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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Clifton, Associate Professor of Practice, School of Health Sciences and the Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, The Dreamer, opens with a story about meeting Jim Carrey, who, at the time, was method acting and portraying comedian Andy ... <a title="Dave Chappelle has built a reputation for ‘punching down’ on trans people – and now he’s targeting disabled people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/dave-chappelle-has-built-a-reputation-for-punching-down-on-trans-people-and-now-hes-targeting-disabled-people-220774/" aria-label="Read more about Dave Chappelle has built a reputation for ‘punching down’ on trans people – and now he’s targeting disabled people">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Colin Bednall, Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock With the new year underway employers are beginning to resume normal business activities and restart their hiring process. Similarly, many school and university graduates are beginning their job search after a well-earned break. While ... <a title="6 questions you should be ready to answer to smash that job interview" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/6-questions-you-should-be-ready-to-answer-to-smash-that-job-interview-220848/" aria-label="Read more about 6 questions you should be ready to answer to smash that job interview">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Of course, on the day of the first nominating contest for the 2024 US presidential election, there was a storm. In Iowa over the weekend, blizzards described as “life-threatening” by the National Weather ... <a title="Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it any less shocking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/donald-trumps-stroll-to-victory-in-iowa-was-a-foregone-conclusion-this-doesnt-make-it-any-less-shocking-221207/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it any less shocking">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Of course, on the day of the first nominating contest for the 2024 US presidential election, there was a storm. In Iowa over the weekend, blizzards described as “life-threatening” by the National Weather ... <a title="Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it less shocking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/donald-trumps-stroll-to-victory-in-iowa-was-a-foregone-conclusion-this-doesnt-make-it-less-shocking-221207/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it less shocking">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgie Russell, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University Foxys Forest Manufacture/Shutterstock In January, many people are setting new year’s resolutions around healthy eating. Achieving these is often challenging – it can be difficult to change our eating habits. But healthy diets can ... <a title="Our ‘food environments’ affect what we eat. Here’s how you can change yours to support healthier eating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/our-food-environments-affect-what-we-eat-heres-how-you-can-change-yours-to-support-healthier-eating-220770/" aria-label="Read more about Our ‘food environments’ affect what we eat. Here’s how you can change yours to support healthier eating">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury In 2023 the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order. Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, continued its illegal invasion in Ukraine. Israel’s response to the October terrorist ... <a title="New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/new-zealand-can-learn-from-south-africa-the-gambia-and-others-when-it-comes-to-international-accountability-221114/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Connor, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Climate change and biodiversity loss are arguably the greatest environmental challenges the world faces. The way we use land is crucial in finding solutions to these problems. In theory, actions such as revegetation and avoiding land clearing can tackle ... <a title="Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/climate-change-and-nature-loss-are-our-biggest-environmental-problems-so-why-isnt-the-market-tackling-them-together-219899/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kettlewell, Senior lecturer, Economics Department, University of Technology Sydney Still from You Are What You Eat. Netflix A new Netflix documentary, You Are What You Eat, showcases sets of identical twins as they adopt different diets. For eight weeks one twin follows a vegan diet while ... <a title="Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/netflixs-you-are-what-you-eat-uses-a-twin-study-heres-why-studying-twins-is-so-important-for-science-221012/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Kirkland, Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University Ediacaran life as imagined by scientists in the 1980s. Ryan Somma/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Some half a billion years ago, life on Earth went through a huge transformation. In what is called the Ediacaran period, after billions of years of single-celled ... <a title="565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/565-million-years-old-some-of-the-oldest-uk-fossils-are-eerily-similar-to-famous-australian-ones-218128/" aria-label="Read more about 565-million-years-old, some of the oldest UK fossils are eerily similar to famous Australian ones">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Taucher, Lecturer in History, Murdoch University Following the October 7 attack by Hamas, Israeli forces have carried out sustained attacks on the Palestinian controlled territory, dividing the international community. Last week, the South African government presented a case to the International Court of Justice. They argued ... <a title="South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/south-africa-has-made-its-genocide-case-against-israel-in-court-heres-what-both-sides-said-and-what-happens-next-221017/" aria-label="Read more about South Africa has made its genocide case against Israel in court. Here’s what both sides said and what happens next">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corneel Vandelanotte, Professorial Research Fellow: Physical Activity and Health, CQUniversity Australia MalikNalik/Shutterstock It’s that time of year when many people are getting started on their resolutions for the year ahead. Doing more physical activity is a popular and worthwhile goal. If you’re hoping to be more active ... <a title="Thinking of using an activity tracker to achieve your exercise goals? Here’s where it can help – and where it probably won’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/thinking-of-using-an-activity-tracker-to-achieve-your-exercise-goals-heres-where-it-can-help-and-where-it-probably-wont-219235/" aria-label="Read more about Thinking of using an activity tracker to achieve your exercise goals? Here’s where it can help – and where it probably won’t">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynette Washington, Research Fellow, UniSA Business, University of South Australia Shutterstock A significant proportion of Australian workers – about one-fifth – would be prepared to sacrifice between 16% and 33% of their salaries for the right to work from home, which works out at A$12,000 to $24,000 ... <a title="What’s it worth to work from home? For some, it’s as much as one-third of their wage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/whats-it-worth-to-work-from-home-for-some-its-as-much-as-one-third-of-their-wage-217554/" aria-label="Read more about What’s it worth to work from home? For some, it’s as much as one-third of their wage">Read more</a>
