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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah G. Phillips, Professor of Global Conflict and Development at The University of Sydney; Non-Resident Fellow at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, University of Sydney As the Houthi militant group in Yemen ramps up its attacks on vessels in the Red Sea – ostensibly in response ... <a title="Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/why-us-strikes-will-only-embolden-the-houthis-not-stop-their-attacks-on-ships-in-the-red-sea-221588/" aria-label="Read more about Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Oliver, Professor in Science Communication and Astrobiology, UNSW Sydney When NASA attempted to return to the Moon for the first time in 50 years on January 8, more was at risk than just US$108 million worth of development and equipment. The agency earned the ire of ... <a title="You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/you-can-pay-to-have-your-ashes-buried-on-the-moon-just-because-you-can-doesnt-mean-you-should-220664/" aria-label="Read more about You can pay to have your ashes buried on the moon. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Some of us remember August 24 2006 like it was yesterday. It was the day Pluto got booted from the exclusive “planets club”. I (Sara) was 11 years old, and my entire class began ... <a title="The Solar System used to have nine planets. Maybe it still does? Here’s your catch-up on space today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/the-solar-system-used-to-have-nine-planets-maybe-it-still-does-heres-your-catch-up-on-space-today-219396/" aria-label="Read more about The Solar System used to have nine planets. Maybe it still does? Here’s your catch-up on space today">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patti Shih, Senior Lecturer, Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values, University of Wollongong Elena.Katkova/Shutterstock Many of us have done countless rapid antigen tests (RATs) over the course of the pandemic. Testing ourselves at home has become second nature. But there’s also a growing worldwide market ... <a title="You can now order all kinds of medical tests online. Our research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/you-can-now-order-all-kinds-of-medical-tests-online-our-research-shows-this-is-mostly-a-bad-idea-219805/" aria-label="Read more about You can now order all kinds of medical tests online. Our research shows this is (mostly) a bad idea">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Flannery, Honorary fellow, The University of Melbourne The global effort to keep climate change to safe levels – ideally within 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures – is moving far too slowly. And even if we stopped emitting CO² today, the long-term impacts of the gas already in ... <a title="It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/it-is-time-to-draw-down-carbon-dioxide-but-shut-down-moves-to-play-god-with-the-climate-220422/" aria-label="Read more about It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Percy Allan, Professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney In January a year ago, two-thirds of the leading economists surveyed by the World Economic Forum forecast a global recession for 2023. We didn’t get one. This year at the forum they are talking ... <a title="There are 4 economic scenarios for the rest of the decade: I’ve reluctantly picked one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/there-are-4-economic-scenarios-for-the-rest-of-the-decade-ive-reluctantly-picked-one-217519/" aria-label="Read more about There are 4 economic scenarios for the rest of the decade: I’ve reluctantly picked one">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John L Hopkins, Associate professor, Swinburne University of Technology LightField Studios/Shutterstock Working from home introduced in response to the harsh pandemic lockdowns in 2020 was expected to be a short term arrangement with staff returning to the office as soon as restrictions were lifted. Yet, almost four ... <a title="Is linking time in the office to career success the best way to get us back to work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/is-linking-time-in-the-office-to-career-success-the-best-way-to-get-us-back-to-work-220845/" aria-label="Read more about Is linking time in the office to career success the best way to get us back to work?">Read more</a>
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January 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney Encountering my brother and his wax double. Cherine Fahd Spitting image, dead ringer, chip off the old block. Doubles, twins and doppelgangers have a funny way of tricking us. When I encountered Anne Zahalka’s photo portrait of ... <a title="I felt nothing at Madame Tussauds – until I found my brother’s statue, and felt love" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/22/i-felt-nothing-at-madame-tussauds-until-i-found-my-brothers-statue-and-felt-love-218523/" aria-label="Read more about I felt nothing at Madame Tussauds – until I found my brother’s statue, and felt love">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Ramsay, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, and Research Affiliate, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University 2023 was the hottest year on record. Humidity is rising too. Heat and humidity are a dangerous combination, threatening all aspects of our lives and livelihoods. Climate change is pushing ... <a title="1 billion people left dangerously exposed to heat stress by gaps in climate monitoring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/20/1-billion-people-left-dangerously-exposed-to-heat-stress-by-gaps-in-climate-monitoring-221313/" aria-label="Read more about 1 billion people left dangerously exposed to heat stress by gaps in climate monitoring">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2024
ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an additional threat to the personal wellbeing and safety of politicians resides outside Parliament, and the threat is ubiquitous: online violence against women MPs. Since her election in 2017, Green Party ... <a title="Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/20/golriz-ghahramans-exit-from-politics-shows-the-toll-of-online-bullying-on-female-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Golriz Ghahraman’s exit from politics shows the toll of online bullying on female MPs">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In the European Union at least, mortality data is now available until close to the end of 2023. In northern Europe, mortality has been markedly higher than it should have been in the ‘Fall’ – autumn – of 2023. The main exception is Poland. Respiratory illness is most likely the culprit. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Mortality to Fall 2023: mainly Northeast Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/19/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-excess-mortality-to-fall-2023-mainly-northeast-europe/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Mortality to Fall 2023: mainly Northeast Europe">Read more</a>
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January 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard de Grijs, Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University Illustration of the Japanese moon lander separating in orbit. JAXA Early on Saturday, January 20 2024, Japan hopes to become the fifth country to successfully land a probe on the Moon. To date, the United States, the Soviet Union, ... <a title="Japan is about to land its first lunar probe. As more nations race to the Moon, how will we keep the peace?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/19/japan-is-about-to-land-its-first-lunar-probe-as-more-nations-race-to-the-moon-how-will-we-keep-the-peace-221223/" aria-label="Read more about Japan is about to land its first lunar probe. As more nations race to the Moon, how will we keep the peace?">Read more</a>
