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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Enterprise, Torrens University Australia apple2499/Shutterstock Dotted across northern Australia are 21 saltwater crocodile farms, home to around 130,000 crocodiles. Their skins are turned into crocodile leather, long sought for use in luxury handbags, belts and other items. While fur lost favour ... <a title="Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/even-as-the-tide-turned-for-fur-crocodile-leather-kept-selling-in-high-end-fashion-but-for-how-much-longer-245471/" aria-label="Read more about Even as the tide turned for fur, crocodile leather kept selling in high-end fashion. But for how much longer?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University MVelishchuk/Shutterstock A vaginal birth after caesarean (known as a VBAC) is when a woman who has had a caesarean has a vaginal birth down the track. In Australia, about 12% of ... <a title="What is a ‘vaginal birth after caesarean’ or VBAC?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/what-is-a-vaginal-birth-after-caesarean-or-vbac-247572/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘vaginal birth after caesarean’ or VBAC?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alicia (Lucy) Cameron, Principal Research Consultant & Team Leader, Data61, CSIRO cybermagician/Shutterstock As rising seas lap at its shore, Tuvalu faces an existential threat. In an effort to preserve the tiny island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, its government has been building a “digital ... <a title="‘Digital doppelgangers’ are helping scientists tackle everyday problems – and showing what makes us human" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/digital-doppelgangers-are-helping-scientists-tackle-everyday-problems-and-showing-what-makes-us-human-247574/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Digital doppelgangers’ are helping scientists tackle everyday problems – and showing what makes us human">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Monash University In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. In a speech at the World ... <a title="Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/argentinas-president-is-vowing-to-repeal-woke-femicide-law-it-could-have-ripple-effects-across-latin-america-248435/" aria-label="Read more about Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Gaston, Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau jittawit21/Shutterstock Billed as the most significant change to the science system in 30 years, last week’s announcement of major structural changes to scientific research institutions was objectively a big ... <a title="If the government wants science to have an economic impact it has to put its money where its mouth is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/if-the-government-wants-science-to-have-an-economic-impact-it-has-to-put-its-money-where-its-mouth-is-248299/" aria-label="Read more about If the government wants science to have an economic impact it has to put its money where its mouth is">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University ABC What does it mean to tell the truth? And how do we, as consumers of media, differentiate truth from fabrication? Optics, a new comedy series from the ABC, asks these questions through the setting of ... <a title="ABC’s Optics is a clever, believable comedy that will make you second-guess what you see in the media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/abcs-optics-is-a-clever-believable-comedy-that-will-make-you-second-guess-what-you-see-in-the-media-247802/" aria-label="Read more about ABC’s Optics is a clever, believable comedy that will make you second-guess what you see in the media">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Timms, Associate Professor, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University A view of eight sample trays containing the final sample material from asteroid Bennu. Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebers/JSC In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a ... <a title="New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/new-analysis-of-asteroid-dust-reveals-evidence-of-salty-water-in-the-early-solar-system-248439/" aria-label="Read more about New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Evans, Deputy Vice-chancellor Research, Charles Sturt University Democracies worldwide are suffering from legitimacy problems. This is reflected in low levels of public trust in key political institutions, the polarisation of politics, and the erosion of public confidence in the capacity of governments to address societal concerns. ... <a title="Australian democracy is not dead, but needs help to ensure its survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/australian-democracy-is-not-dead-but-needs-help-to-ensure-its-survival-235638/" aria-label="Read more about Australian democracy is not dead, but needs help to ensure its survival">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University IKO-studio/Shutterstock Every now and then we see media reports about celebrities in their mid 40s having surprise pregnancies. Or you might hear stories like these from friends or ... <a title="Women don’t have a ‘surge’ in fertility before menopause – but surprise pregnancies can happen, even after 45" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/women-dont-have-a-surge-in-fertility-before-menopause-but-surprise-pregnancies-can-happen-even-after-45-247454/" aria-label="Read more about Women don’t have a ‘surge’ in fertility before menopause – but surprise pregnancies can happen, even after 45">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Shaw, Research Fellow in Conservation Genomics, University of Canberra A golden bandicoot (_Isoodon auratus_) Colleen Sims/Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, CC BY-SA Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene pool with many genetic ... <a title="Gene pools are getting dangerously shallow for many species. We found 5 ways to help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/gene-pools-are-getting-dangerously-shallow-for-many-species-we-found-5-ways-to-help-242708/" aria-label="Read more about Gene pools are getting dangerously shallow for many species. We found 5 ways to help">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, Threatened Species Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science Department, Zoos Victoria, and Visiting Scholar, School of Life & Environmental Science, Deakin University Darcy Watchorn It’s a cold, drizzly night in a forest west of Melbourne. I’m sitting on a damp log, clutching a thermos of lukewarm ... <a title="‘I was shocked’: a scientist tracking koalas films startling behaviour between young males" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/i-was-shocked-a-scientist-tracking-koalas-films-startling-behaviour-between-young-males-247339/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I was shocked’: a scientist tracking koalas films startling behaviour between young males">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher, Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Don Pablo/ Shutterstock The start of the school year means some parents will asking a big question: is it time for a child’s first phone? Safety concerns, particularly around travel to and from school, or being ... <a title="How can you tell if your child is ready for a smartphone? What are the alternatives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/30/how-can-you-tell-if-your-child-is-ready-for-a-smartphone-what-are-the-alternatives-248224/" aria-label="Read more about How can you tell if your child is ready for a smartphone? What are the alternatives?">Read more</a>
