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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Tietz, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design, UNSW Sydney A New South Wales Senate inquiry into public toilets is underway, looking into the provision, design and maintenance of public toilets across the state. Whenever I mention this inquiry, however, everyone nervously laughs and the conversation moves on. ... <a title="Public toilets could be the jewels in our cities’ crowns – if only governments would listen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/public-toilets-could-be-the-jewels-in-our-cities-crowns-if-only-governments-would-listen-253526/" aria-label="Read more about Public toilets could be the jewels in our cities’ crowns – if only governments would listen">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tessa Charles, Accelerator Physicist, Monash University An artist’s impression of the tunnel of the proposed Future Circular Collider. CERN The Large Hadron Collider has been responsible for astounding advances in physics: the discovery of the elusive, long-sought Higgs boson as well as other new exotic particles, possible ... <a title="Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in an enormous tunnel under the Swiss Alps?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/why-do-scientists-want-to-spend-billions-on-a-70-year-project-in-an-enormous-tunnel-under-the-swiss-alps-254577/" aria-label="Read more about Why do scientists want to spend billions on a 70-year project in an enormous tunnel under the Swiss Alps?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer McKay, Professor in Business Law, University of South Australia Parkova/Shutterstock Could someone take you to court over an agreement you made – or at least appeared to make – by sending a “👍”? Emojis can have more legal weight than many people realise. A search of ... <a title="Could you accidentally sign a contract by texting an emoji? Here’s what the law says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/could-you-accidentally-sign-a-contract-by-texting-an-emoji-heres-what-the-law-says-252287/" aria-label="Read more about Could you accidentally sign a contract by texting an emoji? Here’s what the law says">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trang Nguyen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Global Food and Resources, University of Adelaide Stokkete, Shutterstock Australians waste around 7.68 million tonnes of food a year. This costs the economy an estimated A$36.6 billion and households up to $2,500 annually. Much of this food is wasted at ... <a title="Why healthy eating may be the best way to reduce food waste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/why-healthy-eating-may-be-the-best-way-to-reduce-food-waste-253852/" aria-label="Read more about Why healthy eating may be the best way to reduce food waste">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Nosaka, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Do you ever feel like you can’t stop moving after you’ve pushed yourself exercising? Maybe you find yourself walking around in circles when you come off the pitch, or squatting and standing and squatting ... <a title="Why can’t I keep still after intense exercise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/why-cant-i-keep-still-after-intense-exercise-247555/" aria-label="Read more about Why can’t I keep still after intense exercise?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Stevens, PhD Candidate, Education, Murdoch University Rawpixel.com Starting high school is one of the most significant transitions young people make in their education. Many different changes happen at once – from making new friends to getting used to a new school environment and different behaviour and ... <a title="‘We get bucketloads of homework’: young people speak about what it’s like to start high school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/we-get-bucketloads-of-homework-young-people-speak-about-what-its-like-to-start-high-school-254474/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We get bucketloads of homework’: young people speak about what it’s like to start high school">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Kay, PhD Candidate at the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University matimix/Shutterstock Women’s sport has recently enjoyed unprecedented success in Australia. We have seen the Matildas sell out 16 successive home games, a world-record attendance for a women’s Test cricket match at the ... <a title="How to tackle the ‘gender play gap’: 4 ways to encourage young women back into sport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/how-to-tackle-the-gender-play-gap-4-ways-to-encourage-young-women-back-into-sport-251353/" aria-label="Read more about How to tackle the ‘gender play gap’: 4 ways to encourage young women back into sport">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arosha Weerakoon, Senior Lecturer and General Dentist, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland After decades of Hollywood showcasing white-picket-fence celebrity smiles, the world has fallen for White Lotus actor Aimee Lou Wood’s teeth. Wood was bullied for her looks in her youth and expressed gratitude for ... <a title="Want straighter teeth or a gap between? Don’t believe TikTok – filing them isn’t the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/want-straighter-teeth-or-a-gap-between-dont-believe-tiktok-filing-them-isnt-the-answer-253931/" aria-label="Read more about Want straighter teeth or a gap between? Don’t believe TikTok – filing them isn’t the answer">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachelle Martin, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation & Disability, University of Otago Getty Images Disabled people encounter all kinds of barriers to accessing healthcare – and not simply because some face significant mobility challenges. Others will see their symptoms not investigated properly because it’s assumed a problem is ... <a title="1 in 6 New Zealanders is disabled. Why does so much health research still exclude them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/1-in-6-new-zealanders-is-disabled-why-does-so-much-health-research-still-exclude-them-254280/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 6 New Zealanders is disabled. Why does so much health research still exclude them?">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Freya Marie Jackson, PhD Candidate, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University _Lasioglossum dotatum_ kerrysturat/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC-ND Of the more than 20,000 bee species in the world, 70% nest in the ground. And like many of their counterparts that nest above ground, these bees are facing ... <a title="Most bees nest in the ground. Offering rocks and gravel is a simple way to help them thrive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/most-bees-nest-in-the-ground-offering-rocks-and-gravel-is-a-simple-way-to-help-them-thrive-254707/" aria-label="Read more about Most bees nest in the ground. Offering rocks and gravel is a simple way to help them thrive">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia Despite the challenges faced by local democratic activists, Thailand has often been an oasis of relative liberalism compared with neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. Westerners, in particular, have been largely welcomed and provided with ... <a title="Thailand’s fragile democracy takes another hit with arrest of US academic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/thailands-fragile-democracy-takes-another-hit-with-arrest-of-us-academic-254706/" aria-label="Read more about Thailand’s fragile democracy takes another hit with arrest of US academic">Read more</a>
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April 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marina Yue Zhang, Associate Professor, Technology and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney China has placed curbs on exports of rare germanium and gallium which are critical in manufacturing. Shutterstock In the escalating trade war between the United States and China, one notable exception stood out: 31 critical ... <a title="In the trade war, China has moved to curb supply of critical minerals. Can Australia seize the moment?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/17/in-the-trade-war-china-has-moved-to-curb-supply-of-critical-minerals-can-australia-seize-the-moment-254574/" aria-label="Read more about In the trade war, China has moved to curb supply of critical minerals. Can Australia seize the moment?">Read more</a>
