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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Brown, Lecturer in Religious Education, Australian Catholic University Wikimedia Commons Most people recognise organisations such as the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, or events such as the Modern Olympic Games, summer camps and wilderness retreats. Few, though, have ever heard of the movement from which they ... <a title="How ‘muscular Christianity’ strove to bring men back to religion – and what it can teach us today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/how-muscular-christianity-strove-to-bring-men-back-to-religion-and-what-it-can-teach-us-today-249485/" aria-label="Read more about How ‘muscular Christianity’ strove to bring men back to religion – and what it can teach us today">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Ferrie, A/Prof, UTS Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research and ARC DECRA Fellow, University of Technology Sydney PsiQuantum American quantum computing startup PsiQuantum announced yesterday that it has cracked a significant puzzle on the road to making the technology useful: manufacturing quantum chips in useful quantities. PsiQuantum burst out ... <a title="A quantum computing startup says it is already making millions of light-powered chips" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/a-quantum-computing-startup-says-it-is-already-making-millions-of-light-powered-chips-251057/" aria-label="Read more about A quantum computing startup says it is already making millions of light-powered chips">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Hamilton, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University Jacob Lund/Shutterstock As International Women’s Day approaches, we must redouble our efforts to champion social justice and the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). These are under unprecedented attack by some political leaders. In the United States, President Donald Trump ... <a title="Diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace are under attack. Here’s why they matter more than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace-are-under-attack-heres-why-they-matter-more-than-ever-250651/" aria-label="Read more about Diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace are under attack. Here’s why they matter more than ever">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Thorp, Professor of Finance, University of Sydney Marek Masik/Shutterstock You might remember Pesto, the king penguin chick who became a star attraction at Melbourne Aquarium last year. Good food, good genes and a safe home let Pesto grow into a huge ball of brown fluff twice ... <a title="Australia’s retirement savings are too big to invest at home – here’s why super funds are looking to the US" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/australias-retirement-savings-are-too-big-to-invest-at-home-heres-why-super-funds-are-looking-to-the-us-250920/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s retirement savings are too big to invest at home – here’s why super funds are looking to the US">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University Lenscap Photography/Shutterstock Nitrous oxide – also known as laughing gas or nangs – is cheap, widely available and popular among young people. Yet it often flies under the radar in public health programs ... <a title="Nangs are popular with young people. But are they aware of the serious harms of nitrous oxide?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/nangs-are-popular-with-young-people-but-are-they-aware-of-the-serious-harms-of-nitrous-oxide-250654/" aria-label="Read more about Nangs are popular with young people. But are they aware of the serious harms of nitrous oxide?">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bhavna Middha, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Dragon Images/Shutterstock When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and “disgustingly dissolves in your mouth”, he was widely criticised for setting back ... <a title="Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use items" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/yes-paper-straws-suck-rather-than-bring-back-plastic-ones-lets-avoid-single-use-items-250266/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use items">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Dunley, Senior Lecturer in History and Maritime Strategy, UNSW Sydney Over the past few days, the Australian media has been dominated by the activities of the Chinese navy’s Task Group 107 as it has progressed south along the Australian coast and conducted a series of live-fire ... <a title="Political fighting over Chinese warships misses the point: Australia’s navy is no match for China’s built-up force" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/political-fighting-over-chinese-warships-misses-the-point-australias-navy-is-no-match-for-chinas-built-up-force-251039/" aria-label="Read more about Political fighting over Chinese warships misses the point: Australia’s navy is no match for China’s built-up force">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Zarmati, Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania A fragment of vitrified brain found at Herculaneum. Guido Giordano et al. / Scientific Reports A young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE was likely overcome ... <a title="‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/brain-vitrification-new-research-shows-how-the-vesuvius-eruption-turned-a-mans-brain-to-glass-250918/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen Reeves, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Liverpool Traci Hahn/Shutterstock People experiencing domestic violence are often urged to report their abuse to police. But what if your abuser is a police officer? Our new research, drawing on 17 interviews with victim-survivors from two studies and published in ... <a title="‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/he-knows-how-to-make-sure-that-there-is-no-evidence-when-your-domestic-violence-abuser-is-a-police-officer-250754/" aria-label="Read more about ‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Korber, Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Shutterstock It might have surprised some people when the United Nations made 2025 the International Year of Cooperatives and praised the “significant role cooperatives play in advancing the implementation of the Sustainable Development ... <a title="Farming cooperatives can get a bad environmental rap, but they can also be a force for good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/farming-cooperatives-can-get-a-bad-environmental-rap-but-they-can-also-be-a-force-for-good-250905/" aria-label="Read more about Farming cooperatives can get a bad environmental rap, but they can also be a force for good">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney This weekend, Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) continues to trumpet its now annual pilgrimage to open its season in Las Vegas. While it’s only the second year of a five-year arrangement, the NRL claims its Vegas ... <a title="First Vegas, then the world? Why the NRL is eyeing international markets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/first-vegas-then-the-world-why-the-nrl-is-eyeing-international-markets-250622/" aria-label="Read more about First Vegas, then the world? Why the NRL is eyeing international markets">Read more</a>
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February 28, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University studiovin/Shutterstock Australia is in the grip of a severe housing shortage. Many people are finding it extremely difficult to find a place to live in the face of rising rents and property price surges. Homelessness is ... <a title="Shuttered car factories in Australia could be repurposed to make houses faster and cheaper" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/28/shuttered-car-factories-in-australia-could-be-repurposed-to-make-houses-faster-and-cheaper-249709/" aria-label="Read more about Shuttered car factories in Australia could be repurposed to make houses faster and cheaper">Read more</a>
