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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock After a wet and unusually cool spring for much of Australia, the start of meteorological summer is bringing a heatwave to the north of the continent. Even in our La Niña summer we can expect ... <a title="Extreme heat in the midst of the Big Wet for northern Australia – what’s going on with the weather?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/extreme-heat-in-the-midst-of-the-big-wet-for-northern-australia-whats-going-on-with-the-weather-196124/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme heat in the midst of the Big Wet for northern Australia – what’s going on with the weather?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
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 Lukas Coch/AAP A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted November 30 to December 4 from a sample of 1,611, gave Labor 42% of the primary vote ... <a title="Resolve poll gives Labor huge lead; US Democrats win Georgia Senate runoff" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/resolve-poll-gives-labor-huge-lead-us-democrats-win-georgia-senate-runoff-196047/" aria-label="Read more about Resolve poll gives Labor huge lead; US Democrats win Georgia Senate runoff">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Brooks, Principal Research Fellow – Fluvial Geomorphologist – specialising in catchment erosion research, Griffith University James Daley , Author provided Back-to-back bleaching events have highlighted the critical threat that climate change poses to the Great Barrier Reef. But few people are aware of the network of ... <a title="Repairing gullies: the quickest way to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/repairing-gullies-the-quickest-way-to-improve-great-barrier-reef-water-quality-195647/" aria-label="Read more about Repairing gullies: the quickest way to improve Great Barrier Reef water quality">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Horwood, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University Shutterstock A ping from the pizza company. A couple of pings from your socials. Ping, ping, ping from your family WhatsApp group trying to organise a weekend barbecue. With all those smartphone notifications, it’s no wonder you lose focus ... <a title="Ping, your pizza is on its way. Ping, please rate the driver. Yes, constant notifications really do tax your brain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/ping-your-pizza-is-on-its-way-ping-please-rate-the-driver-yes-constant-notifications-really-do-tax-your-brain-193952/" aria-label="Read more about Ping, your pizza is on its way. Ping, please rate the driver. Yes, constant notifications really do tax your brain">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, PhD Candidate, Flinders University Instagram/ Showmenoodz On the 4th of December, TikTok user @jongraz announced his beloved pet, a pug named Noodle, had died aged 14. The announcement video received over 19 million views and 4 million likes, a testament to how widely loved ... <a title="The ultimate no bones day: the death of TikTok pug Noodle shows how we can grieve online for animals we’ve never met" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/the-ultimate-no-bones-day-the-death-of-tiktok-pug-noodle-shows-how-we-can-grieve-online-for-animals-weve-never-met-196046/" aria-label="Read more about The ultimate no bones day: the death of TikTok pug Noodle shows how we can grieve online for animals we’ve never met">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Thorpe, Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato Getty Images The release this week of Sport NZ’s new Guiding Principles for the Inclusion of Transgender People in Community Sport caused a minor and predictable controversy. One former parliamentarian called the guidelines “woke ideology”. ... <a title="Sport NZ’s transgender guidelines are a good start – but can they filter up from grassroots to elite competition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/sport-nzs-transgender-guidelines-are-a-good-start-but-can-they-filter-up-from-grassroots-to-elite-competition-196123/" aria-label="Read more about Sport NZ’s transgender guidelines are a good start – but can they filter up from grassroots to elite competition?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johari Amar, Lecturer in Property, Bond University Australians desperately need more affordable homes, particularly homes for rent. The prospect of home ownership is rapidly receding for many people, especially younger generations (as the chart below shows). More people than ever are being forced into a tight rental ... <a title="Build-to-rent is seen as affordable, but it’s unlikely to help those most in need" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/build-to-rent-is-seen-as-affordable-but-its-unlikely-to-help-those-most-in-need-194623/" aria-label="Read more about Build-to-rent is seen as affordable, but it’s unlikely to help those most in need">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Sandeman, Honorary Professor, Federation University Australia César Couto/Unsplash Demodex are a family of eight-legged mites that live in the hair follicles and associated sebaceous or oil glands of many mammals. Two species are known in humans – Demodex folliculorum, which lives mainly in hair follicles on ... <a title="Invisible skin mites called Demodex almost certainly live on your face – but what about your mascara?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/invisible-skin-mites-called-demodex-almost-certainly-live-on-your-face-but-what-about-your-mascara-195451/" aria-label="Read more about Invisible skin mites called Demodex almost certainly live on your face – but what about your mascara?">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Indonesia’s controversial new criminal code was passed into law on Tuesday, replacing a clunky old code dating back to at least 1918. Lawmakers have ... <a title="Indonesia’s new criminal code isn’t just about sex outside marriage. It endangers press and religious freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/indonesias-new-criminal-code-isnt-just-about-sex-outside-marriage-it-endangers-press-and-religious-freedom-196121/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s new criminal code isn’t just about sex outside marriage. It endangers press and religious freedom">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock The question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can invent is nearly 200 years old, going back to the very beginning of computing. Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace wrote what’s generally considered the first computer program. ... <a title="Can machines invent things without human help? These AI examples show the answer is ‘yes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/can-machines-invent-things-without-human-help-these-ai-examples-show-the-answer-is-yes-196036/" aria-label="Read more about Can machines invent things without human help? These AI examples show the answer is ‘yes’">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Morten Allentoft, Professor, Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University Beth Zaiken At the icy northern tip of Greenland, far into the Artic Circle, a deep bed of sediment beneath the mouth of a fjord has lain frozen and undisturbed for 2 million years. Known as the Kap ... <a title="The oldest DNA ever found reveals a snapshot of a vanished world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/the-oldest-dna-ever-found-reveals-a-snapshot-of-a-vanished-world-196044/" aria-label="Read more about The oldest DNA ever found reveals a snapshot of a vanished world">Read more</a>
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December 8, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clarice Tang, Senior lecturer in Physiotherapy, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Treating people for long COVID – that is, symptoms that last longer than four weeks after COVID infection – can be extremely complex due to the wide variety of problems associated with the condition. While there is ... <a title="How physios and occupational therapists are helping long COVID sufferers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/08/how-physios-and-occupational-therapists-are-helping-long-covid-sufferers-195354/" aria-label="Read more about How physios and occupational therapists are helping long COVID sufferers">Read more</a>
