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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris James, UQ Amplify Senior Lecturer, Centre for Hypersonics, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland Rendering of Boom Supersonic’s proposed Overture supersonic airliner. Boom Supersonic Late last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of sound with its XB-1 supersonic ... <a title="Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/supersonic-jets-are-making-a-comeback-but-despite-the-hype-dont-expect-to-book-yet-248656/" aria-label="Read more about Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amin Saikal, Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies, Australian National University The brittle Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues against all odds, given the depth of distrust and animosity between the warring parties. Since its enactment nearly three weeks ago, Hamas has released ... <a title="With the Gaza ceasefire in the balance, all eyes are on Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/with-the-gaza-ceasefire-in-the-balance-all-eyes-are-on-benjamin-netanyahus-trip-to-washington-248873/" aria-label="Read more about With the Gaza ceasefire in the balance, all eyes are on Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Grantham, Lecturer in Communication, Griffith University From the moment you open your social media feed, you’re stepping into a digital battleground where not all political messages are what they seem. The upcoming federal election will see an influx of deepfakes, doctored images, and tailored narratives that ... <a title="The AEC wants to stop AI and misinformation. But it’s up against a problem that is deep and dark" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/the-aec-wants-to-stop-ai-and-misinformation-but-its-up-against-a-problem-that-is-deep-and-dark-248773/" aria-label="Read more about The AEC wants to stop AI and misinformation. But it’s up against a problem that is deep and dark">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tobias Barkley, Lecturer, La Trobe University Ground Picture/Shutterstock What happens to our super when we die? Most Australians have superannuation accounts but about one in five of us die before we can retire and actually enjoy that money. If we do die early our money is paid ... <a title="Want your loved ones to inherit your super? Here’s why you can’t afford to skip this one step" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/want-your-loved-ones-to-inherit-your-super-heres-why-you-cant-afford-to-skip-this-one-step-248019/" aria-label="Read more about Want your loved ones to inherit your super? Here’s why you can’t afford to skip this one step">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zac Bowman, PhD Candidate, College of Education, Psychology & Social Work, Flinders University Dikushin Dmitry/Shutterstock Around 350 million people globally use dating apps, and they amass an estimated annual revenue of more than US$5 billion. In Australia, 49% of adults report using at least one online dating ... <a title="Dating apps could have negative effects on body image and mental health, our research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/dating-apps-could-have-negative-effects-on-body-image-and-mental-health-our-research-shows-247336/" aria-label="Read more about Dating apps could have negative effects on body image and mental health, our research shows">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sylvia Nissen, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Policy, Lincoln University, New Zealand Getty Images Genetic modification is back on the political agenda in New Zealand. The issue may not be as hotly contentious as it once was, but big questions remain about the way forward. Last year, the ... <a title="NZ’s gene technology reform carries benefits and risks – a truly independent regulator will be vital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/nzs-gene-technology-reform-carries-benefits-and-risks-a-truly-independent-regulator-will-be-vital-248535/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s gene technology reform carries benefits and risks – a truly independent regulator will be vital">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Mclaughlin, Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia Nick Starichenko/Shutterstock What could you buy for 90 cents? Not much – perhaps a banana. Unfortunately, that’s how much the Australian government has invested per person annually on walking, wheeling and cycling over the past 20 years. ... <a title="Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/australia-spends-714-per-person-on-roads-every-year-but-just-90-cents-goes-to-walking-wheeling-and-cycling-247902/" aria-label="Read more about Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ludlow, Lecturer in Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology The Mark I Perceptron used one of the first artificial neural networks to identify letters of the alphabet. National Museum of the U.S. Navy / Wikimedia Many people think of psychology as being primarily about mental health, but ... <a title="How psychologists kick-started AI by studying the human mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/how-psychologists-kick-started-ai-by-studying-the-human-mind-248542/" aria-label="Read more about How psychologists kick-started AI by studying the human mind">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Shutterstock The 2024 US presidential election saw a historic shift to the right, driven by the largest swing of young male voters in two decades. Analysts attribute this partly to podcasters like Joe Rogan, whose ... <a title="Podcasts have helped sway many young American men to the right. The same may well happen in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/podcasts-have-helped-sway-many-young-american-men-to-the-right-the-same-may-well-happen-in-australia-248135/" aria-label="Read more about Podcasts have helped sway many young American men to the right. The same may well happen in Australia">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Archana Koirala, Paediatrician and Infectious Diseases Specialist, University of Sydney voronaman/Shutterstock From today, February 3, pregnant women in Australia will be eligible for a free RSV vaccine under the National Immunisation Program. This vaccine is designed to protect young infants from severe RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). It ... <a title="Pregnant women can now get a free RSV shot. What other vaccines do you need when you’re expecting?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/pregnant-women-can-now-get-a-free-rsv-shot-what-other-vaccines-do-you-need-when-youre-expecting-246413/" aria-label="Read more about Pregnant women can now get a free RSV shot. What other vaccines do you need when you’re expecting?">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nigel Bertram, Practice Professor of Architecture, Monash University Investment in public housing is long overdue. But the current proposal to demolish all 44 of Melbourne’s social housing towers, relocate more than 10,000 residents and redevelop the sites is deeply flawed. This blanket approach risks repeating the traumatic ... <a title="Demolition should be the last resort for Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers – retrofit and upgrade instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/demolition-should-be-the-last-resort-for-melbournes-44-public-housing-towers-retrofit-and-upgrade-instead-246327/" aria-label="Read more about Demolition should be the last resort for Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers – retrofit and upgrade instead">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Thieberger, Associate Professor in Linguistics and a Chief Investigator in the Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, The University of Melbourne Nick Thieberger Remember cassettes? If you’re old enough, you might remember dropping one into a player, only to have it screech at you ... <a title="How we’re recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/02/03/how-were-recovering-priceless-audio-and-lost-languages-from-old-decaying-tapes-248116/" aria-label="Read more about How we’re recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes">Read more</a>
