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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Charlson, Conjoint NHMRC Early Career Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of the world’s most esteemed climate experts, delivered its sixth report and “final warning” about the climate crisis. It outlined several mental health challenges associated with ... <a title="Is ‘climate anxiety’ a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/is-climate-anxiety-a-clinical-diagnosis-should-it-be-202232/" aria-label="Read more about Is ‘climate anxiety’ a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Manlik, Casual Academic and PhD Candidate, Macquarie University ABC The recent ABC mini-series, In Our Blood, offers a fictionalised account of Australia’s response to AIDS, focusing on the development of a partnership between impacted communities, health professionals and government. Lesbians are placed at the centre of ... <a title="The ABC’s In Our Blood shines a light on lesbian activism during the AIDS crisis – but there’s more to their story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/the-abcs-in-our-blood-shines-a-light-on-lesbian-activism-during-the-aids-crisis-but-theres-more-to-their-story-202354/" aria-label="Read more about The ABC’s In Our Blood shines a light on lesbian activism during the AIDS crisis – but there’s more to their story">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver A.H. Jones, Professor, RMIT University Shutterstock You might have noticed many skin and haircare products are advertised as “paraben-free”, or come across online influencers warning parabens are terrible for your health. But what is a paraben? And could a minor ingredient in products that many of ... <a title="What is a paraben and why are so many products advertised as ‘paraben-free’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/what-is-a-paraben-and-why-are-so-many-products-advertised-as-paraben-free-198994/" aria-label="Read more about What is a paraben and why are so many products advertised as ‘paraben-free’?">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clancy William James, Senior Lecturer (astronomy and astroparticle physics), Curtin University ASKAP. CSIRO We have just published evidence in Nature Astronomy for what might be producing mysterious bursts of radio waves coming from distant galaxies, known as fast radio bursts or FRBs. Two colliding neutron stars – ... <a title="For the first time, astronomers have linked a mysterious fast radio burst with gravitational waves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/for-the-first-time-astronomers-have-linked-a-mysterious-fast-radio-burst-with-gravitational-waves-202341/" aria-label="Read more about For the first time, astronomers have linked a mysterious fast radio burst with gravitational waves">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Early this month, the Daily Mail published a story online implying three Chinese men taking photos at the Avalon Airshow in Melbourne were spies. After complaints and an open letter condemning the paper for ... <a title="‘The media normalises war-mongering’: how Chinese Australians respond to talk of war in mainstream media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/the-media-normalises-war-mongering-how-chinese-australians-respond-to-talk-of-war-in-mainstream-media-202500/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The media normalises war-mongering’: how Chinese Australians respond to talk of war in mainstream media">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Shutterstock We all get hiccups from time to time, and sometimes they just won’t seem to go away. Hiccups are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm – the muscle separating your chest from your abdomen, which plays ... <a title="What causes hiccups and how can you get rid of them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/what-causes-hiccups-and-how-can-you-get-rid-of-them-196557/" aria-label="Read more about What causes hiccups and how can you get rid of them?">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Shutterstock A new report card on Australia’s environment reveals 2022 was a bumper year for our rivers and vegetation – but it wasn’t enough to reverse the long-term decline in ... <a title="2022 was a good year for nature in Australia – but three nasty problems remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/2022-was-a-good-year-for-nature-in-australia-but-three-nasty-problems-remain-201778/" aria-label="Read more about 2022 was a good year for nature in Australia – but three nasty problems remain">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darcy Watchorn, PhD Candidate, Deakin University Discoveries of albino animals have a unique ability to capture the public imagination, often leading to flurries of social media and news coverage. (Think Migaloo, the famous white humpback whale.) It’s easy to see why albino animals are so fascinating. Their ... <a title="Ghost rodents: get ready to fall in love with Australia’s albino rats and mice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/ghost-rodents-get-ready-to-fall-in-love-with-australias-albino-rats-and-mice-201458/" aria-label="Read more about Ghost rodents: get ready to fall in love with Australia’s albino rats and mice">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Moore, Lecturer, Educational Psychology & Child Development, School of Education, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock Schools are an obvious place to do mental health work with young people. This is important, as about one in seven young Australians are diagnosed with a mental illness. This includes issues ... <a title="Students’ mental health is a big issue for schools – but teachers should only be part of the solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/students-mental-health-is-a-big-issue-for-schools-but-teachers-should-only-be-part-of-the-solution-200993/" aria-label="Read more about Students’ mental health is a big issue for schools – but teachers should only be part of the solution">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Dumay, Professor – Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University Pxfuel What distinguishes a company that makes “good” chocolate (chocolate untainted by child labour, modern slavery, deforestation and the overuse of agrichemicals) from one that merely makes chocolate? Our annual Chocolate Scorecard investigation, which is ... <a title="At chocolate time, we’ve discovered what the brands that score best on child labour and the environment and have in common" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/at-chocolate-time-weve-discovered-what-the-brands-that-score-best-on-child-labour-and-the-environment-and-have-in-common-201682/" aria-label="Read more about At chocolate time, we’ve discovered what the brands that score best on child labour and the environment and have in common">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle de Souza, Lecturer in Law, University of New England Binge British comedy Romantic Getaway recently dropped on streaming service Binge. The show stars Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan as Alison and Deacon, a couple desperate for a child. Alison and Deacon have been unable to conceive ... <a title="IVF heist: Romantic Getaway on Binge explores the desperation couples can feel during the costly IVF journey" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/ivf-heist-romantic-getaway-on-binge-explores-the-desperation-couples-can-feel-during-the-costly-ivf-journey-201172/" aria-label="Read more about IVF heist: Romantic Getaway on Binge explores the desperation couples can feel during the costly IVF journey">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock Labor and the Greens have reached a compromise on the safeguard mechanism after months of tense negotiations, giving the government the numbers it needs to pass the bill into law. Greens leader Adam Bandt on Monday announced his party ... <a title="Greens will back Labor’s safeguard mechanism without a ban on new coal and gas. That’s a good outcome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/greens-will-back-labors-safeguard-mechanism-without-a-ban-on-new-coal-and-gas-thats-a-good-outcome-202444/" aria-label="Read more about Greens will back Labor’s safeguard mechanism without a ban on new coal and gas. That’s a good outcome">Read more</a>
