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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kale Sniderman, Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne As the planet warms, subtropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere, including parts of southern Australia and southern Africa, are drying. These trends include major drought events such as Cape Town’s “Day Zero” in 2018. Read ... <a title="Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/slowing-climate-change-could-reverse-drying-in-the-subtropics-111526/" aria-label="Read more about Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University Just So You Know is an ongoing series for teens in search of reliable, confidential advice about life’s tricky questions. If you’re aged 12 to 18, send us your questions about sex, drugs, health and relationships, ... <a title="‘My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?’: advice from an expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/my-friend-is-using-ice-and-smoking-pot-what-do-i-do-advice-from-an-expert-111525/" aria-label="Read more about ‘My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?’: advice from an expert">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University This is the first of two articles looking at the increasing reliance of Australian cities on desalination to supply drinking water, with less emphasis on alternatives such as recycling and demand management. So what is the best ... <a title="Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/cities-turn-to-desalination-for-water-security-but-at-what-cost-110972/" aria-label="Read more about Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Kelly, Associate Professor, School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong Dillon Wu died alone inside a metal tank. It is believed he was asphyxiated by argon gas, used in arc-welding steel. He is the youngest employee to die in a recent run of deaths in ... <a title="Killed in the line of work duties: we need to fix dangerous loopholes in health and safety laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/killed-in-the-line-of-work-duties-we-need-to-fix-dangerous-loopholes-in-health-and-safety-laws-107355/" aria-label="Read more about Killed in the line of work duties: we need to fix dangerous loopholes in health and safety laws">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Literature, Popular Entertainment Studies and Science in Fiction Studies, Australian National University Australian scientists have led many crucial scientific breakthroughs – from the manufacturing and processing of penicillin, to the first in-vitro fertilisation pregnancy. Yet there is still a need for ... <a title="Eight great Australian fictional scientists worth reading about" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/eight-great-australian-fictional-scientists-worth-reading-about-110697/" aria-label="Read more about Eight great Australian fictional scientists worth reading about">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenda Midson, Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato One of New Zealand’s most notorious sexual misconduct cases re-emerged recently when a ringleader of the Roast Busters, a group of teenagers who were investigated five years ago for alleged sexual offences against ... <a title="How antiquated legal language undermines complainants in cases of sexual assault" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/how-antiquated-legal-language-undermines-complainants-in-cases-of-sexual-assault-110596/" aria-label="Read more about How antiquated legal language undermines complainants in cases of sexual assault">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Bell-James, Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland On Friday, Chief Judge Brian Preston of the New South Wales Land and Environment Court handed down a landmark judgement confirming a decision to refuse a new open-cut coal mine near Gloucester in the Hunter Valley. The proposed Rocky ... <a title="Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/landmark-rocky-hill-ruling-could-pave-the-way-for-more-courts-to-choose-climate-over-coal-111533/" aria-label="Read more about Landmark Rocky Hill ruling could pave the way for more courts to choose climate over coal">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naser Ghobadzadeh, Senior lecturer, National School of Arts, Australian Catholic University Iran’s ruling clergy are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1979 revolution, during which Shi’ite Islamists, led by religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini, toppled Mohammad Reza Shah’s secular monarchy. The linchpin of the Islamic Republic’s political system ... <a title="Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/forty-years-on-from-the-iranian-revolution-could-the-country-be-at-risk-of-another-one-110693/" aria-label="Read more about Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Richards, Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia Following the great success of Barry Jenkins’ 2016 film Moonlight is no easy feat. The movie was exquisite: every shot added meaning, the heartbreak was visceral and Nicholas Britell’s score was divine. The film won the Academy ... <a title="If Beale Street Could Talk is a sumptuous, emotional follow up to Moonlight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/if-beale-street-could-talk-is-a-sumptuous-emotional-follow-up-to-moonlight-111336/" aria-label="Read more about If Beale Street Could Talk is a sumptuous, emotional follow up to Moonlight">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne This week’s Newspoll, conducted February 7-10 from a sample of 1,570, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last fortnight. Primary votes were 39% Labor (up one), 37% Coalition (steady), 9% Greens (steady) and 5% ... <a title="Poll wrap: Labor maintains Newspoll lead but Morrison’s ratings up, and Abbott behind in Warringah" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/poll-wrap-labor-maintains-newspoll-lead-but-morrisons-ratings-up-and-abbott-behind-in-warringah-111523/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Labor maintains Newspoll lead but Morrison’s ratings up, and Abbott behind in Warringah">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuan Lei, Graduate Student, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences We’ve all experienced the unpleasant sensation of being itchy. For many years, scientists suspected that pain and itch were the same thing, only differentiated by their intensity: itch was just light pain, and pain was strong ... <a title="Health Check: why do we itch?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/health-check-why-do-we-itch-109435/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: why do we itch?">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Matthews, Lecturer Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre | PhD Candidate in Image Forensics and Cyber | Councillor, University of Adelaide Every day, often multiple times a day, you are invited to click on links sent to you by brands, politicians, friends and strangers. You download apps ... <a title="Don’t click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/dont-click-that-link-how-criminals-access-your-digital-devices-and-what-happens-when-they-do-109802/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t click that link! How criminals access your digital devices and what happens when they do">Read more</a>
