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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodie McVernon, Professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Way before COVID, in 2005 the World of Warcraft game developers accidentally introduced an extremely virulent highly contagious disease into this game which then spread to infect the whole fantasy world and caused a ... <a title="Did an accidental ‘blood plague’ in World of Warcraft help scientists model COVID better? The results are in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/did-an-accidental-blood-plague-in-world-of-warcraft-help-scientists-model-covid-better-the-results-are-in-188219/" aria-label="Read more about Did an accidental ‘blood plague’ in World of Warcraft help scientists model COVID better? The results are in">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Rosamilia, Adjunct associate professor and urogynaecology & pelvic reconstructive surgery, Head Pelvic Floor Unit at Monash Health, Monash University Shutterstock A vaginal pessary is a removable device inserted in the vagina to support its walls or uterus (support pessary) or for bladder leakage (continence pessary). Pessaries ... <a title="Pessaries are still a taboo topic – but these ancient devices help many women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/pessaries-are-still-a-taboo-topic-but-these-ancient-devices-help-many-women-187083/" aria-label="Read more about Pessaries are still a taboo topic – but these ancient devices help many women">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eva Francesca Martellotta, PhD candidate in Archaeology and Human Evolution, Griffith University Eva F. Martellotta, Author provided Alongside kangaroos and Akubra hats, boomerangs are one of the most iconic symbols of the Australian continent. They are also widely misrepresented. Apart from hunting and fighting, boomerangs have many ... <a title="Mysterious marks on boomerangs reveal a ‘forgotten’ use of this iconic Aboriginal multi-tool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/mysterious-marks-on-boomerangs-reveal-a-forgotten-use-of-this-iconic-aboriginal-multi-tool-188835/" aria-label="Read more about Mysterious marks on boomerangs reveal a ‘forgotten’ use of this iconic Aboriginal multi-tool">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Woodward, Professor, School of Population Health, University of Auckland Getty Images Introducing the New Zealand government’s first Emissions Reduction Plan in June, climate change minister James Shaw observed: The climate crisis is no longer something happening elsewhere, to someone else, in the future – it is ... <a title="In a climate crisis, how do we treat businesses that profit from carbon pollution?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/in-a-climate-crisis-how-do-we-treat-businesses-that-profit-from-carbon-pollution-188810/" aria-label="Read more about In a climate crisis, how do we treat businesses that profit from carbon pollution?">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation AAP/Mick Tsikas A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted August 17-21 from a sample of 2,011, gave Labor 42% of the primary vote (32.6% at the May federal election), the Coalition 28% (35.7%), the Greens 12% (12.2%), One Nation ... <a title="First Resolve poll since election has huge Labor lead, and Labor also has massive lead in Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/first-resolve-poll-since-election-has-huge-labor-lead-and-labor-also-has-massive-lead-in-victoria-188587/" aria-label="Read more about First Resolve poll since election has huge Labor lead, and Labor also has massive lead in Victoria">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya M. Smith, Professor in the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution & Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University Fossilised jaws from the 17 million-year-old Kenyan ape _Afropithecus turkanensis_. Tanya M. Smith/National Museums of Kenya, Author provided The timing and intensity of the seasons ... <a title="Revelations from 17-million-year-old ape teeth could lead to new insights on early human evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/revelations-from-17-million-year-old-ape-teeth-could-lead-to-new-insights-on-early-human-evolution-187996/" aria-label="Read more about Revelations from 17-million-year-old ape teeth could lead to new insights on early human evolution">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Hill, Professor of Politics, University of Adelaide United Australia Party, Liberal Party, Australian Labor Party, Advance Australia Party Our voting choices are only authentic if our decisions are informed by truthful information. That condition is now increasingly elusive. In Australia, over two-thirds of adult news consumers ... <a title="Australians are tired of lies in political advertising. Here’s how it can be fixed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/australians-are-tired-of-lies-in-political-advertising-heres-how-it-can-be-fixed-189043/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are tired of lies in political advertising. Here’s how it can be fixed">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute Cesar Sampaio/Unsplash New federal Health Minister Mark Butler says primary care is “in worse shape than it’s been in the entire Medicare era” and has made it his top health priority. Primary care is any first point ... <a title="General practices are struggling. Here are 5 lessons from overseas to reform the funding system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/general-practices-are-struggling-here-are-5-lessons-from-overseas-to-reform-the-funding-system-188902/" aria-label="Read more about General practices are struggling. Here are 5 lessons from overseas to reform the funding system">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Grant, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Sydney Photo by Pat Whelen on Unsplash, CC BY-SA With rising costs of living, including interest rate rises, many people are really worried about their mortgage. So, what actually happens if you can’t pay your mortgage – and what ... <a title="What happens if I can’t pay my mortgage and what are my options?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/what-happens-if-i-cant-pay-my-mortgage-and-what-are-my-options-188891/" aria-label="Read more about What happens if I can’t pay my mortgage and what are my options?">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland The Pacific Explorer arrives in Auckland Harbour on August 12. Getty Images The return this month of the first cruise liner to Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour was accompanied by the sort of fanfare normally reserved for visiting foreign ... <a title="Cruise ships are coming back to NZ waters – should we really be welcoming them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/cruise-ships-are-coming-back-to-nz-waters-should-we-really-be-welcoming-them-188974/" aria-label="Read more about Cruise ships are coming back to NZ waters – should we really be welcoming them?">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amelie Katczynski, Research Assistant, Deakin University Every year in lutruwita/Tasmania, tens of thousands of people journey to and meander through the island state and take in festivals such as Dark Mofo, Cygnet Folk Festival or Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival. Part of the pull of this place ... <a title="‘You get burnt together, you get wet together, you dance together’: how festivals transform lives – and landscapes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/23/you-get-burnt-together-you-get-wet-together-you-dance-together-how-festivals-transform-lives-and-landscapes-186558/" aria-label="Read more about ‘You get burnt together, you get wet together, you dance together’: how festivals transform lives – and landscapes">Read more</a>
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August 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Scott-Stevenson, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Anduril Earlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”. Rather than an album launch or standup gig, this turned out to be a free talk ... <a title="Virtual reality, autonomous weapons and the future of war: military tech startup Anduril comes to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/22/virtual-reality-autonomous-weapons-and-the-future-of-war-military-tech-startup-anduril-comes-to-australia-188983/" aria-label="Read more about Virtual reality, autonomous weapons and the future of war: military tech startup Anduril comes to Australia">Read more</a>
