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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Upama Aich, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Alice Chaos Antidepressants have helped millions of people worldwide since the 1950s. But have you ever wondered what happens to these drugs once they leave our bodies? We wanted to study the effects of ... <a title="Fish on Prozac: chemical residues in wastewater mess with bodies, behaviour and sperm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/fish-on-prozac-chemical-residues-in-wastewater-mess-with-bodies-behaviour-and-sperm-236234/" aria-label="Read more about Fish on Prozac: chemical residues in wastewater mess with bodies, behaviour and sperm">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Douglas, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Aviation, UNSW Sydney wisely/Shutterstock When it comes to consumer protections for airline passengers, Australia has long been dragging its feet. The limited protections we do have rely heavily on the general Australian Consumer Law. The “consumer guarantees” provided in this law ... <a title="Even after the government’s crackdown, Australia will lag behind on flyers’ rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/even-after-the-governments-crackdown-australia-will-lag-behind-on-flyers-rights-237469/" aria-label="Read more about Even after the government’s crackdown, Australia will lag behind on flyers’ rights">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Dong Nhat Huy/Shutterstock This week, outgoing Senex Energy chief executive Ian Davies made headlines when he warned within a few short years, Australia won’t have enough gas to meet our demand, due largely to government inaction and intervention. This is ... <a title="Does Australia face a gas shortage? No – just Victoria, where empty wells meet a lack of planning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/does-australia-face-a-gas-shortage-no-just-victoria-where-empty-wells-meet-a-lack-of-planning-237460/" aria-label="Read more about Does Australia face a gas shortage? No – just Victoria, where empty wells meet a lack of planning">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Doecke, Research Fellow, Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide The spotlight is back on speed limits, as the Western Australian government prepares to host a road safety summit in early September. Ahead of the meeting, at least one expert has called for the WA ... <a title="Should WA and NT drop rural default speed limits to 100kph? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/should-wa-and-nt-drop-rural-default-speed-limits-to-100kph-heres-what-the-evidence-says-237479/" aria-label="Read more about Should WA and NT drop rural default speed limits to 100kph? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tuckerman, Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Ann in the uk/Shutterstock As winter rolls on in Australia, respiratory viruses are everywhere. One of the main culprits is respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which has caused more than 145,000 infections around the country so far this ... <a title="RSV is linked to asthma in children – but we can’t say one causes the other yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/rsv-is-linked-to-asthma-in-children-but-we-cant-say-one-causes-the-other-yet-233779/" aria-label="Read more about RSV is linked to asthma in children – but we can’t say one causes the other yet">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Jandt, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago Jenny Jandt, Author provided What good are wasps? It’s a question we hear all the time. And, let’s face it, wasps are routinely demonised. They interrupt picnics (they love beer and fruit as much as we do). Their ... <a title="Wasps can be pests in NZ – but they have potential to be pest controllers too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/wasps-can-be-pests-in-nz-but-they-have-potential-to-be-pest-controllers-too-235877/" aria-label="Read more about Wasps can be pests in NZ – but they have potential to be pest controllers too">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University For weeks, Israel had been anticipating a major attack from Hezbollah in retaliation for its killing of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Lebanon at the end of July. In the early hours of Sunday, ... <a title="Israel and Hezbollah step back from war, but for how long? All eyes are now on Iran’s next move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/israel-and-hezbollah-step-back-from-war-but-for-how-long-all-eyes-are-now-on-irans-next-move-237463/" aria-label="Read more about Israel and Hezbollah step back from war, but for how long? All eyes are now on Iran’s next move">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University By José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0., CC BY-SA He lived and died more than 2,000 years ago but Hannibal is remembered as one of history’s most formidable military commanders and as “Rome’s greatest enemy”. His daring crossing ... <a title="Who was Hannibal? How one brilliant general almost brought Ancient Rome to its knees" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/who-was-hannibal-how-one-brilliant-general-almost-brought-ancient-rome-to-its-knees-235009/" aria-label="Read more about Who was Hannibal? How one brilliant general almost brought Ancient Rome to its knees">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Burch, Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock While you’re likely familiar with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, you’ve probably heard less about type 1.5 diabetes. Also known as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA), type 1.5 diabetes has features of both type ... <a title="What is type 1.5 diabetes? It’s a bit like type 1 and a bit like type 2 – but it’s often misdiagnosed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/what-is-type-1-5-diabetes-its-a-bit-like-type-1-and-a-bit-like-type-2-but-its-often-misdiagnosed-237041/" aria-label="Read more about What is type 1.5 diabetes? It’s a bit like type 1 and a bit like type 2 – but it’s often misdiagnosed">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janice Lord, Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago Janice Lord, CC BY-SA Mistletoes are the stuff of myth and legend, vilified for providing the arrow that shot Norse god Balder, but venerated in Celtic and Roman mythology as protection against dark forces. It is no wonder ... <a title="NZ mistletoes are parasites but not villains – they’re vital for birds and insects during winter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/nz-mistletoes-are-parasites-but-not-villains-theyre-vital-for-birds-and-insects-during-winter-236846/" aria-label="Read more about NZ mistletoes are parasites but not villains – they’re vital for birds and insects during winter">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Taylor, Associate Professor in Demography, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University Nature moved in when people left the fishing village of Houtouwan in Zhejiang, China Joe Nafis/Shutterstock Right now, human population growth is doing something long thought impossible – it’s wavering. It’s now possible global population could peak ... <a title="Global population growth is now slowing rapidly. Will a falling population be better for the environment?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/global-population-growth-is-now-slowing-rapidly-will-a-falling-population-be-better-for-the-environment-235781/" aria-label="Read more about Global population growth is now slowing rapidly. Will a falling population be better for the environment?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucie Newsome, Lecturer, Business School, University of New England Scharfsinn When we think of a farmer, we still often imagine a man. But in reality, women contribute 49% to real farm income. This isn’t just by increasingly working as farmers themselves. Keeping a farm business going usually ... <a title="Women play a crucial role in agriculture – so why are they often locked out of owning land?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/women-play-a-crucial-role-in-agriculture-so-why-are-they-often-locked-out-of-owning-land-236311/" aria-label="Read more about Women play a crucial role in agriculture – so why are they often locked out of owning land?">Read more</a>
