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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Clean Energy Council / Neoen As Australia’s rapid renewable energy rollout continues, so too does debate over land use. Nationals Leader David Littleproud, for example, claimed regional areas had reached “saturation point” and cannot cope with more wind and ... <a title="No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/no-threat-to-farm-land-just-1-200-square-kilometres-can-fulfil-australias-solar-and-wind-energy-needs-223183/" aria-label="Read more about No threat to farm land: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan C. Walsh, Sessional Academic, The University of Queensland Arrest for witchcraft (1866) by John Pettie NGV, CC BY-NC In recent decades, governments the world over have increasingly taken action to address the dark history of witch-hunting. In western Europe, memorials to victims have been erected at ... <a title="‘Witches’ are still killed all over the world. Pardoning past victims could end the practice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/witches-are-still-killed-all-over-the-world-pardoning-past-victims-could-end-the-practice-228613/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Witches’ are still killed all over the world. Pardoning past victims could end the practice">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The US Department of Justice is being urged to condemn and cease its reliance on the “Insular Cases” — a series of US Supreme Court opinions on US territories, which have been labelled racist. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Durbin called them “a stain ... <a title="‘A stain on our country’: Criticism of ‘racist’ Supreme Court rulings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/a-stain-on-our-country-criticism-of-racist-supreme-court-rulings/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A stain on our country’: Criticism of ‘racist’ Supreme Court rulings">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kara Dadswell, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Victoria University Ask your son or daughter, niece, or nephew to draw you a picture of a sport coach. They will most probably draw a man. Why? Our latest research published in the Psychology of Sport and Exercise Journal suggests children’s ... <a title="Most kids are only coached by men in junior sport – women need to be part of the picture, too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/most-kids-are-only-coached-by-men-in-junior-sport-women-need-to-be-part-of-the-picture-too-228397/" aria-label="Read more about Most kids are only coached by men in junior sport – women need to be part of the picture, too">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Rinehart, Professor, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Director, Krongold Clinic (Research), Monash University Shutterstock/Brian A. Jackson “Charlie” is an eight-year-old child with autism. Her parents are worried because she often responds to requests with insults, aggression and refusal. Simple demands, such as being asked to get dressed, ... <a title="What is pathological demand avoidance – and how is it different to ‘acting out’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/what-is-pathological-demand-avoidance-and-how-is-it-different-to-acting-out-225170/" aria-label="Read more about What is pathological demand avoidance – and how is it different to ‘acting out’?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hendri Yulius Wijaya, PhD Student in Political Science (Joint Supervision with Business School), The University of Melbourne witsarut sakorn/Shutterstock Around the world, more and more companies are publishing sustainability reports – public scorecards detailing their impacts on society and the environment. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports ... <a title="‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/invisible-consultants-help-companies-write-sustainability-reports-heres-why-thats-a-problem-228092/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Invisible’ consultants help companies write sustainability reports. Here’s why that’s a problem">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natali Pearson, Senior Lecturer, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney Hence Kertajaya/Shutterstock A lot of the recent talk about maritime issues in Southeast Asia has focused on issues such as security, the Blue Economy, law enforcement and climate change. But there’s one maritime challenge that’s gone ... <a title="Underwater cultural heritage: why we’re studying ‘orphaned objects’ to work out which shipwrecks they came from" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/underwater-cultural-heritage-why-were-studying-orphaned-objects-to-work-out-which-shipwrecks-they-came-from-226322/" aria-label="Read more about Underwater cultural heritage: why we’re studying ‘orphaned objects’ to work out which shipwrecks they came from">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Ziegler, Collection Manager, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria Research Institute The fossil skeleton in a secluded alcove of the cave. Rob French/Museums Victoria Pitch-black darkness. Crushing squeezes, muddy passages, icy waterfalls. Bats and spiders. Abseiling over ledges into the unknown. How far would you go for a ... <a title="We spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary fossil to light" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/we-spent-2-years-in-deep-underground-caves-to-bring-this-extraordinary-fossil-to-light-226629/" aria-label="Read more about We spent 2 years in deep underground caves to bring this extraordinary fossil to light">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nalini Joshi, Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney Tavrius / Shutterstock Imagine the tap of a card that bought you a cup of coffee this morning also let a hacker halfway across the world access your bank account and buy themselves whatever they liked. Now imagine it ... <a title="Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/mind-bending-maths-could-stop-quantum-hackers-but-few-understand-it-228191/" aria-label="Read more about Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid McCarthy, Lecturer in Journalism, La Trobe University Sports media misogyny was alive and well this month. In just the few short weeks it took for star United States basketball players Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to shoot their way from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ... <a title="Women’s sport is soaring, and old-school male sports journalists need to lift their game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/womens-sport-is-soaring-and-old-school-male-sports-journalists-need-to-lift-their-game-228404/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s sport is soaring, and old-school male sports journalists need to lift their game">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Crouse, Research Fellow in Youth Mental Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock The core experiences of depression – changes in energy, activity, thinking and mood – have been described for more than 10,000 years. The word “depression” has been used for about 350 ... <a title="We looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people. What we found may surprise you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/we-looked-at-genetic-clues-to-depression-in-more-than-14-000-people-what-we-found-may-surprise-you-227779/" aria-label="Read more about We looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people. What we found may surprise you">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wilson, PhD Candidate in Quantum Technology & Innovation Governance, Institue for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney EdBelkin/Shutterstock A landmark legal settlement has once again focused our attention on the dangers of “forever chemicals”. This class of chemicals, technically known as per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ... <a title="Chemicals, forever: how do you fix a problem like PFAS?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/chemicals-forever-how-do-you-fix-a-problem-like-pfas-227771/" aria-label="Read more about Chemicals, forever: how do you fix a problem like PFAS?">Read more</a>
