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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Shutterstock It’s the end the line for coal in Victoria, after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews today announced plans for 95% renewables within 13 years. Until now, the industrialised state has been aiming for 50% by 2030. But it’s also the ... <a title="Victoria signals end of coal by announcing a new 95% renewable target. It’s a risky but vital move" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/victoria-signals-end-of-coal-by-announcing-a-new-95-renewable-target-its-a-risky-but-vital-move-192941/" aria-label="Read more about Victoria signals end of coal by announcing a new 95% renewable target. It’s a risky but vital move">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Shutterstock If you have trouble falling asleep or getting a good night’s sleep, it seems intuitive to work harder to solve the problem by using some of the sleep apps, bracelets ... <a title="Is tracking your sleep a good idea?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/is-tracking-your-sleep-a-good-idea-190231/" aria-label="Read more about Is tracking your sleep a good idea?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Malcolm McLeod/ANU, Author provided Imagine, if you will, a small plastic baggy containing a mixture of crystals and powder. The person presenting it thinks “it might be ketamine?”, but admits the subjective effects are different to what they’re used to. ... <a title="An entirely new illicit drug has been discovered by Australian chemists. Here’s how they did it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/an-entirely-new-illicit-drug-has-been-discovered-by-australian-chemists-heres-how-they-did-it-192855/" aria-label="Read more about An entirely new illicit drug has been discovered by Australian chemists. Here’s how they did it">Read more</a>
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October 20, 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 Michael Reynolds/EPA/AAP The United States midterm elections will be held in nearly three weeks, on November 8. All 435 House of Representatives seats are up for election, ... <a title="Republicans gain in US midterm polls with three weeks until election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/republicans-gain-in-us-midterm-polls-with-three-weeks-until-election-192332/" aria-label="Read more about Republicans gain in US midterm polls with three weeks until election">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaaren Mathias, Senior Lecturer in public health, University of Canterbury Getty Images Technological solutions to fill the gap in mental health care are alluring. They can appear to be a cheap, scalable way to solve the knotty problem of mental distress, without requiring investment in people, communities ... <a title="Pixels are not people: mental health apps are increasingly popular but human connection is still key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/pixels-are-not-people-mental-health-apps-are-increasingly-popular-but-human-connection-is-still-key-192247/" aria-label="Read more about Pixels are not people: mental health apps are increasingly popular but human connection is still key">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Skalicky, Senior Lecturer in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock If you’ve read, watched and enjoyed the work of America’s best-known satirical publication The Onion, you might be surprised by how serious it suddenly became ... <a title="4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong – why The Onion’s defence of satire should be heard by the US Supreme Court" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/4-3-trillion-readers-cant-be-wrong-why-the-onions-defence-of-satire-should-be-heard-by-the-us-supreme-court-192730/" aria-label="Read more about 4.3 trillion readers can’t be wrong – why The Onion’s defence of satire should be heard by the US Supreme Court">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laurits Skov, Postdoctoral research associate, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology A Neanderthal father and his daughter. Tom Björklund, Author provided Our closest evolutionary relatives, the Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), were once spread across Europe and as far east as the Altai Mountains in southern Siberia. Yet more ... <a title="First-ever genetic analysis of a Neanderthal family paints a fascinating picture of a close-knit community" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/first-ever-genetic-analysis-of-a-neanderthal-family-paints-a-fascinating-picture-of-a-close-knit-community-192595/" aria-label="Read more about First-ever genetic analysis of a Neanderthal family paints a fascinating picture of a close-knit community">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher D H Thompson, Research Fellow, Marine Futures Lab, The University of Western Australia Christopher D H Thompson, Author provided Imagine you’re a big yellowfin tuna, miles from shore out in the blue, swimming around carefree, until you start to feel a little itch near your eye. ... <a title="How do fishes scratch their itches? It turns out sharks are involved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/how-do-fishes-scratch-their-itches-it-turns-out-sharks-are-involved-192512/" aria-label="Read more about How do fishes scratch their itches? It turns out sharks are involved">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Wellings, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University Frank Augstein/AP/AAP The current turmoil in British politics needs to be understood not just as a response to Liz Truss’s short time as prime minister, but as the result of problems within the governing Conservative Party ... <a title="There’s something wrong with British politics. It’s called the Conservative Party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/theres-something-wrong-with-british-politics-its-called-the-conservative-party-192729/" aria-label="Read more about There’s something wrong with British politics. It’s called the Conservative Party">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Reeves, Professor, The University of Queensland Pexels Every year, more than 20,000 Australians – mostly women – are diagnosed with breast cancer. If you’re one of them or know someone who is, the great news is that 92 out of every 100 women will survive for ... <a title="After breast cancer: 5 changes you can make to stay healthy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/after-breast-cancer-5-changes-you-can-make-to-stay-healthy-190970/" aria-label="Read more about After breast cancer: 5 changes you can make to stay healthy">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Beth Rounsefell, Casual Academic, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Many parents worry about the waste created by disposable nappies. But while baby nappy waste is well known, there’s a hidden waste stream that our research has found is actually a bigger issue. More adult incontinence products go ... <a title="Right now, more adult incontinence products than baby nappies go to landfill. By 2030, it could be ten times higher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/right-now-more-adult-incontinence-products-than-baby-nappies-go-to-landfill-by-2030-it-could-be-ten-times-higher-191585/" aria-label="Read more about Right now, more adult incontinence products than baby nappies go to landfill. By 2030, it could be ten times higher">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Vardon, Associate Professor at the Fenner School, Australian National University Image by Daniel Burkett from Pixabay , CC BY Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ federal budget next week will for the first time include a section on wellbeing, which aims to measure how well Australians are doing in ... <a title="Our environmental responses are often piecemeal and ineffective. Next week’s wellbeing budget is a chance to act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/20/our-environmental-responses-are-often-piecemeal-and-ineffective-next-weeks-wellbeing-budget-is-a-chance-to-act-188366/" aria-label="Read more about Our environmental responses are often piecemeal and ineffective. Next week’s wellbeing budget is a chance to act">Read more</a>
