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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madelaine Gamble Rosevear, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania The front of the Ross Ice Shelf floats in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Matt Siegfried/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, CC BY-NC The size of the Antarctic ice sheet can be hard to comprehend. Two kilometres thick on ... <a title="How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/how-is-antarctica-melting-exactly-crucial-details-are-beginning-to-come-into-focus-245660/" aria-label="Read more about How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Associate Professor of Screen Media | Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Victoria University Screenshot/YouTube The 2025 Australian Open (AO) broadcast may seem similar to previous years if you’re watching on the television. However, if you’re watching online via the official Australian Open TV ... <a title="Why the Australian Open’s online tennis coverage looks like a Wii sports game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/why-the-australian-opens-online-tennis-coverage-looks-like-a-wii-sports-game-247350/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Australian Open’s online tennis coverage looks like a Wii sports game">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruth McHugh-Dillon, Assistant Health Editor Rose Marinelli/Shutterstock A new report by a GP listing company made headlines this week showing low rates of bulk billing for GP visits across Australia. Bulk billing means the consultation is free for the patient and the GP accepts what Medicare covers ... <a title="Should we aim to bulk-bill everyone for GP visits? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/should-we-aim-to-bulk-bill-everyone-for-gp-visits-we-asked-5-experts-247223/" aria-label="Read more about Should we aim to bulk-bill everyone for GP visits? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Transdisciplinary Researcher & Knowledge Broker, CSIRO ‘Cod logs’ placed in the Mary River can give fish a safe place to shelter. © Caitlin Jones, Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) Australia’s natural environment is changing rapidly as the world warms, and many species are struggling to ... <a title="From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/from-cod-logs-to-frog-bogs-we-catalogued-400-ways-to-help-species-survive-a-warmer-world-247107/" aria-label="Read more about From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Talia Fell, PhD Candidate, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland The Los Angeles wildfires are causing the devastating loss of people’s homes. From A-list celebrities such as Paris Hilton to an Australian family living in LA, thousands of houses have been destroyed, leaving ... <a title="Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense
of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/17/climate-change-is-forcing-us-to-rethink-our-sense-of-home-and-what-it-means-to-lose-it-247234/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Sherlock, Lecturer, School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University Australian-owned brand UGG Since 1974 has announced it will change its name to “Since 74” for sales outside Australia and New Zealand. There has been a long-running battle over the rights to use the name “ugg” to ... <a title="Legally, they can’t be called ‘uggs’ outside of Australia – but the name will stick regardless" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/legally-they-cant-be-called-uggs-outside-of-australia-but-the-name-will-stick-regardless-247562/" aria-label="Read more about Legally, they can’t be called ‘uggs’ outside of Australia – but the name will stick regardless">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research scholar, Middle East studies, Australian National University The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, to come into effect on Sunday, has understandably been welcomed by the overwhelming majority of Israelis and Palestinians. Israelis are relieved that a process for freeing 33 more hostages in ... <a title="Beyond the Israel–Hamas ceasefire, the future looks unclear. Here are six key unanswered questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/beyond-the-israel-hamas-ceasefire-the-future-looks-unclear-here-are-six-key-unanswered-questions-247558/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the Israel–Hamas ceasefire, the future looks unclear. Here are six key unanswered questions">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia Over the past several days, the world has watched on in shock as wildfires have devastated large parts of Los Angeles. Beyond the obvious destruction – to landscapes, homes, businesses and more – fires ... <a title="Wildfires ignite infection risks, by weakening the body’s immune defences and spreading bugs in smoke" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/wildfires-ignite-infection-risks-by-weakening-the-bodys-immune-defences-and-spreading-bugs-in-smoke-247332/" aria-label="Read more about Wildfires ignite infection risks, by weakening the body’s immune defences and spreading bugs in smoke">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Cairns, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, University of Sydney AtlasStudio/Shutterstock TikTok and Instagram influencers have been peddling the “Barbie drug” to help you tan. But melanotan-II, as it’s called officially, is a solution that’s too good to be true. Just like tanning, this ... <a title="No, you don’t need the ‘Barbie drug’ to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here’s why melanotan-II is so risky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/no-you-dont-need-the-barbie-drug-to-tan-whatever-tiktok-says-heres-why-melanotan-ii-is-so-risky-247445/" aria-label="Read more about No, you don’t need the ‘Barbie drug’ to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here’s why melanotan-II is so risky">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paula Jarzabkowski, Professor in Strategic Management, The University of Queensland A series of wildfires in Los Angeles County have caused widespread devastation in California, including at least 24 deaths and the destruction of more than 12,000 homes and structures. Thousands of residents have been evacuated, and the ... <a title="The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/the-la-fires-have-prompted-a-reckoning-for-the-insurance-industry-australian-premiums-could-soar-as-a-result-247207/" aria-label="Read more about The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chelsea Watego, Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology Just before universities closed for the year in 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its Interim Report on Racism at Australian Universities. The timing of the report’s release resulted in little news ... <a title="The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian universities. Here’s why it fails" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/the-human-rights-commission-has-handed-down-a-report-on-racism-at-australian-universities-heres-why-it-fails-246422/" aria-label="Read more about The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian universities. Here’s why it fails">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jian Xu, Associate Professor in Communication, Deakin University Ti Vla/Shutterstock Social media giant TikTok is preparing to shut down its app in the United States this Sunday – the day that legislation signed by President Joe Biden last year banning the app takes effect. There is a ... <a title="US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/16/us-tiktok-refugees-are-fleeing-to-chinese-app-rednote-its-a-new-phase-of-the-digital-cold-war-247342/" aria-label="Read more about US ‘TikTok refugees’ are fleeing to Chinese app RedNote. It’s a new phase of the digital cold war">Read more</a>
