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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Crowe, Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Earlier this month, Queensland became the latest state to pass affirmative consent laws. This means consent is understood as ongoing communication for the purposes of rape and sexual assault offences. ... <a title="Most states now have affirmative sexual consent laws, but not enough people know what they mean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/most-states-now-have-affirmative-sexual-consent-laws-but-not-enough-people-know-what-they-mean-225655/" aria-label="Read more about Most states now have affirmative sexual consent laws, but not enough people know what they mean">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcin Glowacki, Research Associate, Curtin University Gas detected by MeerKAT (white contours) on top of a three-colour optical image from the DECaLS DR10 survey. Glowacki et al. 2024. Stars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this gas ... <a title="We went looking for glowing interstellar gas – and stumbled on 49 unknown galaxies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/we-went-looking-for-glowing-interstellar-gas-and-stumbled-on-49-unknown-galaxies-226397/" aria-label="Read more about We went looking for glowing interstellar gas – and stumbled on 49 unknown galaxies">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen On, Professor of Microbiology, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images/Tim Clayton The far-reaching consequences of climate change inevitably include the production of foods and beverages, including wine. In New Zealand, winemaking is an important business, with exports worth more than NZ$2 billion per year. Earlier studies ... <a title="How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/how-climate-change-could-affect-the-microbes-that-ferment-grapes-and-give-wine-its-specific-flavours-225997/" aria-label="Read more about How climate change could affect the microbes that ferment grapes and give wine its specific flavours">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Chau, Lecturer at Curtin University, Curtin University Until 2026, Wanneroo Regional Art Gallery will be showing 53 original artworks by one of the most famous artists of the 20th century: Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol ICONS includes famous works such as Elvis (1963), Campbell’s Soup Cans (1968) ... <a title="It is unexpected and oddly refreshing to see Andy Warhol in a regional Australian art gallery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/it-is-unexpected-and-oddly-refreshing-to-see-andy-warhol-in-a-regional-australian-art-gallery-225086/" aria-label="Read more about It is unexpected and oddly refreshing to see Andy Warhol in a regional Australian art gallery">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michele Madigan, Associate Professor, Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Sydney and Clinical Associate Professor, Save Sight Institute, Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney Pexels/Nóra Zahradník “How is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?” – Jane, age 12, from Pascoe Vale South Hi Jane, Eyes are ... <a title="Curious Kids: how is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/curious-kids-how-is-eye-colour-made-and-why-are-they-different-colours-224507/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how is eye colour made? And why are they different colours?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tatiana Dancy, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne Jbruiz/Shutterstock Your money, postcode, friends and family can make all the difference to how the criminal system treats you. The New South Wales police recently scrapped a widely condemned program known as the Suspect Targeting Management Plan. It used ... <a title="Algorithms that predict crime are watching – and judging us by the cards we’ve been dealt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/algorithms-that-predict-crime-are-watching-and-judging-us-by-the-cards-weve-been-dealt-225798/" aria-label="Read more about Algorithms that predict crime are watching – and judging us by the cards we’ve been dealt">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Lee, Reader (Associate Professor) in Marketing, Cardiff University Ian Forsyth/Getty We are in an era of brand activism and conscious consumerism. More than 70% of consumers expect brands to publicly stand for sociopolitical issues. And more than half of Australians consider sustainability an important purchasing criterion. ... <a title="The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed in an age when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/the-body-shop-shouldnt-have-failed-in-an-age-when-consumers-want-activism-from-their-brands-what-happened-226128/" aria-label="Read more about The Body Shop shouldn’t have failed in an age when consumers want activism from their brands. What happened?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, PhD Candidate, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland Tamara Bellis/Unsplash As we slide of out summer, you might be wondering how careful you need to be about sun exposure. Excessive exposure causes skin cancer, but sun exposure also has benefits. How do you balance ... <a title="Summer’s over, so how much sun can (and should) I get?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/summers-over-so-how-much-sun-can-and-should-i-get-224144/" aria-label="Read more about Summer’s over, so how much sun can (and should) I get?">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Pfautsch, Research Theme Fellow – Environment and Sustainability, Western Sydney University Sebastian Pfautsch, CC BY If you visit southern Greece or Tunisia, you might notice lots of white rooftops and white buildings to reflect the intense heat and keep residents cooler. It’s very different in Australia. ... <a title="If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/if-youve-got-a-dark-roof-youre-spending-almost-700-extra-a-year-to-keep-your-house-cool-225674/" aria-label="Read more about If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Waghorn, Lecturer, School of Education, RMIT University Cottonbro Studio/ Pexels, CC BY It’s a weeknight, parents rush through the door from work, grab a snack, and then speed off in various directions to children’s extracurricular activities. As they do, they are managing tired and hungry kids ... <a title="Is your child ‘overscheduled?’ How to get the balance right on extracurricular activities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/is-your-child-overscheduled-how-to-get-the-balance-right-on-extracurricular-activities-225786/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child ‘overscheduled?’ How to get the balance right on extracurricular activities">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruari Elkington, Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries & Chief Investigator at QUT Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Queensland University of Technology Khak/Shutterstock Australians have had plenty of time in the last 100 years to work out what they value about cinema-going and why it matters. Head to ... <a title="‘To truly forget life for a while – a reprieve and a reward’: why Australians love going to the cinema" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/to-truly-forget-life-for-a-while-a-reprieve-and-a-reward-why-australians-love-going-to-the-cinema-222597/" aria-label="Read more about ‘To truly forget life for a while – a reprieve and a reward’: why Australians love going to the cinema">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alfio Leotta, Associate Professor, School of English, Film, Theatre, Media and Communication, and Art History, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The second instalment of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has dominated most conversations about cinema in the first few months of 2024. Adapted from Frank Herbert’s ... <a title="From Die Nibelungen to Dune: epic fantasy cinema has been thrilling audiences for 100 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/26/from-die-nibelungen-to-dune-epic-fantasy-cinema-has-been-thrilling-audiences-for-100-years-225884/" aria-label="Read more about From Die Nibelungen to Dune: epic fantasy cinema has been thrilling audiences for 100 years">Read more</a>
