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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock You can doubt just about anything. But there’s one thing you can know for sure: you are having thoughts right now. This idea came to characterise the philosophical thinking of 17th century philosopher René Descartes. ... <a title="Are our thoughts ‘real’? Here’s what philosophy says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/are-our-thoughts-real-heres-what-philosophy-says-248003/" aria-label="Read more about Are our thoughts ‘real’? Here’s what philosophy says">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Wood, Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution, University of Adelaide Jamie Wood Studies of ancient DNA have tended to focus on frozen land in the northern hemisphere, where woolly mammoths and bison roamed. Meanwhile, Antarctica has received relatively little attention. We set out to change that. ... <a title="DNA detectives in Antarctica: probing 6,000 years of penguin poo for clues to the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/dna-detectives-in-antarctica-probing-6-000-years-of-penguin-poo-for-clues-to-the-past-249940/" aria-label="Read more about DNA detectives in Antarctica: probing 6,000 years of penguin poo for clues to the past">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Thomas, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Royal Holloway University of London KreateStuff/Shutterstock Cities can be deeply unwelcoming places for wildlife. They are noisy, difficult to get around, full of people and heavily reliant on artificial lighting. Yet some species do better in urban areas than in rural ... <a title="Why some animals defy the odds to thrive in urban areas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/why-some-animals-defy-the-odds-to-thrive-in-urban-areas-249915/" aria-label="Read more about Why some animals defy the odds to thrive in urban areas">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melita Jazbec, Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Boy Anthony/Shutterstock Australians largely support transforming the economy to increase recycling, repurpose products and reduce waste, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission, but they are being impeded by inconsistent regulations. ... <a title="Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and resuse it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/06/australians-generate-mountains-of-waste-and-we-need-more-help-to-recycle-and-resuse-it-251354/" aria-label="Read more about Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and resuse it">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Garrow, Editorial Web Developer Tropical Cyclone Alfred is forecast to strike densely populated areas of southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. Brisbane, home to more than 2.5 million people, is among the places in the storm’s path. Brisbane City Council says almost 20,000 properties in ... <a title="Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/brisbane-on-alert-these-maps-show-the-suburbs-most-likely-to-flood-during-cyclone-alfred-251478/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane on alert: these maps show the suburbs most likely to flood during Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra Australia’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in two years in the December quarter, boosted by an improvement in household spending and stronger exports. The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ national accounts report today said the economy grew by 0.6% ... <a title="Australia’s economy has turned the corner, and consumer spending was a big help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/australias-economy-has-turned-the-corner-and-consumer-spending-was-a-big-help-251262/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s economy has turned the corner, and consumer spending was a big help">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University What does an ideal world look like for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump? In a word: ugly. Trump’s embrace of Russia’s dictator, his bullying ... <a title="Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/safe-for-autocracy-the-world-according-to-putin-and-trump-251246/" aria-label="Read more about Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yetta Gurtner, Adjunct senior lecturer, Centre for Disaster Studies, James Cook University For millions of people in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales, Cyclone Alfred will be their first experience living through a cyclone. Alfred is forecast to make landfall about 2am on Friday morning. I ... <a title="‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/dont-panic-do-prepare-why-its-not-too-late-to-plan-for-cyclone-alfred-251463/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t panic, do prepare’: why it’s not too late to plan for Cyclone Alfred">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia Bureau of Meteorology, Himawari-9 satellite, CC BY-SA Tropical Cyclone Alfred is strengthening as it bears down on the coast of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, prompting fears it may become a destructive category 3 cyclone before ... <a title="Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/cyclone-alfred-is-bearing-down-heres-how-it-grew-so-fierce-and-where-its-expected-to-hit-251358/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Alfred is bearing down. Here’s how it grew so fierce – and where it’s expected to hit">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wellett Potter, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Ray Bond/Shutterstock How much is your voice worth? It could be as little as roughly A$100. That was how much ABC News Verify recently spent to clone federal senator Jacqui Lambie’s voice – with her permission – using ... <a title="AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/ai-deepfakes-threaten-democracy-and-peoples-identities-personality-rights-could-help-251267/" aria-label="Read more about AI deepfakes threaten democracy and people’s identities. ‘Personality rights’ could help">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology Phish Photography/Shutterstock If you head to the shops to buy bread, you’ll face a variety of different options. But it can be hard to work out the difference between all the types on sale. For instance, you might ... <a title="What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/whats-the-difference-between-wholemeal-and-wholegrain-bread-not-a-whole-lot-249156/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread? Not a whole lot">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Hemming, Associate Professor of Law, School of Law and Justice, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock After Martin Bryant killed 35 people and wounded 23 others at Port Arthur in 1996, Australia made fundamental changes to its gun laws. The use of automatic and semi-automatic weapons ... <a title="Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/05/police-are-seizing-3d-printed-guns-across-australia-but-our-laws-arent-keeping-up-250255/" aria-label="Read more about Police are seizing 3D-printed guns across Australia, but our laws aren’t keeping up">Read more</a>
