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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynn Nazareth, Research Scientist in Olfactory Biology, CSIRO DimaBerlin/Shutterstock Would you give up your sense of smell to keep your hair? What about your phone? A 2022 US study compared smell to other senses (sight and hearing) and personally prized commodities (including money, a pet or hair) ... <a title="You can train your nose – and 4 other surprising facts about your sense of smell" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/you-can-train-your-nose-and-4-other-surprising-facts-about-your-sense-of-smell-245366/" aria-label="Read more about You can train your nose – and 4 other surprising facts about your sense of smell">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebekkah Markey-Towler, PhD Candidate, Melbourne Law School, and Research fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures, The University of Melbourne EPA On his first day back in office as United States president, Donald Trump gave formal notice of his nation’s exit from the Paris Agreement – a vital global treaty ... <a title="Trump has withdrawn the US from the Paris Agreement. Here’s why that’s not such a bad thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/trump-has-withdrawn-the-us-from-the-paris-agreement-heres-why-thats-not-such-a-bad-thing-248109/" aria-label="Read more about Trump has withdrawn the US from the Paris Agreement. Here’s why that’s not such a bad thing">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jeremy Rose The International Court of Justice heard last month that after reconstruction is factored in Israel’s war on Gaza will have emitted 52 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. A figure equivalent to the annual emissions of 126 states and territories. It seems somehow wrong to be writing ... <a title="Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/climate-crisis-the-carbon-footprint-of-the-gaza-genocide/" aria-label="Read more about Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne A national Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted January 15–21 from a sample of 1,610, gave the Coalition a 51–49 lead using 2022 election preference flows, unchanged ... <a title="Coalition has lead in most polls as Dutton gains five-point preferred PM lead in Resolve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/coalition-has-lead-in-most-polls-as-dutton-gains-five-point-preferred-pm-lead-in-resolve-248001/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition has lead in most polls as Dutton gains five-point preferred PM lead in Resolve">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Searchlight Pictures In 1961, aged 19, Bob Dylan left home in Minnesota for New York City and never looked back. Unknown when he arrived, he would later be widely described as the voice of a ... <a title="Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/bob-dylan-biopic-a-complete-unknown-has-enormous-resonance-but-doesnt-break-with-gender-stereotypes-246234/" aria-label="Read more about Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has enormous resonance – but doesn’t break with gender stereotypes">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad has told an international conference in Bangkok that some of the most severely debt-stressed countries are the island states of the Pacific. Dr Prasad, who is also a former economic professor, said the harshest impacts of global economic re-engineering are being felt ... <a title="‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/decolonise-aid-urgent-call-from-fijis-prasad-to-face-pacific-climate-crisis/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate crisis">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Russell, ARC DECRA Associate Professor in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies, La Trobe University Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show prisoner numbers are growing in every Australian state and territory — except Victoria. Nationally, our per capita imprisonment rate outpaces Canada, the United Kingdom ... <a title="Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/prisons-dont-create-safer-communities-so-why-is-australia-spending-billions-on-building-them-247238/" aria-label="Read more about Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bioantika, PhD Candidate, Global Centre for Mineral Security, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland An excavator dredges sea sand in Lhokseumawe, Sumatra. Mohd Arafat/Shutterstock Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation. The ban was ... <a title="The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/the-last-time-it-was-legal-exports-of-sea-sand-destroyed-dozens-of-indonesian-islands-now-the-ban-is-being-lifted-246325/" aria-label="Read more about The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Vlcek, Lecturer in inclusive education, RMIT University Annie Spratt/Unsplash, CC BY From next week, schools will start to return for term 1. This can be a nervous time for some students, who might be anxious about new teachers, classes and routines. Returning to school after the ... <a title="Is your child nervous about going back to school? Try asking them what they are looking forward to" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/is-your-child-nervous-about-going-back-to-school-try-asking-them-what-they-are-looking-forward-to-247798/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child nervous about going back to school? Try asking them what they are looking forward to">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynn Buckley, Senior Lecturer, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Reforms to the Companies Act are meant to make Aotearoa New Zealand an easier and safer place to do business. But key gaps in the reforms mean they could fall short of achieving these goals. ... <a title="NZ’s Companies Act is finally being reformed – but will the changes go far enough?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/nzs-companies-act-is-finally-being-reformed-but-will-the-changes-go-far-enough-246038/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s Companies Act is finally being reformed – but will the changes go far enough?">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tuba Degirmenci, PhD Candidate School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Queensland University of Technology Tsuguliev/Shutterstock We’ve all seen the marketing message “handmade with love”. It’s designed to tug at our heartstrings, suggesting extra care and affection went into crafting a product. As Valentine’s Day approaches, many ... <a title="Does ‘made with love’ sell? Research reveals who values handmade products the most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/does-made-with-love-sell-research-reveals-who-values-handmade-products-the-most-247351/" aria-label="Read more about Does ‘made with love’ sell? Research reveals who values handmade products the most">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University Kerolos Melad/Pexels Last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued at least nine recall notices on products that didn’t comply with the mandatory standard for nightwear for children. All of these items posed a ... <a title="Your fuzzy flannel pyjamas could be incredibly flammable – here’s what to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/23/your-fuzzy-flannel-pyjamas-could-be-incredibly-flammable-heres-what-to-know-247448/" aria-label="Read more about Your fuzzy flannel pyjamas could be incredibly flammable – here’s what to know">Read more</a>
