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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geraint Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Sydney Israel Pina / Unsplash Is our universe all there is, or could there be more? Is our universe just one of a countless multitude, all together in an all-encompassing multiverse? And if there are other universes, what would they ... <a title="What are the best conditions for life? Exploring the multiverse can help us find out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/what-are-the-best-conditions-for-life-exploring-the-multiverse-can-help-us-find-out-200829/" aria-label="Read more about What are the best conditions for life? Exploring the multiverse can help us find out">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carolyn Holbrook, Senior Lecturer in History, Deakin University Julian Smith/AAP If you think you are seeing a lot more gambling ads on television and online platforms, you are not imagining it. They are so common that high-profile AFL players have refused to participate in sponsored gambling. Online ... <a title="How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/how-the-push-to-end-tobacco-advertising-in-the-1970s-could-be-used-to-curb-gambling-ads-today-200915/" aria-label="Read more about How the push to end tobacco advertising in the 1970s could be used to curb gambling ads today">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonine Jancey, Academic and Director Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University oliverdelahaye/Shutterstock It’s easy to buy vapes or e-cigarettes online. When we looked at websites selling them to buyers in Australia and New Zealand, we found a variety of slick, false or ... <a title="Sex and lies are used to sell vapes online. Even we were surprised at the marketing tactics we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/sex-and-lies-are-used-to-sell-vapes-online-even-we-were-surprised-at-the-marketing-tactics-we-found-200446/" aria-label="Read more about Sex and lies are used to sell vapes online. Even we were surprised at the marketing tactics we found">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney When smoking first became popular we were told it was healthy, it was heavily marketed (including to young people) as being cool, and the time it took for us to learn otherwise was long, and came too ... <a title="A potted history of smoking, and how we’re making the same mistakes with vaping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/a-potted-history-of-smoking-and-how-were-making-the-same-mistakes-with-vaping-200708/" aria-label="Read more about A potted history of smoking, and how we’re making the same mistakes with vaping">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Marks, Associate Professor of Physics, Curtin University Japanese authorities are preparing to release treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean, nearly 12 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This will relieve pressure on more than 1,000 storage tanks, creating much-needed space for other vital remediation works. ... <a title="No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/no-the-fukushima-water-release-is-not-going-to-kill-the-pacific-ocean-200902/" aria-label="Read more about No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Salman Shooshtarian, Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University shutterstock At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar ... <a title="Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/buildings-used-iron-from-sunken-ships-centuries-ago-the-use-of-recycled-materials-should-be-business-as-usual-by-now-200351/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now">Read more</a>
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March 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, Australian Catholic University BugWarp/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Last month, Microsoft integrated its Bing search engine with Open AI’s GPT-4 chatbot, a large language model designed to interact with users in a conversational manner. Users interacting with Bing have reported flashes ... <a title="We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here’s what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from Bing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/06/we-want-and-we-fear-emotions-in-our-robots-heres-what-science-fiction-can-teach-us-about-flashes-of-emotion-from-bing-200277/" aria-label="Read more about We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here’s what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from Bing">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2023
RNZ News Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many in Aotearoa New Zealand during last month’s Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without power. Now a little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to its future. But is a switch-off really likely? And what’s ... <a title="Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under threat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/05/mediawatch-signal-to-noise-is-nzs-am-radio-really-under-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under threat?">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Fanslow, Associate Professor in Violence Prevention and Mental Health Promotion, University of Auckland Shutterstock/Frame Studio More than half (54.7%) of women in New Zealand have experienced violence or abuse by an intimate partner in their lifetime. As we show in our new research, this increases their ... <a title="Family violence is literally making us sicker — new study finds abuse increases risk of chronic illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/04/family-violence-is-literally-making-us-sicker-new-study-finds-abuse-increases-risk-of-chronic-illness-199669/" aria-label="Read more about Family violence is literally making us sicker — new study finds abuse increases risk of chronic illness">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Quantity of Life With mortality data now available for many countries to the end of 2022 (and, for a few countries, for a month into 2023), we are now able to properly assess the demographic cost of the Covid19 pandemic. There is a proviso, in that for a number of countries, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: Mortality in the 2020s, Australasia, Sweden and elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-pandemic-mortality-in-the-2020s-australasia-sweden-and-elsewhere/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 pandemic: Mortality in the 2020s, Australasia, Sweden and elsewhere">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Warburton, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne The federal government is currently contemplating the biggest overhaul of higher education in a generation. A discussion paper for the Universities Accord, released last week, is asking for suggestions about “what ... <a title="HECS-HELP loans have become unfair for women but there is a way to fix this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/hecs-help-loans-have-become-unfair-for-women-but-there-is-a-way-to-fix-this-200546/" aria-label="Read more about HECS-HELP loans have become unfair for women but there is a way to fix this">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Alton, Research Fellow, Monash University Shutterstock All animals need energy to live. They use it to breathe, circulate blood, digest food and move. Young animals use energy to grow, and later in life, to reproduce. Increased body temperature increases the rate at which an animal uses ... <a title="‘Let’s get real’: scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/03/lets-get-real-scientists-discover-a-new-way-climate-change-threatens-cold-blooded-animals-201076/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let’s get real’: scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals">Read more</a>
