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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University metamorworks/Shutterstock How menopause affects women’s working lives has been shrouded by stigma for decades. But this is starting to change. Australian journalist Imogen Crump’s recent on-air hot flush and her remark “I don’t think hormones respect national ... <a title="Symptoms of menopause can make it harder to work. Here’s what employers should be doing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/symptoms-of-menopause-can-make-it-harder-to-work-heres-what-employers-should-be-doing-219314/" aria-label="Read more about Symptoms of menopause can make it harder to work. Here’s what employers should be doing">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University In 2024, global climate trends are cause for both deep alarm and cautious optimism. Last year was the hottest on record by a huge margin and this year will likely be hotter still. The annual global average temperature ... <a title="‘It’s not game over – it’s game on’: why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/its-not-game-over-its-game-on-why-2024-is-an-inflection-point-for-the-climate-crisis-221497/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s not game over – it’s game on’: why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil Malan, Research associate, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Over this wet summer, Melburnians and Sydneysiders have had to think twice about cooling off at their local beach. Heavy rainfall has swollen rivers and pumped pollutants, nutrients and murky fresh water far out to sea. ... <a title="When floodwater reaches the sea, it can leave a 50 metre thick layer of brown water – and cause real problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/when-floodwater-reaches-the-sea-it-can-leave-a-50-metre-thick-layer-of-brown-water-and-cause-real-problems-213548/" aria-label="Read more about When floodwater reaches the sea, it can leave a 50 metre thick layer of brown water – and cause real problems">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Dix, Research Fellow in Nutrition & Dietetics, The University of Queensland Katerina Holmes/Pexles , CC BY Heading back to school is a time of great anticipation for many families, but it is not without challenges. One of the big challenges is preparing healthy, easy, affordable and ... <a title="Good lunchboxes are based on 4 things: here’s how parents can prepare healthy food and keep costs down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/good-lunchboxes-are-based-on-4-things-heres-how-parents-can-prepare-healthy-food-and-keep-costs-down-219119/" aria-label="Read more about Good lunchboxes are based on 4 things: here’s how parents can prepare healthy food and keep costs down">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martijn Boersma, Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia Hafiz Johari/Shutterstock Last week, a 47-year-old Queensland man was charged with 46 offences, including torturing and enslaving deckhands on his fishing boats. The accused allegedly intimidated and attacked his employees, and withheld food and water. He will appear ... <a title="More forced marriages and worker exploitation – why Australia needs an anti-slavery commissioner" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/more-forced-marriages-and-worker-exploitation-why-australia-needs-an-anti-slavery-commissioner-221318/" aria-label="Read more about More forced marriages and worker exploitation – why Australia needs an anti-slavery commissioner">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Stokes, Senior Lecturer in Digital and Information Literacy (Education Futures), University of South Australia The opening shot of the new Mean Girls provides a literal reframing of the 2004 cult classic. Recording vertical video through a phone, Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and Damian (Jaquel Spivey) introduce the ... <a title="‘That filter you use looks just like me’: what the new Mean Girls film gets right about social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/23/that-filter-you-use-looks-just-like-me-what-the-new-mean-girls-film-gets-right-about-social-media-221206/" aria-label="Read more about ‘That filter you use looks just like me’: what the new Mean Girls film gets right about social media">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute Curtin University (Melbourne based), Curtin University Halfpoint/Shutterstock With several drug overdoses already this festival season, and recent news of three new recreational drugs identified by the drug checking service in Canberra, many parents of teenagers will be wondering ... <a title="Wondering how to talk to your teen about drugs? Start the conversation early, be honest and avoid judgement" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/wondering-how-to-talk-to-your-teen-about-drugs-start-the-conversation-early-be-honest-and-avoid-judgement-221211/" aria-label="Read more about Wondering how to talk to your teen about drugs? Start the conversation early, be honest and avoid judgement">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah G. Phillips, Professor of Global Conflict and Development at The University of Sydney; Non-Resident Fellow at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, University of Sydney As the Houthi militant group in Yemen ramps up its attacks on vessels in the Red Sea – ostensibly in response ... <a title="Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/why-us-strikes-will-only-embolden-the-houthis-not-stop-their-attacks-on-ships-in-the-red-sea-221588/" aria-label="Read more about Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Oliver, Professor in Science Communication and Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just US$108 million worth of development and equipment. The agency earned the ire of ... <a title="You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/you-can-pay-to-have-your-ashes-buried-on-the-moon-just-because-you-can-doesnt-mean-you-should-220664/" aria-label="Read more about You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Some of us remember August 24 2006 like it was yesterday. It was the day Pluto got booted from the exclusive “planets club”. I (Sara) was 11 years old, and my entire class began ... <a title="The Solar System used to have nine planets. Maybe it still does? Here’s your catch-up on space today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/the-solar-system-used-to-have-nine-planets-maybe-it-still-does-heres-your-catch-up-on-space-today-219396/" aria-label="Read more about The Solar System used to have nine planets. Maybe it still does? Here’s your catch-up on space today">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patti Shih, Senior Lecturer, Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong Elena.Katkova/Shutterstock Many of us have done countless rapid antigen tests (RATs) over the course of the pandemic. Testing ourselves at home has become second nature. But there’s also a growing worldwide market ... <a title="You can now order all kinds of medical tests online. Our research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/you-can-now-order-all-kinds-of-medical-tests-online-our-research-shows-this-is-mostly-a-bad-idea-219805/" aria-label="Read more about You can now order all kinds of medical tests online. Our research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Flannery, Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne The global effort to keep climate change to safe levels – ideally within 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures – is moving far too slowly. And even if we stopped emitting CO² today, the long-term impacts of the gas already in ... <a title="It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/it-is-time-to-draw-down-carbon-dioxide-but-shut-down-moves-to-play-god-with-the-climate-220422/" aria-label="Read more about It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate">Read more</a>
