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January 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Summer, Early Career Researcher, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University Ken Griffiths/Shutterstock Superbugs that are resistant to existing antibiotics are a growing health problem around the world. Globally, nearly five million people die from antimicrobial resistant infections each year. The annual toll of antimicrobial ... <a title="Oyster ‘blood’ holds promise for combating drug-resistant superbugs: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/21/oyster-blood-holds-promise-for-combating-drug-resistant-superbugs-new-research-226823/" aria-label="Read more about Oyster ‘blood’ holds promise for combating drug-resistant superbugs: new research">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Andrejevic, Professor of Media, School of Media, Film, and Journalism, Monash University, Monash University Shutterstock In the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg fired the fact-checking team for his company’s social media platforms. At the same time, he reversed Facebook’s turn ... <a title="Don’t rely on social media users for fact-checking. Many don’t care much about the common good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/21/dont-rely-on-social-media-users-for-fact-checking-many-dont-care-much-about-the-common-good-246977/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t rely on social media users for fact-checking. Many don’t care much about the common good">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland myskin/Shutterstock Ozempic and Wegovy are increasingly available in Australia and worldwide to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. The dramatic effects of these drugs, known as GLP-1s, on weight loss have sparked huge public interest ... <a title="People on Ozempic may have fewer heart attacks, strokes and addictions – but more nausea, vomiting and stomach pain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/21/people-on-ozempic-may-have-fewer-heart-attacks-strokes-and-addictions-but-more-nausea-vomiting-and-stomach-pain-247683/" aria-label="Read more about People on Ozempic may have fewer heart attacks, strokes and addictions – but more nausea, vomiting and stomach pain">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Marques, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, La Trobe University Public trust in scientists is vital. It can help us with personal decisions on matters like health and provide evidence-based policymaking to assist governments with crises such as the COVID pandemic or climate change. In a survey ... <a title="Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/most-of-us-trust-scientists-shows-a-survey-of-nearly-72-000-people-worldwide-246252/" aria-label="Read more about Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Mason, PhD candidate in Conservation Biology, Deakin University Milosz Maslanka/Shutterstock Around the world, humans routinely kill carnivores to protect livestock and game, increase human safety and conserve native wildlife. Unfortunately, killing carnivores often creates new problems including population booms of native and invasive prey species such ... <a title="1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes – but other animals can be more likely to eat them." class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/1080-baits-are-used-to-kill-foxes-cats-and-dingoes-but-other-animals-can-be-more-likely-to-eat-them-246415/" aria-label="Read more about 1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes – but other animals can be more likely to eat them.">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Vaughan, PhD Researcher Sport Integrity, University of Canberra kovop/Shutterstock Warren Buffet once famously said: “you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” In this context, the US government’s decision this month to withhold its annual funding to the World Anti-Doping Agency ... <a title="The US has exposed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s precarious funding model" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/the-us-has-exposed-the-world-anti-doping-agencys-precarious-funding-model-247442/" aria-label="Read more about The US has exposed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s precarious funding model">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University According to the latest reports, TikTok has restored services in the United States after “going dark” on Saturday evening US time. The company turned off its services ahead of a nationwide ban that was set to ... <a title="What’s going on with TikTok in the US, and what will this mean for Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/whats-going-on-with-tiktok-in-the-us-and-what-will-this-mean-for-australia-247791/" aria-label="Read more about What’s going on with TikTok in the US, and what will this mean for Australia?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Bellanta, Professor of Modern History (Australian Catholic University), Visiting Professor of Australian Studies (Seoul National University), Australian Catholic University New South Wales Police Forensic Photography Archive, Justice and Police Museum, Museums of History New South Wales With almost all menswear bought off the rack or online ... <a title="‘Shoddy dropping’: how the 1920s cost-of-living crisis fuelled a black market in menswear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/shoddy-dropping-how-the-1920s-cost-of-living-crisis-fuelled-a-black-market-in-menswear-244918/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Shoddy dropping’: how the 1920s cost-of-living crisis fuelled a black market in menswear">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University Watch any match at this year’s Australian Open and you’ll see balls curving in the air or bouncing higher or lower than expected. Players such as Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are particularly masterful at the art. ... <a title="Spin has transformed modern-day tennis. Here’s the physics behind it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/spin-has-transformed-modern-day-tennis-heres-the-physics-behind-it-247462/" aria-label="Read more about Spin has transformed modern-day tennis. Here’s the physics behind it">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ogden, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images On the eve of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, the world is braced for more of what has been described as his instinct for “weaponised chaos”. During his previous presidency, Trump upended political ... <a title="Manufacturing crisis: the challenge of Trump 2.0’s ‘power in chaos’ for other democracies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/manufacturing-crisis-the-challenge-of-trump-2-0s-power-in-chaos-for-other-democracies-246403/" aria-label="Read more about Manufacturing crisis: the challenge of Trump 2.0’s ‘power in chaos’ for other democracies">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Freshwater poll for The Financial Review, conducted January 17–19 from a sample of 1,063, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead, unchanged since December. Primary votes ... <a title="Coalition still ahead in latest polls, but some promising news for Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/coalition-still-ahead-in-latest-polls-but-some-promising-news-for-labor-246544/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition still ahead in latest polls, but some promising news for Labor">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Piantedosi, Sociology PhD Candidate, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (La Trobe University); Honorary Fellow, School of Health and Social Development (Deakin University), La Trobe University MS Australia/tompaulbyrnes.com Laura (Radha Mitchell) is an ambitious investment banker living in London with her husband and three children, at ... <a title="Aussie film Take My Hand is a sweet love story – but it misses the mark in depicting chronic illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/20/aussie-film-take-my-hand-is-a-sweet-love-story-but-it-misses-the-mark-in-depicting-chronic-illness-246982/" aria-label="Read more about Aussie film Take My Hand is a sweet love story – but it misses the mark in depicting chronic illness">Read more</a>
