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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Shutterstock Since gay couples have fewer children, the high frequency of same-sex relationships in humans is puzzling from an evolutionary point of view. Perhaps there are social advantages such relationships confer on a group, ... <a title="How – and why – did homosexual behaviour evolve in humans and other animals?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/how-and-why-did-homosexual-behaviour-evolve-in-humans-and-other-animals-215331/" aria-label="Read more about How – and why – did homosexual behaviour evolve in humans and other animals?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lewis Ingram, Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia Chiociolla/Shutterstock Cardio, short for cardiovascular exercise, refers to any form of rhythmic physical activity that increases your heart rate and breathing so the heart and lungs can deliver oxygen to the working muscles. Essentially, it’s the type of ... <a title="Treadmill, exercise bike, rowing machine: what’s the best option for cardio at home?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/treadmill-exercise-bike-rowing-machine-whats-the-best-option-for-cardio-at-home-213352/" aria-label="Read more about Treadmill, exercise bike, rowing machine: what’s the best option for cardio at home?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirk Dodd, Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney Kate Williams/Seymour Centre and Sport For Jove Shakespeare wrote his famous narrative poem Venus and Adonis in a lockdown era when, in 1593, the bubonic plague closed the theatres in London for 18 months. In Shakespeare’s poem ... <a title="Venus and Adonis: this ‘plague within a play’ about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colourful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/venus-and-adonis-this-plague-within-a-play-about-shakespeare-is-wildly-romantic-erotic-and-colourful-212705/" aria-label="Read more about Venus and Adonis: this ‘plague within a play’ about Shakespeare is wildly romantic, erotic and colourful">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isabella Reeves, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Whalers and Old Tom on the hunt Charles Eden Wellings/WIkimedia Commons, CC BY-SA For generations, the Thaua people worked with killer whales to hunt large whales in the water of Twofold Bay, on the southern coast of New South Wales. Killer ... <a title="For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/for-generations-killer-whales-and-first-nations-hunted-whales-together-now-we-suspect-the-orca-group-has-gone-extinct-213556/" aria-label="Read more about For generations, killer whales and First Nations hunted whales together. Now we suspect the orca group has gone extinct">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mati Keynes, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne shutterstock I never learned about this in school! This is an all-too familiar response from those learning Indigenous histories in Australia. The recent take-up of false claims – such as that a Voice to Parliament would result ... <a title="3 key moments in Indigenous political history Victorian school students didn’t learn about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/3-key-moments-in-indigenous-political-history-victorian-school-students-didnt-learn-about-213756/" aria-label="Read more about 3 key moments in Indigenous political history Victorian school students didn’t learn about">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Robinson, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University The academic study of public opinion is a well-developed area. One foundational finding is that while the views of voters often seem contradictory and incoherent, these apparent inconsistencies have a pattern. The views that voters ... <a title="When it comes to Indigenous affairs, Australian voters’ opinions are complicated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/when-it-comes-to-indigenous-affairs-australian-voters-opinions-are-complicated-215426/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to Indigenous affairs, Australian voters’ opinions are complicated">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bartholomew Stanford, Lecturer (Indigenous Knowledges) , Charles Darwin University This weekend, Australia will vote on the enshrinement in the Constitution of the Voice to Parliament. The “no” campaign has expressed many concerns about how the Voice to Parliament will operate as a First Nations advisory body. But ... <a title="Some states already have Indigenous advisory bodies. What are they, and how would the Voice be different?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/some-states-already-have-indigenous-advisory-bodies-what-are-they-and-how-would-the-voice-be-different-214726/" aria-label="Read more about Some states already have Indigenous advisory bodies. What are they, and how would the Voice be different?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Thomas, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University Hamas’ attack on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War was the deadliest single day in Israeli history. Showers of rockets, kidnappings and indiscriminate killings have led to a death toll already over 1,200 Israelis, leading many ... <a title="What’s at stake now for legitimacy in both Israel and the push for Palestinian self-determination?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/whats-at-stake-now-for-legitimacy-in-both-israel-and-the-push-for-palestinian-self-determination-215341/" aria-label="Read more about What’s at stake now for legitimacy in both Israel and the push for Palestinian self-determination?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
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 After political polls between March and August showed a clear trend towards the right, polls since late August have shown the reverse. Remove a resurgent NZ First ... <a title="NZ Election 2023: final polls suggest NZ First likely kingmaker as the left makes late gains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/nz-election-2023-final-polls-suggest-nz-first-likely-kingmaker-as-the-left-makes-late-gains-214462/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Election 2023: final polls suggest NZ First likely kingmaker as the left makes late gains">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Walter, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University Shutterstock Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the names and images of deceased people. We have had compelling accounts from Indigenous activists of “the long road to Uluru”. But another perspective on the ... <a title="‘We should be listening’: the long history of Liberal innovation – and failure – on Indigenous policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/we-should-be-listening-the-long-history-of-liberal-innovation-and-failure-on-indigenous-policy-214960/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We should be listening’: the long history of Liberal innovation – and failure – on Indigenous policy">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suze Wilson, Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Massey University For many people, voting is not just a right, it’s an act of civic duty. Even more than that, some voters base their decisions on what they believe best serves society as a whole, not what might personally ... <a title="What makes a good political leader – and how can we tell before voting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/what-makes-a-good-political-leader-and-how-can-we-tell-before-voting-214351/" aria-label="Read more about What makes a good political leader – and how can we tell before voting?">Read more</a>
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October 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director, Grattan Institute Roman Zaiets/Shutterstock The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has shared its final report. In this series, we unpack what the commission’s 222 recommendations could mean for a more inclusive Australia. The disability royal ... <a title="3 things the disability royal commission missed: health, transport, day programs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/12/3-things-the-disability-royal-commission-missed-health-transport-day-programs-215251/" aria-label="Read more about 3 things the disability royal commission missed: health, transport, day programs">Read more</a>
