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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Freeman, Associate Professor of Dermatology, Bond University ERIK Miheyeu/Shutterstock Sweating is our body’s way of cooling down, a bit like an internal air conditioner. When our core temperature rises (because it’s hot outside, or you’re exercising), sweat glands all over our skin release a watery fluid. ... <a title="7 things you can do if you think you sweat too much" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/7-things-you-can-do-if-you-think-you-sweat-too-much-239397/" aria-label="Read more about 7 things you can do if you think you sweat too much">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University Australia’s drug regulator has issued a safety warning over the medicine Phenergan and related products containing the antihistamine drug promethazine. The Therapeutic Goods Administration said the over-the-counter products should not be given to children under six due to concerns ... <a title="Phenergan for under 6s is now banned due to hallucination fears. Here’s what to use instead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/phenergan-for-under-6s-is-now-banned-due-to-hallucination-fears-heres-what-to-use-instead-244267/" aria-label="Read more about Phenergan for under 6s is now banned due to hallucination fears. Here’s what to use instead">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Campbell, Lecturer, Performing Arts, UniSA Creative, University of South Australia Matt Byrne/STCSA Jack Maggs is a delight and a homage to theatrical storytelling in Australia. Based on Peter Carey’s bestselling novel, Jack Maggs follows the ex-convict as he lands back in London and sets out to ... <a title="A new stage adaptation of Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs is a delightful homage to theatrical storytelling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/a-new-stage-adaptation-of-peter-careys-jack-maggs-is-a-delightful-homage-to-theatrical-storytelling-242105/" aria-label="Read more about A new stage adaptation of Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs is a delightful homage to theatrical storytelling">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Angus, Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Ron Lach/Pexels The federal government today introduced into parliament legislation for its social media ban for people under 16 years. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said: This is about protecting young ... <a title="The government has introduced laws for its social media ban. But key details are still missing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/the-government-has-introduced-laws-for-its-social-media-ban-but-key-details-are-still-missing-244272/" aria-label="Read more about The government has introduced laws for its social media ban. But key details are still missing">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution — for the fourth time — in Israel’s war on Gaza, while Hezbollah demands a complete ceasefire and “protection of Lebanon’s sovereignty” in any deal with Israel. Amid the death and devastation, Joe Hendren reflects on his time in Lebanon and examines what the ... <a title="Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/kia-kaha-lebanon-nz-media-only-tell-half-your-story-of-struggle/" aria-label="Read more about Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Ratuva, Director, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury Lenora Qereqeretabua, the deputy speaker of Fiji’s Parliament, at the COP29 climate summit. IISD/ENB/Mike Muzurakis, CC BY-SA As this year’s UN climate summit reaches its final stage of negotiations, Pacific scholars are calling on world ... <a title="COP29: ‘climate finance’ for the Pacific is mostly loans, saddling small island nations with more debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/cop29-climate-finance-for-the-pacific-is-mostly-loans-saddling-small-island-nations-with-more-debt-243675/" aria-label="Read more about COP29: ‘climate finance’ for the Pacific is mostly loans, saddling small island nations with more debt">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordan Peter Anthony Pitt, Associate Dean of Indigenous Strategy and Services (Faculty of Science), University of Sydney An enduring challenge facing science around the world is how to best include and engage Indigenous communities. In Australia, for example, 0.5% of Indigenous peoples held a university STEM (science, ... <a title="Science continues to exclude Indigenous communities. Fixing this benefits everyone" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/science-continues-to-exclude-indigenous-communities-fixing-this-benefits-everyone-242701/" aria-label="Read more about Science continues to exclude Indigenous communities. Fixing this benefits everyone">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania Cricket originated in England, but has been spread worldwide by British soldiers and settlers in the past few hundred years. It is now the second most popular sport in the world in terms of number ... <a title="Why is cricket so popular on the Indian sub-continent?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/why-is-cricket-so-popular-on-the-indian-sub-continent-240440/" aria-label="Read more about Why is cricket so popular on the Indian sub-continent?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Renee Barnes, Associate professor of Journalism, University of the Sunshine Coast Mladen Zivkovic/Shutterstock As America takes stock after Donald Trump’s re-election to the presidency, it’s worth highlighting the AI-generated fake photos, videos and audio shared during the campaign. A slew of fake videos and images shared by ... <a title="Disinformation and deepfakes played a part in the US election. Australia should expect the same" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/disinformation-and-deepfakes-played-a-part-in-the-us-election-australia-should-expect-the-same-243373/" aria-label="Read more about Disinformation and deepfakes played a part in the US election. Australia should expect the same">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kira Morgan Hughes, PhD Candidate in Allergy and Asthma, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University When spring arrives, so do warnings about thunderstorm asthma. But a decade ago, most of us hadn’t heard of it. So where did thunderstorm asthma come from? Is it a ... <a title="Is thunderstorm asthma becoming more common?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/is-thunderstorm-asthma-becoming-more-common-243929/" aria-label="Read more about Is thunderstorm asthma becoming more common?">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yassie Samie, Postdoctoral Researcher in Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University anna.spoka/Shutterstock What happens to your clothes after you don’t want them any more? Chances are, you will donate them to op shops run by a charity organisation. There are more and more clothes in circulation, and they ... <a title="Overwhelmed by ever more clothing donations, charities are exporting the problem. Local governments must step up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/overwhelmed-by-ever-more-clothing-donations-charities-are-exporting-the-problem-local-governments-must-step-up-243709/" aria-label="Read more about Overwhelmed by ever more clothing donations, charities are exporting the problem. Local governments must step up">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland IndustryAndTravel/Shutterstock Prime Minister Anthony Albanese didn’t see this coming. At the global COP29 climate talks in Baku, the Australian government was indirectly criticised by two allies, the United States and the United Kingdom, over its refusal to ... <a title="Friendly fire: a nuclear push by allies at COP29 poses a sticky problem for Albanese" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/11/21/friendly-fire-a-nuclear-push-by-allies-at-cop29-poses-a-sticky-problem-for-albanese-244153/" aria-label="Read more about Friendly fire: a nuclear push by allies at COP29 poses a sticky problem for Albanese">Read more</a>
