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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Jandt, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago Getty Images As we transition to warmer weather in the austral summer, many changes take place. Domestic dogs and cats may shed winter coats. Fish such as bass and trout prepare fat reserves for migrations to deeper waters. ... <a title="Royal gardens: how queen bees and wasps set our backyards abuzz in readiness for summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/royal-gardens-how-queen-bees-and-wasps-set-our-backyards-abuzz-in-readiness-for-summer-242110/" aria-label="Read more about Royal gardens: how queen bees and wasps set our backyards abuzz in readiness for summer">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Webb, Clinical Associate Professor and Principal Hospital Scientist, University of Sydney Cameron Webb/NSW Health Pathology Warm weather is here and mosquitoes are on the rise in Australia. Unseasonably large swarms are causing problems in some parts of Sydney already. Health authorities track mosquitoes across the country ... <a title="Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise. Here’s how collecting mozzies in your backyard can help science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/mosquito-borne-diseases-are-on-the-rise-heres-how-collecting-mozzies-in-your-backyard-can-help-science-244511/" aria-label="Read more about Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise. Here’s how collecting mozzies in your backyard can help science">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Wheeler, Physical activity researcher, Deakin University | Lecturer in science communication, The University of Melbourne Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock In many households, screens are part of daily life – from work to entertainment. But for parents, setting boundaries around screens isn’t just about kids; it’s also about modelling ... <a title="We’re quick to limit kids’ screen time. Parents can also benefit from setting boundaries for themselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/were-quick-to-limit-kids-screen-time-parents-can-also-benefit-from-setting-boundaries-for-themselves-240904/" aria-label="Read more about We’re quick to limit kids’ screen time. Parents can also benefit from setting boundaries for themselves">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Skarbek, CEO, Climateworks Centre Shutterstock The federal government this week tasked an expert panel with making Australia’s largest grid, the National Electricity Market, fit for our changing energy system. Reform is badly needed. Australia is trying to transition to renewable energy using rules established in 1998 ... <a title="Australia’s electricity market is getting a big makeover – and these 3 changes will make it future-proof" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/australias-electricity-market-is-getting-a-big-makeover-and-these-3-changes-will-make-it-future-proof-244739/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s electricity market is getting a big makeover – and these 3 changes will make it future-proof">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Park Thaichon, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Southern Queensland Tomorrow is Black Friday, the official beginning of one of the biggest sales events of the year. With so many consumers still feeling the cost-of-living pinch, it’s expected to once again bring bargain hunters out in droves. ... <a title="Black Friday sales are on again. To score a genuine bargain, it helps to go in with a plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/black-friday-sales-are-on-again-to-score-a-genuine-bargain-it-helps-to-go-in-with-a-plan-244509/" aria-label="Read more about Black Friday sales are on again. To score a genuine bargain, it helps to go in with a plan">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Ross, Head of School, Te Kawa a Māui, School of Māori Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Disney I enjoyed Disney’s 2016 film Moana. My relatives and I attended the Reo Māori release here in Aotearoa, in a packed theatre of Māori language ... <a title="Who really was Māui, the demigod portrayed in Moana? And did Disney get him right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/who-really-was-maui-the-demigod-portrayed-in-moana-and-did-disney-get-him-right-223971/" aria-label="Read more about Who really was Māui, the demigod portrayed in Moana? And did Disney get him right?">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra This year will set a record for the addition of renewables to the grid, according to figures to be released on Thursday by the Clean Energy Regulator. It projects the average annual renewable share of the electricity market will be ... <a title="Record renewables go into the grid in 2024, generating 45% of electricity in 2025" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/record-renewables-go-into-the-grid-in-2024-generating-45-of-electricity-in-2025-244746/" aria-label="Read more about Record renewables go into the grid in 2024, generating 45% of electricity in 2025">Read more</a>
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November 28, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Wednesday saw an ugly incident that brought shame on the Senate. It was shocking – full of provocation, accusations of racism, and what was described by Senate president Sue Lines as “physically threatening behaviour”. Three women senators were at the ... <a title="View from The Hill: An ugly fracas in the Senate leads to suspension of Lidia Thorpe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/28/view-from-the-hill-an-ugly-fracas-in-the-senate-leads-to-suspension-of-lidia-thorpe-244754/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: An ugly fracas in the Senate leads to suspension of Lidia Thorpe">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Lewis, Associate Professor, Australian Catholic University LBeddoe/Shutterstock After more than a week of uncertainty, we now know the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) results. Not for Victoria’s Year 12 students who sat the exams, but the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority responsible for running them. And ... <a title="56 Year 12 exams in Victoria have been compromised, including maths and biology. What does this mean for students?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/27/56-year-12-exams-in-victoria-have-been-compromised-including-maths-and-biology-what-does-this-mean-for-students-244741/" aria-label="Read more about 56 Year 12 exams in Victoria have been compromised, including maths and biology. What does this mean for students?">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jean Burgess, Professor and Associate Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology Mamun Sheikh/Shutterstock After Elon Musk bought Twitter (now rebranded X) in 2022, disaffected users began to seek alternatives. Alongside Meta’s Threads and the open source project Mastodon, Bluesky ... <a title="What is Bluesky? Why tens of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/27/what-is-bluesky-why-tens-of-millions-of-people-are-heading-for-a-decentralised-social-media-platform-244508/" aria-label="Read more about What is Bluesky? Why tens of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Connor, Associate Professor in Natural Resource Economics, University of Adelaide Jakub Maculewicz, Shutterstock Visiting a national park is good for our health and wellbeing. But the benefits are not shared equally across the community. Often the people who need it most are least able to access ... <a title="‘A dose of nature’: each time you visit a national park, you save the health budget almost $100" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/27/a-dose-of-nature-each-time-you-visit-a-national-park-you-save-the-health-budget-almost-100-243916/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A dose of nature’: each time you visit a national park, you save the health budget almost $100">Read more</a>
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November 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marika Sosnowski, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne The announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah is welcome news for a region torn apart by more than a year of warfare. Hopefully when implemented, the ceasefire will offer some respite for both Lebanese and ... <a title="Ceasefires are not a panacea. Here are 4 reasons to be concerned about the Israel-Hezbollah deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/27/ceasefires-are-not-a-panacea-here-are-4-reasons-to-be-concerned-about-the-israel-hezbollah-deal-244728/" aria-label="Read more about Ceasefires are not a panacea. Here are 4 reasons to be concerned about the Israel-Hezbollah deal">Read more</a>
