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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world’s species of animals, birds, plants and insects – between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian ... <a title="New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/new-ecosystems-unprecedented-climates-more-australian-species-than-ever-are-struggling-to-survive-222375/" aria-label="Read more about New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Wolf, Associate Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University Cristy Roberts/ANU, CC BY-NC Scientists have no reported evidence of the true conditions in Hell, perhaps because no one has ever returned to tell the tale. Hell has been imagined as a supremely uncomfortable place, hot and ... <a title="The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/the-brightest-object-in-the-universe-is-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-star-a-day-222612/" aria-label="Read more about The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia On February 20 and 21, Julian Assange will ask the High Court of England and Wales to reverse a decision from June last year allowing the United Kingdom to extradite him to the United States. There he faces ... <a title="After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/after-years-of-avoiding-extradition-julian-assanges-appeal-is-likely-his-last-chance-heres-how-it-might-unfold-and-how-we-got-here-221217/" aria-label="Read more about After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here)">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Despite inheriting positive bilateral ties with Australia and the US, New Zealand’s coalition government has indicated it wants an even closer alignment with traditional allies. In what has been described as “the most challenging strategic environment for ... <a title="Moving closer to Australia is in New Zealand’s strategic interest – joining AUKUS is not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/moving-closer-to-australia-is-in-new-zealands-strategic-interest-joining-aukus-is-not-223843/" aria-label="Read more about Moving closer to Australia is in New Zealand’s strategic interest – joining AUKUS is not">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wallwork, Post-doctoral Researcher, University of South Australia Keenan Constance/Unsplash Back pain is common. One in thirteen people have it right now and worldwide a staggering 619 million people will have it this year. Chronic pain, of which back pain is the most common, is the world’s ... <a title="How long does back pain last? And how can learning about pain increase the chance of recovery?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/how-long-does-back-pain-last-and-how-can-learning-about-pain-increase-the-chance-of-recovery-222513/" aria-label="Read more about How long does back pain last? And how can learning about pain increase the chance of recovery?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, The University of Queensland One of the priorities of the Closing the Gap reporting is that Indigenous cultures and languages are “strong, supported and flourishing”. It also calls for Indigenous students to “achieve their full learning potential”. These two priorities ... <a title="‘It’s about making our children feel proud’: how schools can learn about local Indigenous language and culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/its-about-making-our-children-feel-proud-how-schools-can-learn-about-local-indigenous-language-and-culture-223463/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s about making our children feel proud’: how schools can learn about local Indigenous language and culture">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sascha Samlal, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne With Taylor Swift pulling in over half-a-million audience members on her Australian tour, we’ve been thinking a lot about fans. In this series, our academics dive into fan cultures: how they developed, how they operate, and how they shape ... <a title="Shame, intimacy, and community: fangirls are mocked, but it is more complex than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/shame-intimacy-and-community-fangirls-are-mocked-but-it-is-more-complex-than-you-might-think-213750/" aria-label="Read more about Shame, intimacy, and community: fangirls are mocked, but it is more complex than you might think">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohan Yellishetty, Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University Australia’s nickel industry has been granted access to billions of dollars in federal funding as well as relief from royalty payments after a collapse in the global price of nickel that threatens ... <a title="What’s behind the collapse in the price of nickel and how can the industry survive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/19/whats-behind-the-collapse-in-the-price-of-nickel-and-how-can-the-industry-survive-223814/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the collapse in the price of nickel and how can the industry survive?">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Franklin, Associate Professor and Director, Occupational Respiratory Epidemiology, The University of Western Australia Mulch containing asbestos has now been found at 41 locations in New South Wales, including Sydney parks, schools, hospitals, a supermarket and at least one regional site. Tests are under way at other ... <a title="Asbestos in mulch? Here’s the risk if you’ve been exposed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/19/asbestos-in-mulch-heres-the-risk-if-youve-been-exposed-223729/" aria-label="Read more about Asbestos in mulch? Here’s the risk if you’ve been exposed">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryan G. Fry, Professor of Toxicology, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The green anaconda has long been considered one of the Amazon’s most formidable and mysterious animals. Our new research upends scientific understanding of this magnificent creature, revealing it is actually two genetically ... <a title="Scientists shocked to discover new species of green anaconda, the world’s biggest snake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/19/scientists-shocked-to-discover-new-species-of-green-anaconda-the-worlds-biggest-snake-223549/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists shocked to discover new species of green anaconda, the world’s biggest snake">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paulomi (Polly) Burey, Associate Professor (Food Science), University of Southern Queensland Joanna Lopez/Unsplash It’s an all too common situation – you’re busy cooking or baking to a recipe when you open the cupboard and suddenly realise you are missing an ingredient. Unless you can immediately run to ... <a title="Run out of butter or eggs? Here’s the science behind substitute ingredients" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/19/run-out-of-butter-or-eggs-heres-the-science-behind-substitute-ingredients-202036/" aria-label="Read more about Run out of butter or eggs? Here’s the science behind substitute ingredients">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wes Hill, Associate Professor, art history and visual culture, Southern Cross University Arthur Jafa, Love is the Message, The Message is Death (video still), 2016, single-channel digital video, colour, sound, 7min 25sec. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York. Arthur Jafa’s Love Is the Message, the ... <a title="The video art of Arthur Jafa: a counterpunch to anyone who wants to put people of colour in their place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/19/the-video-art-of-arthur-jafa-a-counterpunch-to-anyone-who-wants-to-put-people-of-colour-in-their-place-222510/" aria-label="Read more about The video art of Arthur Jafa: a counterpunch to anyone who wants to put people of colour in their place">Read more</a>
