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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natali Pearson, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney Hence Kertajaya/Shutterstock A lot of the recent talk about maritime issues in Southeast Asia has focused on issues such as security, the Blue Economy, law enforcement and climate change. But there’s one maritime challenge that’s gone ... <a title="Underwater cultural heritage: why we’re studying ‘orphaned objects’ to work out which shipwrecks they came from" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/underwater-cultural-heritage-why-were-studying-orphaned-objects-to-work-out-which-shipwrecks-they-came-from-226322/" aria-label="Read more about Underwater cultural heritage: why we’re studying ‘orphaned objects’ to work out which shipwrecks they came from">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Ziegler, Collection Manager, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria Research Institute The fossil skeleton in a secluded alcove of the cave. Rob French/Museums Victoria Pitch-black darkness. Crushing squeezes, muddy passages, icy waterfalls. Bats and spiders. Abseiling over ledges into the unknown. How far would you go for a ... <a title="We spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary fossil to light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/we-spent-2-years-in-deep-underground-caves-to-bring-this-extraordinary-fossil-to-light-226629/" aria-label="Read more about We spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary fossil to light">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nalini Joshi, Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney Tavrius / Shutterstock Imagine the tap of a card that bought you a cup of coffee this morning also let a hacker halfway across the world access your bank account and buy themselves whatever they liked. Now imagine it ... <a title="Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/mind-bending-maths-could-stop-quantum-hackers-but-few-understand-it-228191/" aria-label="Read more about Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid McCarthy, Lecturer in Journalism, La Trobe University Sports media misogyny was alive and well this month. In just the few short weeks it took for star United States basketball players Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to shoot their way from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ... <a title="Women’s sport is soaring, and old-school male sports journalists need to lift their game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/womens-sport-is-soaring-and-old-school-male-sports-journalists-need-to-lift-their-game-228404/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s sport is soaring, and old-school male sports journalists need to lift their game">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Crouse, Research Fellow in Youth Mental Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock The core experiences of depression – changes in energy, activity, thinking and mood – have been described for more than 10,000 years. The word “depression” has been used for about 350 ... <a title="We looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people. What we found may surprise you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/we-looked-at-genetic-clues-to-depression-in-more-than-14-000-people-what-we-found-may-surprise-you-227779/" aria-label="Read more about We looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people. What we found may surprise you">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wilson, PhD Candidate in Quantum Technology & Innovation Governance, Institue for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney EdBelkin/Shutterstock A landmark legal settlement has once again focused our attention on the dangers of “forever chemicals”. This class of chemicals, technically known as per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ... <a title="Chemicals, forever: how do you fix a problem like PFAS?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/chemicals-forever-how-do-you-fix-a-problem-like-pfas-227771/" aria-label="Read more about Chemicals, forever: how do you fix a problem like PFAS?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Davies, Professor and Head of School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia Australians are having fewer babies, so many fewer that without international migration our population would be on track to decline in just over a decade. In most circumstances, the number of babies ... <a title="Australians are having fewer babies and our local-born population is about to shrink: here’s why it’s not that scary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/australians-are-having-fewer-babies-and-our-local-born-population-is-about-to-shrink-heres-why-its-not-that-scary-228273/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are having fewer babies and our local-born population is about to shrink: here’s why it’s not that scary">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Oscar, Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney /imagine a photograph of a Thai woman, pregnant in a green and white dress with luggage at an airport departure terminal in Bangkok in 1974 with her eyes closed thinking about what happens next ... <a title="I had no photos of my mother’s pregnancy and migration, so I found a way for AI to help fill in the gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/i-had-no-photos-of-my-mothers-pregnancy-and-migration-so-i-found-a-way-for-ai-to-help-fill-in-the-gaps-225559/" aria-label="Read more about I had no photos of my mother’s pregnancy and migration, so I found a way for AI to help fill in the gaps">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Asia Pacific Report A score of Palestine solidarity protesters draped themselves in white shrouds with mock blood in a sombre “die-in” demonstration at Te Komitanga Square — the heart of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city — today as speakers urged people to take a stronger boycott against Israeli products. The rally by hundreds of protesters ... <a title="Palestine protesters stage Gaza ‘die-in’ as leaders call for step up in boycotts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/palestine-protesters-stage-gaza-die-in-as-leaders-call-for-step-up-in-boycotts/" aria-label="Read more about Palestine protesters stage Gaza ‘die-in’ as leaders call for step up in boycotts">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tackling violence against women will be the sole agenda item for a national cabinet meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has convened for Wednesday. The meeting, held remotely, follows thousands of Australians attending rallies across the country, as community anger surges ... <a title="National cabinet to meet on violence against women, with Albanese saying everyone ‘must do better’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/national-cabinet-to-meet-on-violence-against-women-with-albanese-saying-everyone-must-do-better-228873/" aria-label="Read more about National cabinet to meet on violence against women, with Albanese saying everyone ‘must do better’">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2024
The protest outside the White House correspondents’ dinner hotel. Image: Anatolu video screenshot APR More than two dozen Palestinian journalists had called for a boycott of the dinner, writing an open letter urging their American colleagues not to attend. “You have a unique responsibility to speak truth to power and uphold journalistic integrity,” said the ... <a title="Biden hails ‘press freedom, democracy’ but ignores Gaza media death toll of 142" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/28/biden-hails-press-freedom-democracy-but-ignores-gaza-media-death-toll-of-142/" aria-label="Read more about Biden hails ‘press freedom, democracy’ but ignores Gaza media death toll of 142">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2024
Asia Pacific Report From France to Australia, university pro-Palestine protests in the United States have now spread to several countries with students pitching on-campus camps. And students at Columbia and other US universities remain defiant as campuses have witnessed the biggest protests since the anti-Vietnam war and anti-apartheid eras in the 1960s and 1980s. But ... <a title="US student Palestine protests against Israel’s war on Gaza inspire global action" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/27/us-student-palestine-protests-against-israels-war-on-gaza-inspire-global-action/" aria-label="Read more about US student Palestine protests against Israel’s war on Gaza inspire global action">Read more</a>