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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan McConnell, Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In Australia’s electricity system, more and more energy from sunlight and wind is being “spilled” – or not converted to electricity. In the last year, the amount of renewable energy spilled was roughly ... <a title="Should we worry about wasting renewable energy? Here’s why ‘spilling’ excess power is expected – and efficient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/should-we-worry-about-wasting-renewable-energy-heres-why-spilling-excess-power-is-expected-and-efficient-229489/" aria-label="Read more about Should we worry about wasting renewable energy? Here’s why ‘spilling’ excess power is expected – and efficient">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria Vieira, Lecturer, University of South Australia DC Studio / Shutterstock Last week, Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic announced with little fanfare that the position of Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador would be discontinued, effective three days later. The role was created in October 2018 “to ... <a title="Australia’s key program for gender equity in STEM was scrapped last week. This could actually be good news" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/australias-key-program-for-gender-equity-in-stem-was-scrapped-last-week-this-could-actually-be-good-news-231321/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s key program for gender equity in STEM was scrapped last week. This could actually be good news">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Inside PNG Anna Solomon, a Papua New Guinean journalist and editor with 40 years experience, is now providing training for journalists at the Wantok Niuspepa. Wantok is a weekly newspaper and the only Tok Pisin language newspaper in PNG. Solomon, who spoke during last month’s public inquiry on Media in Papua New Guinea, asked if ... <a title="Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/veteran-png-editor-promotes-tok-pisin-writing-trains-journalists/" aria-label="Read more about Veteran PNG editor promotes Tok Pisin writing, trains journalists">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Police in New Caledonia have a new weapon in their arsenal — state of the art armoured vehicles with machine guns, flown in from France to take control of the law and order situation following the violent unrest. The state of emergency was lifted in the territory last ... <a title="France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/france-sends-armoured-vehicles-with-machine-gun-capability-to-new-caledonia/" aria-label="Read more about France sends armoured vehicles with machine gun capability to New Caledonia">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia J Rucklidge, Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury Getty Images Antenatal depression affects 15% to 21% of pregnant women worldwide. It can influence birth outcomes and children’s development, as well as increase the risk of post-natal depression. Current treatments like therapy can be inaccessible and antidepressants ... <a title="For women with antenatal depression, micronutrients might help them and their babies – new study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/for-women-with-antenatal-depression-micronutrients-might-help-them-and-their-babies-new-study-228097/" aria-label="Read more about For women with antenatal depression, micronutrients might help them and their babies – new study">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Falconer, Lecturer, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland Darius Cotoi/Unsplash In recent weeks, Southern Cryonics – the southern hemisphere’s only cryopreservation facility, located in rural New South Wales – announced it had successfully cryopreserved its first patient. There are only a handful of ... <a title="You can now be frozen after death in Australia. If you get revived in the future, will you still legally be the same person?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/you-can-now-be-frozen-after-death-in-australia-if-you-get-revived-in-the-future-will-you-still-legally-be-the-same-person-230876/" aria-label="Read more about You can now be frozen after death in Australia. If you get revived in the future, will you still legally be the same person?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Smart, Lecturer and Researcher (Speech Pathology) – School of Allied Health, Curtin University chomplearn/Shutterstock There is increasing media interest about surgical procedures on new babies for tongue tie. Some hail it as a miracle cure, others view it as barbaric treatment, though adverse outcomes are rare. ... <a title="Debate over tongue tie procedures in babies continues. Here’s why it can be beneficial for some infants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/debate-over-tongue-tie-procedures-in-babies-continues-heres-why-it-can-be-beneficial-for-some-infants-230008/" aria-label="Read more about Debate over tongue tie procedures in babies continues. Here’s why it can be beneficial for some infants">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Kitreel/Shutterstock Family meetings are often touted as an effective way to resolve conflicts, work out some shared goals and bring the family together. They seem to wax and wane in popularity. But as Google Trends shows, ... <a title="Could family meetings help you get on better with your kids? Yes – but they can also go horribly wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/could-family-meetings-help-you-get-on-better-with-your-kids-yes-but-they-can-also-go-horribly-wrong-231274/" aria-label="Read more about Could family meetings help you get on better with your kids? Yes – but they can also go horribly wrong">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Imran Ali, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Innovation Management, CQUniversity Australia Jochen Schoenfeld/Shutterstock Oranges – and all the things we can make from them – are big business. But the industry is facing a severe crisis. About 50 million tonnes of oranges are grown each year, ... <a title="What’s the global orange juice supply crisis – and should Australians be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/whats-the-global-orange-juice-supply-crisis-and-should-australians-be-worried-231290/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the global orange juice supply crisis – and should Australians be worried?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Yule, Professor of Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast Catherine Yule, Author provided When I lived in Kalimantan in Indonesia in the 1990s and later in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, I would often wake to toxic, smoke-filled skies. The air would be filled with the distinctive ... <a title="Peat was historically mined overseas because it burns so well. But Australia’s subtropical peat bogs need fire to survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/peat-was-historically-mined-overseas-because-it-burns-so-well-but-australias-subtropical-peat-bogs-need-fire-to-survive-228200/" aria-label="Read more about Peat was historically mined overseas because it burns so well. But Australia’s subtropical peat bogs need fire to survive">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Currell, Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Griffith University Matthew Currell High-profile legal disputes, such as the current case between coal giant Adani and the Queensland government, show Australia’s approach to managing large mining projects is flawed. Many projects are allowed to go ahead even ... <a title="Australia’s ‘learning by doing’ approach to managing large mines is failing the environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/australias-learning-by-doing-approach-to-managing-large-mines-is-failing-the-environment-230857/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s ‘learning by doing’ approach to managing large mines is failing the environment">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugo Olierook, Senior Research Fellow in Geology, Curtin University Ralf Lehmann/Shutterstock We need two ingredients for life to start on a planet: dry land and (fresh) water. Strictly, the water doesn’t have to be fresh, but fresh water can only occur on dry land. Only with those ... <a title="Fresh water and key conditions for life appeared on Earth half a billion years earlier than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/fresh-water-and-key-conditions-for-life-appeared-on-earth-half-a-billion-years-earlier-than-we-thought-228789/" aria-label="Read more about Fresh water and key conditions for life appeared on Earth half a billion years earlier than we thought">Read more</a>
