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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Diettrich, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Rows of dancers, bodies attired with natural fibres and adorned with fragrant oils and flowers, move in synchronous harmony. They raise their voices in song and affirm connections across the vast seaways of ... <a title="Regenerating Oceania: the ‘unique and unifying’ Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture makes a comeback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/regenerating-oceania-the-unique-and-unifying-festival-of-pacific-arts-and-culture-makes-a-comeback-227548/" aria-label="Read more about Regenerating Oceania: the ‘unique and unifying’ Festival of Pacific Arts & Culture makes a comeback">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ryan, Postdoctoral CERC Fellow, CSIRO Su San Lee / Unsplash How can we explain and predict human behaviour? Are mathematics and probability up to the task, or are humans too complex and irrational? Often, people’s actions take us by surprise, particularly when they seem irrational. Take ... <a title="What toilet paper and game shows can teach us about the spread of epidemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/what-toilet-paper-and-game-shows-can-teach-us-about-the-spread-of-epidemics-230780/" aria-label="Read more about What toilet paper and game shows can teach us about the spread of epidemics">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Duncan, PhD Candidate in Polar Marine Ecology and Climate Change, University of Technology Sydney Rebecca Duncan Every day, women are working on frontier science in Earth’s unforgiving polar environments. Our study, published today in PLOS Climate, investigated what their experiences are actually like. Fieldwork in the ... <a title="A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/a-shocking-79-of-female-scientists-have-negative-experiences-during-polar-field-work-221879/" aria-label="Read more about A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar field work">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fernanda Mata, Research Fellow, Monash University song-about-summer/Shutterstock Late last year the federal government announced measuresmake it easier for Australians to access financial advice? As part of this, the government wants super funds to use “nudges” to get members to engage more with their retirement investments and superannuation, ... <a title="Super funds are using ‘nudges’ to help you make financial decisions. How do they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/super-funds-are-using-nudges-to-help-you-make-financial-decisions-how-do-they-work-230404/" aria-label="Read more about Super funds are using ‘nudges’ to help you make financial decisions. How do they work?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Garry Jennings, Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney Gualtiero Boffi/Shutterstock Nobody dies in good health, at least in their final moments. But to think the causes of death are easy to count or that there is generally a single reason somebody passes is an oversimplification. In fact, ... <a title="1 in 5 deaths are caused by heart disease, but what else are Australians dying from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/1-in-5-deaths-are-caused-by-heart-disease-but-what-else-are-australians-dying-from-231598/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 deaths are caused by heart disease, but what else are Australians dying from?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tianyi Ma, Distinguished Professor in Chemistry and Renewable Energy, RMIT University VanderWolf Images/Shutterstock Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are vital tools to help us make cuts to the 36 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases we emit each year. But renewables alone can’t get us ... <a title="Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial – but it’s going to be crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/yes-carbon-capture-and-storage-is-controversial-but-its-going-to-be-crucial-230122/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial – but it’s going to be crucial">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images New Zealand plans to commission about eight gigawatts of solar photovoltaic projects – more than the maximum power demand of the whole country on a typical winter’s day ... <a title="Solar farms can eat up farmland – but ‘agrivoltaics’ could mean the best of both worlds for NZ farmers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/solar-farms-can-eat-up-farmland-but-agrivoltaics-could-mean-the-best-of-both-worlds-for-nz-farmers-230531/" aria-label="Read more about Solar farms can eat up farmland – but ‘agrivoltaics’ could mean the best of both worlds for NZ farmers">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Talitha Best, Professor of Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Mary Taylor/Pexels , CC BY Last month, Ballarat Clarendon College began a trial to ban water bottles in the classroom for students in Years 5 to 9. According to the school, “early feedback” indicated it had reduced noise and bathroom ... <a title="Hydration is really important for learning. How much do kids need to drink?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/hydration-is-really-important-for-learning-how-much-do-kids-need-to-drink-231485/" aria-label="Read more about Hydration is really important for learning. How much do kids need to drink?">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Cole, Composer and Lecturer in Screen Composition, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney IMDB In June 1994 the late composer Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou – better known as Vangelis – released his soundtrack for the 1982 film Blade Runner. It would go on to become emblematic ... <a title="Blade Runner soundtrack at 30: how Vangelis used electronic music to explore what it means to be human" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/blade-runner-soundtrack-at-30-how-vangelis-used-electronic-music-to-explore-what-it-means-to-be-human-221604/" aria-label="Read more about Blade Runner soundtrack at 30: how Vangelis used electronic music to explore what it means to be human">Read more</a>
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June 6, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has dropped its Federal Court case against X relating to tweets distributing the footage of the Wakeley church stabbing. In response to the decision, X’s owner, billionaire Elon Musk, tweeted “freedom of speech ... <a title="Elon Musk says he won a battle for free speech in court, but it won’t stop the war for social media regulation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/06/elon-musk-says-he-won-a-battle-for-free-speech-in-court-but-it-wont-stop-the-war-for-social-media-regulation-228885/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk says he won a battle for free speech in court, but it won’t stop the war for social media regulation">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manisha Caleb, Lecturer, University of Sydney Shutterstock When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating from across the vast expanse of the universe. We call them “radio transients”: some erupt only once, never to be seen again, ... <a title="A strange intermittent radio signal from space has astronomers puzzled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/a-strange-intermittent-radio-signal-from-space-has-astronomers-puzzled-231385/" aria-label="Read more about A strange intermittent radio signal from space has astronomers puzzled">Read more</a>
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June 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Hall, Professor of International Relations, Griffith University Most pundits and exit polls predicted a big win for Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s massive six-week election that just came to a close. They were wrong. Instead, many voters in key battleground states cast their ... <a title="Has the tide finally turned for Narendra Modi after his party’s disappointing election result in India?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/05/has-the-tide-finally-turned-for-narendra-modi-after-his-partys-disappointing-election-result-in-india-229890/" aria-label="Read more about Has the tide finally turned for Narendra Modi after his party’s disappointing election result in India?">Read more</a>
