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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver A.H. Jones, Professor of Chemistry, RMIT University Michelle Spencer/Oliver Jones If not the root of all evil, chemical pollution is surely responsible for a good chunk of it. At least, that’s how it feels sometimes when reading the news and the latest research. From hormone disruptors ... <a title="Environmental pollution and human health – how worried should we be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/environmental-pollution-and-human-health-how-worried-should-we-be-233819/" aria-label="Read more about Environmental pollution and human health – how worried should we be?">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Zouwer, Visual Artist and Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Canberra Akimov Igor/Shutterstock Art offers us different, and sometimes challenging, perspectives to consider in our lifelong relationship with the human form. Since they were babes in arms I have taken my two children to museums and ... <a title="How to talk to your kids about nude art at the gallery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-nude-art-at-the-gallery-231815/" aria-label="Read more about How to talk to your kids about nude art at the gallery">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Binita Mahato, Assistant Professor of Community Planning, Auburn University Oak Park, Montgomery’s first park, was white-only until the mid-1960s. Binita Mahato, CC BY-ND Montgomery, Alabama, touts itself as the birthplace of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. But although Montgomery now embraces its history of bus boycotts and ... <a title="Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/23/buses-werent-the-only-civil-rights-battleground-in-montgomery-the-citys-parks-still-reflect-a-history-of-segregation-224830/" aria-label="Read more about Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute As war continues to devastate Gaza and its people, we learnt last week that a variant of poliovirus has been detected in the region. The virus was isolated in six sewage samples collected in late June from Khan Younis ... <a title="Polio in Gaza: what does this mean for the region and the world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/polio-in-gaza-what-does-this-mean-for-the-region-and-the-world-235178/" aria-label="Read more about Polio in Gaza: what does this mean for the region and the world?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Will his decision to step aside seal Joe Biden’s legacy as US president? Three weeks ago, Biden suffered a political catastrophe. Biden’s team had been surprised that Donald Trump had agreed to an early presidential ... <a title="Joe Biden’s legacy may have been stained had he not stepped aside. How will history view him now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/joe-bidens-legacy-may-have-been-stained-had-he-not-stepped-aside-how-will-history-view-him-now-235204/" aria-label="Read more about Joe Biden’s legacy may have been stained had he not stepped aside. How will history view him now?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. Davern, Professor of Accounting & Business Information Systems, The University of Melbourne In the wake of the widespread chaos we saw on Friday, one old adage perhaps feels even truer now than when it was first coined in the 1960s: To err is human, but ... <a title="The Crowdstrike outage showed that risk management is essential. Why are so many businesses reluctant to do it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/the-crowdstrike-outage-showed-that-risk-management-is-essential-why-are-so-many-businesses-reluctant-to-do-it-235177/" aria-label="Read more about The Crowdstrike outage showed that risk management is essential. Why are so many businesses reluctant to do it?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Wade, Lecturer in Social Inquiry, La Trobe University Giving is in a tough spot in Australia. A declining proportion of us donate to charities, and fewer of us are registering as formal volunteers than in 2018. However, demand for the work of charities is higher than ... <a title="The Productivity Commission wants to axe a key tax break for private school donations – but the government is determined to keep it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/the-productivity-commission-wants-to-axe-a-key-tax-break-for-private-school-donations-but-the-government-is-determined-to-keep-it-219910/" aria-label="Read more about The Productivity Commission wants to axe a key tax break for private school donations – but the government is determined to keep it">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Interest Rates and Increasing Prices: The Facts The first chart above challenges the received view that inflation in New Zealand remains stubbornly high, and that it is therefore appropriate for the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate (OCR) to be held for at least a few more months at its damagingly high ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – The Truth in New Zealand about Price Inflation and Interest Rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-the-truth-in-new-zealand-about-price-inflation-and-interest-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – The Truth in New Zealand about Price Inflation and Interest Rates">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney Will his decision to step aside seal Joe Biden’s legacy as US president? Three weeks ago, Biden suffered a political catastrophe. Biden’s team had been surprised that Donald Trump had agreed to an early presidential ... <a title="Will Joe Biden’s legacy be defined by the last few weeks? The verdict might not come until November" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/will-joe-bidens-legacy-be-defined-by-the-last-few-weeks-the-verdict-might-not-come-until-november-235204/" aria-label="Read more about Will Joe Biden’s legacy be defined by the last few weeks? The verdict might not come until November">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodrigo Praino, Professor & Director, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University Joe Biden has announced he will no longer contest the 2024 US presidential election. He has thrown his support instead behind his vice president, Kamala Harris. In most countries, including Australia, such ... <a title="Biden’s withdrawal will place enormous attention on the Democratic convention in August. Here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/bidens-withdrawal-will-place-enormous-attention-on-the-democratic-convention-in-august-heres-what-to-expect-235195/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s withdrawal will place enormous attention on the Democratic convention in August. Here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Emily Clark, Lecturer in Japanese, University of New England Delicious in Dungeon Wiki At first glance, Netflix’s popular Japanese animation Delicious in Dungeon is a strangely food-obsessed dungeon-crawler fantasy tale. Upon a closer look, however, it reveals itself as a striking parody of the popular “gourmet ... <a title="White rice with side dishes isn’t really ‘traditional’ Japanese food. So where did we get this idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/white-rice-with-side-dishes-isnt-really-traditional-japanese-food-so-where-did-we-get-this-idea-233871/" aria-label="Read more about White rice with side dishes isn’t really ‘traditional’ Japanese food. So where did we get this idea?">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jared Mondschein, Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney After three weeks of pained debates in the media and within the Biden administration itself, the 61% of Americans who wanted Joe Biden to step aside have had their wish granted. Only a few minutes after ... <a title="Kamala Harris is likely to become the Democratic nominee for president. So who is she and how might she fare against Trump?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/22/kamala-harris-is-likely-to-become-the-democratic-nominee-for-president-so-who-is-she-and-how-might-she-fare-against-trump-235091/" aria-label="Read more about Kamala Harris is likely to become the Democratic nominee for president. So who is she and how might she fare against Trump?">Read more</a>
