How do brains coordinate activity? From fruit flies to monkeys, we discovered this universal principle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/how-do-brains-coordinate-activity-from-fruit-flies-to-monkeys-we-discovered-this-universal-principle-242792/" aria-label="Read more about How do brains coordinate activity? From fruit flies to monkeys, we discovered this universal principle">Read more</a>
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November 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Martyr, Lecturer, Pharmacology, Women’s Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia Korawat photo shoot/Shutterstock For millennia, humans had one obvious and reliable source of light – the Sun – and we knew the Sun was essential for our survival. This might be why ... <a title="Part science, part magic: an illuminating history of healing with light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/07/part-science-part-magic-an-illuminating-history-of-healing-with-light-231179/" aria-label="Read more about Part science, part magic: an illuminating history of healing with light">Read more</a>
