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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ryan Mead-Hunter, Senior lecturer, School of Population Health, Curtin University Izf/Shutterstock Bushfires broke out yesterday in western Victoria during a day of extreme weather conditions across the state. Although authorities have reported the situation is easing, emergency services continue to fight blazes in the Grampians National Park ... <a title="Bushfires in Victoria: how to protect yourself if the air is smoky where you live" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/bushfires-in-victoria-how-to-protect-yourself-if-the-air-is-smoky-where-you-live-215789/" aria-label="Read more about Bushfires in Victoria: how to protect yourself if the air is smoky where you live">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameo Dalley, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. The name of the Aboriginal man in this article was how he was referred to, and his relative has requested we honour ... <a title="Can more ethical histories be written about early colonial expeditions? A new project seeks to do just that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/can-more-ethical-histories-be-written-about-early-colonial-expeditions-a-new-project-seeks-to-do-just-that-221974/" aria-label="Read more about Can more ethical histories be written about early colonial expeditions? A new project seeks to do just that">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings. Shakespeare, Richard II ABC produced post-mortem documentaries on national governments have a distinguished pedigree. The latest instalment, Nemesis, dealing with the ... <a title="‘A blood sport feigning as government’: what the ABC’s Nemesis taught us about a decade of Coalition rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-blood-sport-feigning-as-government-what-the-abcs-nemesis-taught-us-about-a-decade-of-coalition-rule-223002/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A blood sport feigning as government’: what the ABC’s Nemesis taught us about a decade of Coalition rule">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janice Lord, Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago New Zealanders traditionally show their love for a special other on Valentine’s Day, so what better time to reveal which insect they feel the most affection for? The second annual Bug of the Year contest has been won ... <a title="NZ votes the red admiral butterfly ‘bug of the year’ – how to make your garden its home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/nz-votes-the-red-admiral-butterfly-bug-of-the-year-how-to-make-your-garden-its-home-223083/" aria-label="Read more about NZ votes the red admiral butterfly ‘bug of the year’ – how to make your garden its home">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Brown, Postdoctoral researcher, Macquarie University When the first cane toads were brought from South America to Queensland in 1935, many of the parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the lungs of at least one of those pioneer toads lurked small nematode lungworms. ... <a title="A secret war between cane toads and parasitic lungworms is raging across Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-secret-war-between-cane-toads-and-parasitic-lungworms-is-raging-across-australia-223461/" aria-label="Read more about A secret war between cane toads and parasitic lungworms is raging across Australia">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Dargaville, Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University Loy Yang power station Shutterstock Half a million homes and businesses in Victoria were left without power late on Tuesday following a major power outage. The disruption occurred when severe winds knocked over several high-voltage electricity transmission towers, causing ... <a title="A major blackout left 500,000 Victorian homes without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-major-blackout-left-500-000-victorian-homes-without-power-but-it-shows-our-energy-system-is-resilient-223494/" aria-label="Read more about A major blackout left 500,000 Victorian homes without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Dargaville, Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University Loy Yang power station Shutterstock Half a million homes and businesses in Victoria were left without power late on Tuesday following a major power outage. The disruption occurred when severe winds knocked over several high voltage electricity transmission towers, ... <a title="A major blackout left 500,000 Victorians without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-major-blackout-left-500-000-victorians-without-power-but-it-shows-our-energy-system-is-resilient-223494/" aria-label="Read more about A major blackout left 500,000 Victorians without power – but it shows our energy system is resilient">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University Forty years ago when my colleagues and I did spotlighting surveys, the southern greater glider was the most common animal we’d see. Now, this amazing species is endangered. In many areas it is hard ... <a title="New logging rules in NSW put the greater glider closer to extinction. When will we start protecting these amazing animals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/new-logging-rules-in-nsw-put-the-greater-glider-closer-to-extinction-when-will-we-start-protecting-these-amazing-animals-223182/" aria-label="Read more about New logging rules in NSW put the greater glider closer to extinction. When will we start protecting these amazing animals?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Compton, Emeritus professor in Computer Science and Engineering, UNSW Sydney Sam Altman, chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, is reportedly trying to find up to US$7 trillion of investment to manufacture the enormous volumes of computer chips he believes the world needs to run artificial intelligence (AI) ... <a title="AI tools produce dazzling results – but do they really have ‘intelligence’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/ai-tools-produce-dazzling-results-but-do-they-really-have-intelligence-223311/" aria-label="Read more about AI tools produce dazzling results – but do they really have ‘intelligence’?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Opposition leader Peter Dutton says Labor’s proposed fuel efficiency standard for new cars would push up the price of a Mazda CX30 “by about $19,000”. Given that right now the Mazda CX30 costs A$33,140, that’d ... <a title="What would a vehicle efficiency standard for new cars cost – or save – Australian drivers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/what-would-a-vehicle-efficiency-standard-for-new-cars-cost-or-save-australian-drivers-223334/" aria-label="Read more about What would a vehicle efficiency standard for new cars cost – or save – Australian drivers?">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Reid Boyd, Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Summer, c. 1890. Smithsonian American Art Museum Valentine’s Day is associated with red and pink, representing passion and romance. But there’s another hue with a secret, sensual history longing for embrace: ... <a title="This Valentine’s Day, embrace green as the new colour of love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/this-valentines-day-embrace-green-as-the-new-colour-of-love-221003/" aria-label="Read more about This Valentine’s Day, embrace green as the new colour of love">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney Shutterstock Vitamin patches are trending on social media and advertised in posts and podcasts. With patches marketed for sleep, detox, immunity and hangovers, they are being talked up as near magical fix-all stickers. Manufacturers claim ... <a title="A patch a day? Why the vitamin skin patches spruiked on social media might not be for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/14/a-patch-a-day-why-the-vitamin-skin-patches-spruiked-on-social-media-might-not-be-for-you-222280/" aria-label="Read more about A patch a day? Why the vitamin skin patches spruiked on social media might not be for you">Read more</a>
