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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, Monash University Stephen Buckle/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC If you’ve ever compared a frozen pizza to the photo on the box, you know the feeling of being duped by appetising looks. In our latest study we show that animals – in this case, bees – ... <a title="This strange donkey orchid uses UV light to trick bees into thinking it has food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/this-strange-donkey-orchid-uses-uv-light-to-trick-bees-into-thinking-it-has-food-198980/" aria-label="Read more about This strange donkey orchid uses UV light to trick bees into thinking it has food">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Helps, Research fellow, Monash University Shutterstock Identifying perpetrators of domestic and family violence is critical to ending violence against women. Practitioners across different sectors, including mental health, alcohol and drug services, have a vital opportunity to “screen” clients to identify if they’ve experienced or perpetrated domestic ... <a title="We’re missing opportunities to identify domestic violence perpetrators. This is what needs to change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/were-missing-opportunities-to-identify-domestic-violence-perpetrators-this-is-what-needs-to-change-198071/" aria-label="Read more about We’re missing opportunities to identify domestic violence perpetrators. This is what needs to change">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University As we enter the fourth year of living with COVID, we are all asking the predictable question: when will the pandemic be over? To answer this question, it’s worth reminding ourselves that a pandemic involves the worldwide spread of a ... <a title="COVID remains a global emergency, the World Health Organization says, but we’re at a transition point. What does this mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/covid-remains-a-global-emergency-the-world-health-organization-says-but-were-at-a-transition-point-what-does-this-mean-198876/" aria-label="Read more about COVID remains a global emergency, the World Health Organization says, but we’re at a transition point. What does this mean?">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Brook, Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland Getty Images The January 27 storm that hit Auckland broke all previous rainfall records and has caused widespread damage, mostly from flooding and landslides. But while climate change helps explain the intensity of the rainfall, the way ... <a title="Slippery slopes: why the Auckland storm caused so many landslides – and what can be done about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/slippery-slopes-why-the-auckland-storm-caused-so-many-landslides-and-what-can-be-done-about-it-198984/" aria-label="Read more about Slippery slopes: why the Auckland storm caused so many landslides – and what can be done about it">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pii-Tuulia Nikula, Principal Academic, Eastern Institute of Technology GettyImages An increasing number of businesses in Aotearoa New Zealand are changing how they operate to reduce their overall climate impact. These measures, which include reducing carbon emissions, are largely voluntary outside of specific sectors, such as the fuel, ... <a title="Business owners see cutting carbon emissions as ‘the right thing to do’, despite the challenges of making change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/business-owners-see-cutting-carbon-emissions-as-the-right-thing-to-do-despite-the-challenges-of-making-change-197675/" aria-label="Read more about Business owners see cutting carbon emissions as ‘the right thing to do’, despite the challenges of making change">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Birger Rasmussen, Adjunct Professor, The University of Western Australia Saul Shepstein, Author provided The Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to one of the most ancient surviving pieces of Earth’s crust, which has been geologically unchanged since its creation some 3.5 billion years ago. Some of ... <a title="The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/the-worlds-oldest-fossils-or-oily-gunk-new-research-suggests-these-3-5-billion-year-old-rocks-dont-contain-signs-of-life-198865/" aria-label="Read more about The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Dickie, PhD Candidate in Public Health Nutrition, Deakin University Shutterstock For years, the term “junk food” has been used to refer to foods considered bad for you, and not very nutritious. But junk can mean different things to different people. Official dietary guidelines have used more ... <a title="8 everyday foods you might not realise are ultra processed – and how to spot them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/8-everyday-foods-you-might-not-realise-are-ultra-processed-and-how-to-spot-them-197993/" aria-label="Read more about 8 everyday foods you might not realise are ultra processed – and how to spot them">Read more</a>
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February 2, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Daniel, Tutor / Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, Western Sydney University Columbia Pictures “What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?” So asks time-stranded weatherman Phil Connors, played by ... <a title="The pleasure and pain of cinephilia: what happened when I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/02/the-pleasure-and-pain-of-cinephilia-what-happened-when-i-watched-groundhog-day-every-day-for-a-year-198668/" aria-label="Read more about The pleasure and pain of cinephilia: what happened when I watched Groundhog Day every day for a year">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luciano Beheregaray, Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University Shutterstock As the climate heats up rapidly, many species will struggle to avoid extinction. If they had time, they could evolve to the new environmental conditions. But they don’t. That’s where hybridisation could help. When related species ... <a title="Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/hybrid-future-interbreeding-can-make-heat-averse-species-more-resilient-to-climate-change-198877/" aria-label="Read more about Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madison Williams-Hoffman, PhD Candidate in Environmental Radioactivity, Edith Cowan University WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services By now, you’ve probably heard about a tiny radioactive capsule that went missing from the back of a truck somewhere in Western Australia. Inside is a small but dangerous amount ... <a title="I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/i-study-how-radiation-interacts-with-the-environment-and-the-capsule-lost-in-wa-is-a-whole-new-ballgame-198870/" aria-label="Read more about I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Alessandro Bianconi/Edu INAF/Flickr , CC BY-SA Over the past few weeks, social media has been abuzz with excited posts about the green comet that is currently “whizzing” or “flying through the sky”. Now, comets don’t so much whizz as ... <a title="Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/australia-is-finally-getting-a-last-chance-view-of-a-green-comet-not-seen-for-50-000-years-198867/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan de Groot Heupner, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East this week to make yet another push for a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinians following yet another dramatic escalation in violence between the two sides. ... <a title="Why the violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new phase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/why-the-violence-between-israel-and-the-palestinians-may-be-entering-a-devastating-new-phase-198788/" aria-label="Read more about Why the violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new phase">Read more</a>
