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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luciano Beheregaray, Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University Shutterstock As the climate heats up rapidly, many species will struggle to avoid extinction. If they had time, they could evolve to the new environmental conditions. But they don’t. That’s where hybridisation could help. When related species ... <a title="Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/hybrid-future-interbreeding-can-make-heat-averse-species-more-resilient-to-climate-change-198877/" aria-label="Read more about Hybrid future? Interbreeding can make heat-averse species more resilient to climate change">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madison Williams-Hoffman, PhD Candidate in Environmental Radioactivity, Edith Cowan University WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services By now, you’ve probably heard about a tiny radioactive capsule that went missing from the back of a truck somewhere in Western Australia. Inside is a small but dangerous amount ... <a title="I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/i-study-how-radiation-interacts-with-the-environment-and-the-capsule-lost-in-wa-is-a-whole-new-ballgame-198870/" aria-label="Read more about I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland Alessandro Bianconi/Edu INAF/Flickr , CC BY-SA Over the past few weeks, social media has been abuzz with excited posts about the green comet that is currently “whizzing” or “flying through the sky”. Now, comets don’t so much whizz as ... <a title="Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/australia-is-finally-getting-a-last-chance-view-of-a-green-comet-not-seen-for-50-000-years-198867/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is finally getting a last-chance view of a green comet not seen for 50,000 years">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan de Groot Heupner, Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the Middle East this week to make yet another push for a negotiated settlement between Israel and the Palestinians following yet another dramatic escalation in violence between the two sides. ... <a title="Why the violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new phase" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/why-the-violence-between-israel-and-the-palestinians-may-be-entering-a-devastating-new-phase-198788/" aria-label="Read more about Why the violence between Israel and the Palestinians may be entering a devastating new phase">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Johnson, Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide Mick Tsikas/AAP Treasurer Jim Chalmers begins his Monthly essay “Capitalism After the Crises” with a quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not ... <a title="Humanising capitalism: Jim Chalmers designs a new version of an old Labor project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/humanising-capitalism-jim-chalmers-designs-a-new-version-of-an-old-labor-project-198763/" aria-label="Read more about Humanising capitalism: Jim Chalmers designs a new version of an old Labor project">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine R. Smith, Professor of Eye & Vision Health, Flinders University Shutterstock The single most expensive drug for the Australian government today, costing more than A$400 million per year, is one called aflibercept. It stops the growth and “leakiness” of blood vessels, and is given to treat ... <a title="Macular diseases cause blindness and treatment costs millions. Here is how to look after yours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/macular-diseases-cause-blindness-and-treatment-costs-millions-here-is-how-to-look-after-yours-196796/" aria-label="Read more about Macular diseases cause blindness and treatment costs millions. Here is how to look after yours">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Strong, Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University In its new national cultural policy, the Australian government grapples with issues extending well beyond the creative arts. The policy document places issues like First Nations representation, work and wages, technological upheaval, discrimination and sexual harassment front and centre. ... <a title="Climate change is transforming Australia’s cultural life – so why isn’t it mentioned in the new national cultural policy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/climate-change-is-transforming-australias-cultural-life-so-why-isnt-it-mentioned-in-the-new-national-cultural-policy-198881/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is transforming Australia’s cultural life – so why isn’t it mentioned in the new national cultural policy?">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Griffiths, Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute Lukas Coch/AAP Nine months after the 2022 federal election, voters finally get a look at how much the parties spent and who funded their campaigns. Data released today reveal Australia’s political parties collectively spent a whopping $418 million in the ... <a title="Big money was spent on the 2022 election – but the party with the deepest pockets didn’t win" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/big-money-was-spent-on-the-2022-election-but-the-party-with-the-deepest-pockets-didnt-win-198780/" aria-label="Read more about Big money was spent on the 2022 election – but the party with the deepest pockets didn’t win">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Hoek, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago Getty Images Existing regulations have not managed to reduce the rising rates of youth vaping in Aotearoa New Zealand. Both the latest NZ Health Survey and Snapshot Y10 survey reported high levels of daily vaping among young people ... <a title="Marketers are targeting teens with cheap and addictive vapes: 9 ways to stem rising rates of youth vaping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/marketers-are-targeting-teens-with-cheap-and-addictive-vapes-9-ways-to-stem-rising-rates-of-youth-vaping-198291/" aria-label="Read more about Marketers are targeting teens with cheap and addictive vapes: 9 ways to stem rising rates of youth vaping">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Sawyer, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Child abuse and neglect is, unfortunately, a far more common occurrence in Australia than many people realise. In Australia in 2020–21 (the most recent figures available), there were more than half a million notifications to child protection services. ... <a title="Paramedics could sound early warnings of child abuse or neglect – but they need support and more training" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/paramedics-could-sound-early-warnings-of-child-abuse-or-neglect-but-they-need-support-and-more-training-197900/" aria-label="Read more about Paramedics could sound early warnings of child abuse or neglect – but they need support and more training">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Frost, Associate Professor, University of Auckland Paramount Pictures In his latest film, Babylon, director Damien Chazelle presents a very different vision of the home of America’s motion picture industry than he did in his Oscar-winning 2016 film, La La Land. Instead of a romantic, wistful homage ... <a title="The nightmarish underside of the dream factory: how Babylon captures Hollywood in the 1920s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/the-nightmarish-underside-of-the-dream-factory-how-babylon-captures-hollywood-in-the-1920s-198406/" aria-label="Read more about The nightmarish underside of the dream factory: how Babylon captures Hollywood in the 1920s">Read more</a>
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February 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Roberts, Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology frank60/Shutterstock With generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and StableDiffusion being the talk of the town right now, it might feel like we’ve taken a giant leap closer to a sci-fi reality where AIs are physical ... <a title="Our future could be full of undying, self-repairing robots. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/01/our-future-could-be-full-of-undying-self-repairing-robots-heres-how-196664/" aria-label="Read more about Our future could be full of undying, self-repairing robots. Here’s how">Read more</a>
