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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wasim Saman, Emeritus Professor of Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of South Australia myphotobank.com.au/Shutterstock You’re inside on a scorching 40°C day, running your air conditioner on full for extended hours. Normally, you might worry about cost – or even the impact on the grid or the environment. But you’ve ... <a title="If you’ve got solar, can you run aircon without worrying about cost? Not quite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/if-youve-got-solar-can-you-run-aircon-without-worrying-about-cost-not-quite-217910/" aria-label="Read more about If you’ve got solar, can you run aircon without worrying about cost? Not quite">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmine Probst, Associate Professor, School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences, University of Wollongong Does it seem like most vegetables you serve your children end up left on the plate, or worse, strewn across the floor? But mention dessert, and your fruit skewers are polished off in ... <a title="Is it OK if my child eats lots of fruit but no vegetables?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/is-it-ok-if-my-child-eats-lots-of-fruit-but-no-vegetables-217282/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK if my child eats lots of fruit but no vegetables?">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Brander, Professor, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW Sydney This summer, millions of people will flock to Australia’s beaches – and tragically, not all will survive. Last summer, 54 people drowned along the Australian coast. This included 28 people ... <a title="Australian beachgoers are told to always ‘swim between the flags’ – but what if there aren’t any?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/australian-beachgoers-are-told-to-always-swim-between-the-flags-but-what-if-there-arent-any-220043/" aria-label="Read more about Australian beachgoers are told to always ‘swim between the flags’ – but what if there aren’t any?">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treena Clark, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney Aboriginal Display at the Brisbane Exhibition, 1914. State Library of Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people, and links ... <a title="A brief look at the long history of First Nations fashion design in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/a-brief-look-at-the-long-history-of-first-nations-fashion-design-in-australia-219328/" aria-label="Read more about A brief look at the long history of First Nations fashion design in Australia">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kasih Norman, Research Fellow, Griffith University For much of the 65,000 years of Australia’s human history, the now-submerged northwest continental shelf connected the Kimberley and western Arnhem Land. This vast, habitable realm covered nearly 390,000 square kilometres, an area one-and-a-half times larger than New Zealand is today. ... <a title="People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia – and it had an inland sea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/people-once-lived-in-a-vast-region-in-north-western-australia-and-it-had-an-inland-sea-219505/" aria-label="Read more about People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia – and it had an inland sea">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aakansha Zala, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Maybe you feel worn out. Perhaps you’re also having trouble losing weight. Generally, you just don’t feel 100%. Could it be Hashimoto’s disease? This common autoimmune thyroid disorder is when your immune system (which fights off viruses and bacteria), mistakenly ... <a title="Fatigue? Unexplained weight gain and dry skin? Could it be Hashimoto’s disease?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/fatigue-unexplained-weight-gain-and-dry-skin-could-it-be-hashimotos-disease-218342/" aria-label="Read more about Fatigue? Unexplained weight gain and dry skin? Could it be Hashimoto’s disease?">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nickola Overall, Professor, University of Auckland Do your attitudes about women and men influence how you parent your children? Perhaps you think women are warmer and more supportive and so naturally better caregivers. Perhaps you see men as stronger, more independent, and better able to protect and ... <a title="Men and women who hold sexist views are less responsive as parents: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/men-and-women-who-hold-sexist-views-are-less-responsive-as-parents-new-research-216622/" aria-label="Read more about Men and women who hold sexist views are less responsive as parents: new research">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania OKMG/Shutterstock “Gravy Day” is a relatively new date in the Australian calendar. Paul Kelly’s song How to Make Gravy tells the story of a prisoner (Joe) writing to his brother on December 21. Joe laments missing the family ... <a title="How to make gravy (using chemistry)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/how-to-make-gravy-using-chemistry-219589/" aria-label="Read more about How to make gravy (using chemistry)">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Zunica, Lecturer in Secondary Maths Education, University of Sydney A veridical paradox with practical uses. Cottonbro Studio/Pexels CC BY-SA Have you ever bumped into someone with the same birthday as you? What about someone sharing a birthday in your workplace? How common is a shared birthday, ... <a title="How many people need to be in a room for two to share a birthday? It’s less than you think. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/how-many-people-need-to-be-in-a-room-for-two-to-share-a-birthday-its-less-than-you-think-heres-why-218250/" aria-label="Read more about How many people need to be in a room for two to share a birthday? It’s less than you think. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University China’s expanding naval presence in the Pacific Ocean and the South and East China seas has become a major focus for Australia, the US and its allies. Australia’s latest strategic defence review, for instance, ... <a title="Australia can no longer afford to ignore Russia’s expanding naval power in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/australia-can-no-longer-afford-to-ignore-russias-expanding-naval-power-in-the-pacific-217913/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can no longer afford to ignore Russia’s expanding naval power in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Poulton, Senior Lecturer, Brain Mind Centre Nepean, University of Sydney Shutterstock Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more often diagnosed in children. That might make you wonder if people grow out it as they reach adulthood. ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that involves difficulties focusing attention (for ... <a title="Do kids grow out of ADHD as they get older?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/do-kids-grow-out-of-adhd-as-they-get-older-218692/" aria-label="Read more about Do kids grow out of ADHD as they get older?">Read more</a>
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December 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Edwards, Research Fellow Bushfires, Charles Darwin University As the semi-arid Pilliga Scrub burns in New South Wales, many of us are thinking about fire once again. It’s an El Niño summer in the hottest year on record. And there’s a remarkable amount of grass drying out ... <a title="Invasive grasses are worsening bushfires across Australia’s drylands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/12/21/invasive-grasses-are-worsening-bushfires-across-australias-drylands-215530/" aria-label="Read more about Invasive grasses are worsening bushfires across Australia’s drylands">Read more</a>
