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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra There has been a lot of talk about the risk of financial contagion following the collapse of California’s Silicon Valley Bank. Perhaps too much talk. While the frequency of bank runs in the ... <a title="Credit Suisse is an anomaly: why Australia and New Zealand are safe from ‘bank run’ contagion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/credit-suisse-is-an-anomaly-why-australia-and-new-zealand-are-safe-from-bank-run-contagion-202126/" aria-label="Read more about Credit Suisse is an anomaly: why Australia and New Zealand are safe from ‘bank run’ contagion">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carly Tozer, Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Dean Lewins/AAP La Niña and El Niño are well-known terms in Australia these days. Linked to them are certain expectations: we expect wet conditions in La Niña and dry conditions in El Niño. These expectations have certainly been met over the ... <a title="What to expect when you’re expecting an El Niño (the answer might surprise you)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-an-el-nino-the-answer-might-surprise-you-198510/" aria-label="Read more about What to expect when you’re expecting an El Niño (the answer might surprise you)">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Getty Images There might have been pragmatic political reasons behind the government throwing voting-age legislation onto its recent policy bonfire, but it remains a sadly wasted opportunity. The announcement reversed former prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s promise to introduce legislation ... <a title="Throwing voting-age legislation onto the ‘policy bonfire’ only delays a debate that has to happen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/throwing-voting-age-legislation-onto-the-policy-bonfire-only-delays-a-debate-that-has-to-happen-201754/" aria-label="Read more about Throwing voting-age legislation onto the ‘policy bonfire’ only delays a debate that has to happen">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Stevens, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Antarctica is an icy place today, but the ice extended even further during past ice ages. The question of how and where life survived on land in the icy continent, through the ages, has long puzzled biologists. Ever since ... <a title="Antarctic ice age survival story: life seeking ice-free refuges imitates art in Ice Age, the movie" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/antarctic-ice-age-survival-story-life-seeking-ice-free-refuges-imitates-art-in-ice-age-the-movie-201231/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic ice age survival story: life seeking ice-free refuges imitates art in Ice Age, the movie">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Thomas Gleeson, Doctoral Candidate, Australian National University Luz Rovira / Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND In the 19th century, Charles Darwin was one of the first to notice something interesting about domesticated animals: different species often developed similar changes when compared to their ancient wild ancestors. But why ... <a title="Why do animals living with humans evolve such similar features? A new theory could explain ‘domestication syndrome’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/why-do-animals-living-with-humans-evolve-such-similar-features-a-new-theory-could-explain-domestication-syndrome-201765/" aria-label="Read more about Why do animals living with humans evolve such similar features? A new theory could explain ‘domestication syndrome’">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Kemp, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney New research reveals serious privacy flaws in fertility apps used by Australian consumers – emphasising the need for urgent reform of the Privacy Act. Fertility apps provide a number of features. For instance, they may help ... <a title="Popular fertility apps are engaging in widespread misuse of data, including on sex, periods and pregnancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/popular-fertility-apps-are-engaging-in-widespread-misuse-of-data-including-on-sex-periods-and-pregnancy-202127/" aria-label="Read more about Popular fertility apps are engaging in widespread misuse of data, including on sex, periods and pregnancy">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frederic Gachon, Associate Professor, Physiology of Circadian Rhythms, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland Gregory Pappas/Unsplash Some of us love to be tucked up in bed by a particular time every night, ensuring a certain number of hours of sleep. Others go to bed when ... <a title="Does it matter what time I go to bed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/does-it-matter-what-time-i-go-to-bed-198146/" aria-label="Read more about Does it matter what time I go to bed?">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Arthur Immanuel Crichton, PhD candidate, Flinders University Relative of _Chunia pledgei_ named _Ektopodon serratus_ (top left), with _Wakaleo oldfieldi_. Reconstruction of the early Miocene Kutjumarpu faunal assemblage by Peter Schouten, CC BY-SA Imagine a vast, lush forest dominated by giant flightless birds and crocodiles. This was Australia’s ... <a title="25-million-year-old fossils of a bizarre possum and strange wombat relative reveal Australia’s hidden past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/25-million-year-old-fossils-of-a-bizarre-possum-and-strange-wombat-relative-reveal-australias-hidden-past-200262/" aria-label="Read more about 25-million-year-old fossils of a bizarre possum and strange wombat relative reveal Australia’s hidden past">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Veale, Lecturer in Media Studies, part of the Digital Cultures Laboratory in the School of Humanities, Media, and Creative Communication, Massey University Getty Images The impending arrival of Kelly-Jean Keen-Minshull – aka Posie Parker – has put the spotlight on the tension between free speech and ... <a title="Does public safety trump free speech? History suggests there is a case for banning anti-trans activist Posie Parker from NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/does-public-safety-trump-free-speech-history-suggests-there-is-a-case-for-banning-anti-trans-activist-posie-parker-from-nz-202118/" aria-label="Read more about Does public safety trump free speech? History suggests there is a case for banning anti-trans activist Posie Parker from NZ">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Ireland, Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland MASCOT / DLR / JAXA How did life come about? The answer to this question goes to the very heart of our existence on planet Earth. Did life simply arise from chemical reactions among ... <a title="New asteroid sample study offers further hints of space origin for the building blocks of life on Earth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/new-asteroid-sample-study-offers-further-hints-of-space-origin-for-the-building-blocks-of-life-on-earth-201960/" aria-label="Read more about New asteroid sample study offers further hints of space origin for the building blocks of life on Earth">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Associate Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania Flying under the radar of last week’s AUKUS submarine announcement was the revelation that the United States had agreed to sell Australia up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles. This follows Australia’s purchase in January of “high ... <a title="Why is Australia buying hundreds of missiles?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/why-is-australia-buying-hundreds-of-missiles-202123/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Australia buying hundreds of missiles?">Read more</a>
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March 22, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Rudge, Law lecturer, University of Sydney Unsplash/Olga Guryanova, CC BY Disturbing reports about botched cosmetic surgeries and injuries in Australia – from breast augmentations causing chronic pain to liposuction leaving patients with lifelong injuries – have sparked concerns in recent years. Several high-profile cosmetic surgeons alleged ... <a title="Doctors may soon get official ‘endorsements’ to practise cosmetic surgery – but will that protect patients?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/22/doctors-may-soon-get-official-endorsements-to-practise-cosmetic-surgery-but-will-that-protect-patients-202136/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors may soon get official ‘endorsements’ to practise cosmetic surgery – but will that protect patients?">Read more</a>
