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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Scientists made headlines last week for supposedly generating a wormhole. The research, reported in Nature, involves the use of a quantum computer to simulate a wormhole in a simplified model of physics. Soon after the news ... <a title="Did physicists make a wormhole in the lab? Not quite, but a new experiment hints at the future of quantum simulations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/did-physicists-make-a-wormhole-in-the-lab-not-quite-but-a-new-experiment-hints-at-the-future-of-quantum-simulations-195816/" aria-label="Read more about Did physicists make a wormhole in the lab? Not quite, but a new experiment hints at the future of quantum simulations">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock You’ve tested negative for COVID using a rapid antigen test (RAT), but are a close contact of a positive family member and have symptoms. So you might be wondering if you’re really COVID-negative ... <a title="Is my RAT actually working? How to tell if your COVID test can detect Omicron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/is-my-rat-actually-working-how-to-tell-if-your-covid-test-can-detect-omicron-196210/" aria-label="Read more about Is my RAT actually working? How to tell if your COVID test can detect Omicron">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney Shutterstock Over thousands of years of firm friendship between humans and dogs, we have successfully created about 350 different breeds. We’ve relied on terriers for hunting, sheepdogs for herding, and all for companionship – but how much are dog personalities ... <a title="Genetic research confirms your dog’s breed influences its personality — but so do you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/genetic-research-confirms-your-dogs-breed-influences-its-personality-but-so-do-you-196274/" aria-label="Read more about Genetic research confirms your dog’s breed influences its personality — but so do you">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Arnold Lohmeyer, Lecturer in Social Work (Youth), Flinders University Shutterstock Content warning: this article contains explicit language. School bullying is a huge and distressing problem. In 2015, 43% of Australian year 8 students experienced bullying each month. A 2022 Mission Australia survey of Australians between 15 ... <a title="‘There’s a lot of places where you can’t be seen’: how bullying can be invisible to adults" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/theres-a-lot-of-places-where-you-cant-be-seen-how-bullying-can-be-invisible-to-adults-195926/" aria-label="Read more about ‘There’s a lot of places where you can’t be seen’: how bullying can be invisible to adults">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Mazzola, Lecturer Banking and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong Shutterstock Anthony* (a friend) called a few weeks ago, deeply worried. A deputy principal of a high school in Queensland, over the past year he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars buying cryptocurrencies, ... <a title="‘I thought crypto exchanges were safe’: the lesson for everyone in FTX’s collapse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/i-thought-crypto-exchanges-were-safe-the-lesson-for-everyone-in-ftxs-collapse-195800/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I thought crypto exchanges were safe’: the lesson for everyone in FTX’s collapse">Read more</a>
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December 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Green, Postdoctoral Fellow In Australian Sign Languages, The University of Melbourne Some people are surprised when they first hear about Australian Indigenous sign languages. While the broader community is increasingly aware of the richness of First Nations spoken languages, sign has generally been below the radar ... <a title="Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/12/tradition-and-innovation-how-we-are-documenting-sign-language-in-a-gurindji-community-in-northern-australia-194524/" aria-label="Read more about Tradition and innovation: how we are documenting sign language in a Gurindji community in northern Australia">Read more</a>
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December 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP/AAP Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong chose Human Rights Day to announce Magnitsky-style sanctions against 13 Russian and Iranian individuals and two entities, in response to egregious human rights abuses. Wong has ... <a title="Australia announces ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions against targets in Russia and Iran. What are they and will they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/11/australia-announces-magnitsky-sanctions-against-targets-in-russia-and-iran-what-are-they-and-will-they-work-196346/" aria-label="Read more about Australia announces ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions against targets in Russia and Iran. What are they and will they work?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra original Dan Himbrechts/AAP The federal government will provide up to $1.5 billion – to be matched by states and territories – for “targeted and temporary” relief on power bills for low and middle income households and small businesses. Under a ... <a title="Power package: $3 billion for ‘targeted and temporary’ relief on bills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/power-package-3-billion-for-targeted-and-temporary-relief-on-bills-196292/" aria-label="Read more about Power package: $3 billion for ‘targeted and temporary’ relief on bills">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Courtney Walton, Research Fellow & Psychologist, Mental Health in Elite Sports, The University of Melbourne Throughout history, sports have been guilty of prioritising certain groups at the exclusion of others. There has been a pervasive idea that being an athlete requires the demonstration of traditionally masculine traits. ... <a title="New study reveals gender bias in sport research. It’s yet another hurdle to progress in women’s sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/new-study-reveals-gender-bias-in-sport-research-its-yet-another-hurdle-to-progress-in-womens-sport-196027/" aria-label="Read more about New study reveals gender bias in sport research. It’s yet another hurdle to progress in women’s sport">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Mountain, Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University Shutterstock In a bid to arrest escalating power prices, Australia’s federal, state and territory governments have agreed to impose caps on the wholesale price of coal and gas. Announcing the decision after National Cabinet met on Friday, Prime ... <a title="Will price caps on coal and gas bring power prices down? An expert isn’t so sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/will-price-caps-on-coal-and-gas-bring-power-prices-down-an-expert-isnt-so-sure-196277/" aria-label="Read more about Will price caps on coal and gas bring power prices down? An expert isn’t so sure">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ashwin Swaminathan, Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University Medical School, Australian National University AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Obrador before him, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been infected with COVID for a second time. In the middle of ... <a title="There are still good reasons to avoid catching COVID again – for one, your risk of long COVID goes up each time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/there-are-still-good-reasons-to-avoid-catching-covid-again-for-one-your-risk-of-long-covid-goes-up-each-time-196041/" aria-label="Read more about There are still good reasons to avoid catching COVID again – for one, your risk of long COVID goes up each time">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University A new view of Earth and its place. NASA A photograph taken by NASA’s Orion spacecraft has given us a new perspective on our home planet. The snap was taken during the Artemis I mission, which ... <a title="Looking back from beyond the Moon: how views from space have changed the way we see Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/09/looking-back-from-beyond-the-moon-how-views-from-space-have-changed-the-way-we-see-earth-195650/" aria-label="Read more about Looking back from beyond the Moon: how views from space have changed the way we see Earth">Read more</a>
