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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University JIM LO SCALZO/EPA The United States Congress recently held a hearing into US government information pertaining to “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs). The last investigation of this kind happened more than 50 years ago, as part of a ... <a title="Is there evidence aliens have visited Earth? Here’s what’s come out of US congress hearings on ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/is-there-evidence-aliens-have-visited-earth-heres-whats-come-out-of-us-congress-hearings-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-183443/" aria-label="Read more about Is there evidence aliens have visited Earth? Here’s what’s come out of US congress hearings on ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Curtin, Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to parliament via video link from COVID isolation during budget day. Getty Images All budgets are about economics and politics, and 2022’s was no different. The Labour government continued its economic rebuild ... <a title="Labour’s fourth ‘well-being budget’ still comes up short on the well-being of women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/labours-fourth-well-being-budget-still-comes-up-short-on-the-well-being-of-women-182842/" aria-label="Read more about Labour’s fourth ‘well-being budget’ still comes up short on the well-being of women">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peggy Kern, Associate professor, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock It’s been a big week and you feel exhausted, and suddenly you find yourself crying at a nice nappy commercial. Or maybe you are struck with a cold or the coronavirus and the fact your partner used up ... <a title="Why do we get teary when we’re tired or sick?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/why-do-we-get-teary-when-were-tired-or-sick-180661/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we get teary when we’re tired or sick?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Victor Grabarczyk/unsplash Dogs have an exceptional sense of smell. We take advantage of this ability in many ways, including by training them to find illicit drugs, dangerous goods and even people. In recent years, a dog’s sense of smell has ... <a title="Can sniffer dogs really detect COVID almost as well as a PCR test? Turns out they can" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/can-sniffer-dogs-really-detect-covid-almost-as-well-as-a-pcr-test-turns-out-they-can-183363/" aria-label="Read more about Can sniffer dogs really detect COVID almost as well as a PCR test? Turns out they can">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Ukraine’s sea port of Mariupol, blockaded and now fallen to Russian forces. Getty Images Trying to gauge the worst aspect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is difficult. For some, it will be the illegal invasion itself. For others, ... <a title="Russia’s blockade could cause mass famine beyond Ukraine – but it’s a crime without a name" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/russias-blockade-could-cause-mass-famine-beyond-ukraine-but-its-a-crime-without-a-name-183429/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s blockade could cause mass famine beyond Ukraine – but it’s a crime without a name">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Gunn, Lecturer, Monash University Sand blown by wind into ripples within Victoria Crater at Meridiani Planum on Mars, as photographed by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on October 3, 2006. NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Cornell/Ohio State University What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or ... <a title="What’s it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/whats-it-like-to-be-on-venus-or-pluto-we-studied-their-sand-dunes-and-found-some-clues-181241/" aria-label="Read more about What’s it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University You first have to lose an election on principle if you want to win one on principle. This was how Labor rationalised the miscalculations that led to its “Don’s Party” disappointment in 1969, followed by the 1972 triumph ... <a title="Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50 years. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/australians-face-their-starkest-choice-at-the-ballot-box-in-50-years-heres-why-183217/" aria-label="Read more about Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50 years. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Camilla Hoyos, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Shutterstock There is increasing recognition of the important role sleep plays in our brain health. Growing evidence suggests disturbed sleep may increase the risk of developing dementia. I and University of Sydney colleagues have published a new study showing treating ... <a title="Treating sleep apnoea can improve memory in people with cognitive decline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/treating-sleep-apnoea-can-improve-memory-in-people-with-cognitive-decline-176796/" aria-label="Read more about Treating sleep apnoea can improve memory in people with cognitive decline">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samuel Wilson, Associate Professor of Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Whatever the result of the 2022 election, one thing is clear: many Australians are losing faith that their social institutions serve their interests. Our annual survey of 4,000 Australians about leadership for the greater good shows ... <a title="5 charts show how trust in Australia’s leaders and institutions has collapsed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/5-charts-show-how-trust-in-australias-leaders-and-institutions-has-collapsed-183441/" aria-label="Read more about 5 charts show how trust in Australia’s leaders and institutions has collapsed">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The text arrived on Thursday morning, from a woman who helps me with my horses. “And now I have to do that voting thing. Recommendations please? Who is best?” Well Margaret, after an unedifying campaign, from most of which you ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Numbers fly as unedifying campaign draws towards its close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/20/grattan-on-friday-numbers-fly-as-unedifying-campaign-draws-towards-its-close-183449/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Numbers fly as unedifying campaign draws towards its close">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Hellard, Deputy Director (Programs), Burnet Institute Australia’s COVID death toll is rising, yet public health measures to reduce transmission such as mask mandates are largely a thing of the past. It’s time for governments and the community to consider what measures can be reintroduced to reduce ... <a title="Reducing COVID transmission by 20% could save 2,000 Australian lives this year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/reducing-covid-transmission-by-20-could-save-2-000-australian-lives-this-year-183426/" aria-label="Read more about Reducing COVID transmission by 20% could save 2,000 Australian lives this year">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Shutterstock Early in the election campaign, on April 14, we learned that Australia’s unemployment rate had slipped below 4% in March, to 3.95% – the lowest rate in 48 years. But ... <a title="At 3.9%, Australia’s unemployment rate now officially begins with ‘3’. What’s next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/19/at-3-9-australias-unemployment-rate-now-officially-begins-with-3-whats-next-183226/" aria-label="Read more about At 3.9%, Australia’s unemployment rate now officially begins with ‘3’. What’s next?">Read more</a>
