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February 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Finnerty, PhD candidate – Behavioural Ecology and Conservation Research, University of Sydney Gert-Jan van Stein/Shutterstock In places where we need to protect valuable plants – whether for ecological or economic reasons – local herbivores can cause significant damage. Current solutions often involve killing the problem animals. ... <a title="Animals keep eating precious plants – we used ‘smell misinformation’ to keep them away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/03/animals-keep-eating-precious-plants-we-used-smell-misinformation-to-keep-them-away-215454/" aria-label="Read more about Animals keep eating precious plants – we used ‘smell misinformation’ to keep them away">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vania Andreoli, PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia Pok Rie/Pexel, CC BY-SA Overfishing has dire consequences for ocean health and for the millions of people who depend on fish for food and wellbeing. Globally, catch has been steadily declining since the 1990s. It’s a trend that’s ... <a title="Governments spend US$22 billion a year helping the fishing industry empty our oceans. This injustice must end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/03/governments-spend-us-22-billion-a-year-helping-the-fishing-industry-empty-our-oceans-this-injustice-must-end-222511/" aria-label="Read more about Governments spend US$22 billion a year helping the fishing industry empty our oceans. This injustice must end">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Higgins, PhD candidate in Psychology, Monash University Neuralink Earlier this week, Elon Musk announced his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, had implanted a device in a human for the first time. The company’s PRIME study, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration last year, is testing ... <a title="Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain. What could possibly go wrong?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/neuralink-has-put-its-first-chip-in-a-human-brain-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-222497/" aria-label="Read more about Neuralink has put its first chip in a human brain. What could possibly go wrong?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Bennett, Lecturer in Exercise Science, University of South Australia PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) this week released new guidelines for youth and community sport designed to change the way concussion is managed across the country. While the guidelines contain a host ... <a title="Concussion in sport: why making players sit out for 21 days afterwards is a good idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/concussion-in-sport-why-making-players-sit-out-for-21-days-afterwards-is-a-good-idea-222504/" aria-label="Read more about Concussion in sport: why making players sit out for 21 days afterwards is a good idea">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Lui, Senior Project Officer – Indigenous Research, James Cook University On October 14, Australia voted against First Nations peoples’ having a constitutionally enshrined right to be heard on matters that affect them. There was a catchcry during the campaign that a “no” vote would mean keeping ... <a title="Zenadth Kes peoples’ long journey to self-determination in the Torres Strait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/zenadth-kes-peoples-long-journey-to-self-determination-in-the-torres-strait-199675/" aria-label="Read more about Zenadth Kes peoples’ long journey to self-determination in the Torres Strait">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney JavyGo/Unsplash E-scooters are a popular new feature of urban mobility, offering an eco-friendly solution with zero exhaust emissions and agility in city spaces. They make an attractive option for “last-mile” commuting — bridging ... <a title="E-scooters are linked with injuries and hospital visits – but we can’t say they are riskier than bikes yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/e-scooters-are-linked-with-injuries-and-hospital-visits-but-we-cant-say-they-are-riskier-than-bikes-yet-222148/" aria-label="Read more about E-scooters are linked with injuries and hospital visits – but we can’t say they are riskier than bikes yet">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Peacock, Lecturer in Law, Federation University Australia CapturePB/Shutterstock A home buyer usually does not pay goods and services tax (GST) on a home except if they buy a new home that has not been sold before as residential property. However, when a home that has been ... <a title="Buying a renovated home? You could be up for an extra 10% GST, but it’s a grey area. Here’s a way to end the uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/buying-a-renovated-home-you-could-be-up-for-an-extra-10-gst-but-its-a-grey-area-heres-a-way-to-end-the-uncertainty-218911/" aria-label="Read more about Buying a renovated home? You could be up for an extra 10% GST, but it’s a grey area. Here’s a way to end the uncertainty">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Carland, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) fellow, Monash University It’s well documented that news media influences our behaviour in all manner of ways, from how much meat we buy to our attitudes towards exercise. Journalism does not merely hold a mirror up to reality, as ... <a title="Australian media’s Instagram posts on Gaza war have an anti-Palestine bias. That has real-world consequences" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/australian-medias-instagram-posts-on-gaza-war-have-an-anti-palestine-bias-that-has-real-world-consequences-221609/" aria-label="Read more about Australian media’s Instagram posts on Gaza war have an anti-Palestine bias. That has real-world consequences">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Moon, Professor of History, Auckland University of Technology When it comes to grappling with the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi, one of the commonest responses is that it’s a matter of interpretation. It seems to be a perfectly fair reaction, except that historical interpretation generally ... <a title="Waitangi Day 2024: 5 myths and misconceptions that confuse the Treaty debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/waitangi-day-2024-5-myths-and-misconceptions-that-confuse-the-treaty-debate-221973/" aria-label="Read more about Waitangi Day 2024: 5 myths and misconceptions that confuse the Treaty debate">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erick Lundgren, Adjunct Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Large introduced herbivores such as feral horses and camels are often seen as “invasive” species which damage native plants. My colleagues and I published new research in Science testing this assumption and found it isn’t true. Instead, both native ... <a title="Horses, camels and deer get a bad rap for razing plants – but our new research shows they’re no worse than native animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/horses-camels-and-deer-get-a-bad-rap-for-razing-plants-but-our-new-research-shows-theyre-no-worse-than-native-animals-221873/" aria-label="Read more about Horses, camels and deer get a bad rap for razing plants – but our new research shows they’re no worse than native animals">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide maxim ibragimov, Shutterstock Management consulting revenue in Australia has grown from less than A$33 billion in 2010 to more than $47 billion in 2023. The increasing use of consultants, as well as the PwC scandal, highlights serious ... <a title="Consulting firms provided low-quality research on crucial water policies. It shows we have a deeper problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/consulting-firms-provided-low-quality-research-on-crucial-water-policies-it-shows-we-have-a-deeper-problem-219596/" aria-label="Read more about Consulting firms provided low-quality research on crucial water policies. It shows we have a deeper problem">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nina Van Dyke, Principal Research Fellow and Associate Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Gaelle Marcel/ Unsplash, CC BY As children return to classrooms for 2024, school communities will be confronting bullying in person and via technology. In-person bullying and cyberbullying affect significant numbers of children and young ... <a title="5 questions your child’s school should be able to answer about bullying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/02/5-questions-your-childs-school-should-be-able-to-answer-about-bullying-222255/" aria-label="Read more about 5 questions your child’s school should be able to answer about bullying">Read more</a>
