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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University Ediacaran life as imagined by scientists in the 1980s. Ryan Somma/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Some half a billion years ago, life on Earth went through a huge transformation. In what is called the Ediacaran period, after billions of years of single-celled ... <a title="565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/565-million-years-old-some-of-the-oldest-uk-fossils-are-eerily-similar-to-famous-australian-ones-218128/" aria-label="Read more about 565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Taucher, Lecturer in History, Murdoch University Following the October 7 attack by Hamas, Israeli forces have carried out sustained attacks on the Palestinian controlled territory, dividing the international community. Last week, the South African government presented a case to the International Court of Justice. They argued ... <a title="South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/south-africa-has-made-its-genocide-case-against-israel-in-court-heres-what-both-sides-said-and-what-happens-next-221017/" aria-label="Read more about South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corneel Vandelanotte, Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia MalikNalik/Shutterstock It’s that time of year when many people are getting started on their resolutions for the year ahead. Doing more physical activity is a popular and worthwhile goal. If you’re hoping to be more active ... <a title="Thinking of using an activity tracker to achieve your exercise goals? Here’s where it can help – and where it probably won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/thinking-of-using-an-activity-tracker-to-achieve-your-exercise-goals-heres-where-it-can-help-and-where-it-probably-wont-219235/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of using an activity tracker to achieve your exercise goals? Here’s where it can help – and where it probably won’t">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynette Washington, Research Fellow, UniSA Business, University of South Australia Shutterstock A significant proportion of Australian workers – about one-fifth – would be prepared to sacrifice between 16% and 33% of their salaries for the right to work from home, which works out at A$12,000 to $24,000 ... <a title="What’s it worth to work from home? For some, it’s as much as one-third of their wage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/whats-it-worth-to-work-from-home-for-some-its-as-much-as-one-third-of-their-wage-217554/" aria-label="Read more about What’s it worth to work from home? For some, it’s as much as one-third of their wage">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Saskia Roberts, PhD Candidate, School of History, Australian National University Searchlight Pictures This piece contains spoilers for Poor Things. Poor Things can be described in one word: polarising. Yorgos Lanthimos’ film follows Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a scientist’s experiment created from a woman’s body and a child’s ... <a title="The shame and pleasure of masturbation: Poor Things gets girls’ early sexual feelings right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/the-shame-and-pleasure-of-masturbation-poor-things-gets-girls-early-sexual-feelings-right-220662/" aria-label="Read more about The shame and pleasure of masturbation: Poor Things gets girls’ early sexual feelings right">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Kerkhove, Associate Professor (Adjunct), School of Education., University of Southern Queensland Last year, chair of the Australian War Memorial Kim Beazley called for First Nations “guerilla campaigns” of the Frontier Wars to be included in the Australian War Memorial. His bid was criticised by the RSL ... <a title="Why First Nations ‘ununiformed warriors’ qualify for the Australian War Memorial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/why-first-nations-ununiformed-warriors-qualify-for-the-australian-war-memorial-219109/" aria-label="Read more about Why First Nations ‘ununiformed warriors’ qualify for the Australian War Memorial">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Bell, Adjunct professor, Monash University The Voice referendum was a disappointing result for many, but there is hope that much of its vision could be achieved via a different path. The Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs has presented a report to ... <a title="Following the Voice failure, Indigenous politicians are calling for the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be implemented. What is it and what would it mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/following-the-voice-failure-indigenous-politicians-are-calling-for-the-uns-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples-to-be-implemented-what-is-it-and-what-would-it-mean-219695/" aria-label="Read more about Following the Voice failure, Indigenous politicians are calling for the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be implemented. What is it and what would it mean?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Freshwater poll for The Sunday Telegraph had a 50–50 tie between Labor and the Coalition, unchanged from a Freshwater poll for The Financial Review in ... <a title="Freshwater national poll holds steady at a 50–50 tie between Labor and the Coalition as Trump set for big win in Iowa caucus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/freshwater-national-poll-holds-steady-at-a-50-50-tie-between-labor-and-the-coalition-as-trump-set-for-big-win-in-iowa-caucus-220286/" aria-label="Read more about Freshwater national poll holds steady at a 50–50 tie between Labor and the Coalition as Trump set for big win in Iowa caucus">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hazel, Associate Professor, School of Animal and Veterinary Science, University of Adelaide Shutterstock If you’ve watched cat videos on social media lately, you may have encountered the idea a cat’s coat colour tells us something about their personality. Orange cats are supposedly “dumb”, always falling off ... <a title="TikTok says orange cats are ‘dumb’, and tortoiseshell cats have ‘an attitude’. But how true is that?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/tiktok-says-orange-cats-are-dumb-and-tortoiseshell-cats-have-an-attitude-but-how-true-is-that-218033/" aria-label="Read more about TikTok says orange cats are ‘dumb’, and tortoiseshell cats have ‘an attitude’. But how true is that?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Gathering for their annual World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland this week, the world’s business and political elite will be digesting some unpleasant reading courtesy of the aid agency Oxfam International. Oxfam’s annual report on global ... <a title="As the billionaires gather at Davos, it’s worth examining what’s become of their dreams" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/as-the-billionaires-gather-at-davos-its-worth-examining-whats-become-of-their-dreams-220876/" aria-label="Read more about As the billionaires gather at Davos, it’s worth examining what’s become of their dreams">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Scarlett Howard If you’ve ever been tricked by a visual illusion, you know the feeling of disconnect between what your eyes perceive and what is actually there. Visual illusions occur due to errors in our perception, causing us ... <a title="Do they see what we see? Bees and wasps join humans in being tricked by illusions of quantity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/do-they-see-what-we-see-bees-and-wasps-join-humans-in-being-tricked-by-illusions-of-quantity-219577/" aria-label="Read more about Do they see what we see? Bees and wasps join humans in being tricked by illusions of quantity">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Reece, Principal Fellow, Melbourne School of Government, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock 2024 is going to be democracy’s biggest year ever. In a remarkable milestone in human history, over four billion people – more than half of the world’s population across more than 40 countries – ... <a title="More than 4 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/15/more-than-4-billion-people-are-eligible-to-vote-in-an-election-in-2024-is-this-democracys-biggest-test-220837/" aria-label="Read more about More than 4 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?">Read more</a>
