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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University This year’s FIFA men’s World Cup has cast a media spotlight on Qatar’s human rights record. The tournament also offered an opportunity to draw attention to the current protests in Iran surrounding the mistreatment of women. Qatar’s ... <a title="Will Australia receive a red card for gender equity at the 2023 Women’s World Cup?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/will-australia-receive-a-red-card-for-gender-equity-at-the-2023-womens-world-cup-196276/" aria-label="Read more about Will Australia receive a red card for gender equity at the 2023 Women’s World Cup?">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Jacobs, Postdoctoral Researcher in Astrophysics, Swinburne University of Technology The Carina star-forming region imaged by the JWST. NASA It is no exaggeration to say the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a new era for modern astronomy. Launched on December 25 last year and fully operational ... <a title="10 times this year the Webb telescope blew us away with new images of our stunning universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/10-times-this-year-the-webb-telescope-blew-us-away-with-new-images-of-our-stunning-universe-194739/" aria-label="Read more about 10 times this year the Webb telescope blew us away with new images of our stunning universe">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lavender, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia Where there are players and a game to be won, you can expect some “rough and tumble” on the sporting field. But when do the bumps become a problem for players? And what can we ... <a title="Repeated head injury may cause degenerative brain disease for people who play sport – juniors and amateurs included" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/repeated-head-injury-may-cause-degenerative-brain-disease-for-people-who-play-sport-juniors-and-amateurs-included-196042/" aria-label="Read more about Repeated head injury may cause degenerative brain disease for people who play sport – juniors and amateurs included">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jasmine Lee, Conservation biologist, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and the populations of up to 97% of land-based Antarctic species could decline by 2100 if we don’t change tack, our new research has found. The study, published today, ... <a title="Antarctica’s emperor penguins could be extinct by 2100 – and other species may follow if we don’t act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/antarcticas-emperor-penguins-could-be-extinct-by-2100-and-other-species-may-follow-if-we-dont-act-196563/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctica’s emperor penguins could be extinct by 2100 – and other species may follow if we don’t act">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kat Taylor, Water Justice Hub Research Fellow, Australian National University James D. Morgan/Getty Images When the British colonised Australia they assumed terra nullius, “nobody’s land”, and aqua nullius, “nobody’s water”. In 1992, terra nullius was overturned – but aqua nullius remains. Aqua nullius denies the existence of ... <a title="The lie of aqua nullius, ‘nobody’s water’, prevails in Australia. Indigenous water reserves are not enough to deliver justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/the-lie-of-aqua-nullius-nobodys-water-prevails-in-australia-indigenous-water-reserves-are-not-enough-to-deliver-justice-195557/" aria-label="Read more about The lie of aqua nullius, ‘nobody’s water’, prevails in Australia. Indigenous water reserves are not enough to deliver justice">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hadee Thompson-Morrison, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Sheryl Watson Each year, New Zealand imports about 2 million tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE), a by-product of palm-oil processing in Indonesia and Malaysia, to feed dairy cows, at a cost of NZ$800 million. But our ... <a title="Palm kernel product imported for use on dairy farms may actually be harmful to cows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/palm-kernel-product-imported-for-use-on-dairy-farms-may-actually-be-harmful-to-cows-196569/" aria-label="Read more about Palm kernel product imported for use on dairy farms may actually be harmful to cows">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naomi Zouwer, Visual Artist and Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Canberra Cottonbro Studio/Pexels Many parents want to encourage their children to be creative. This is not just about training the next Archibald Prize winner. Young people develop important emotional and cognitive skills when they make art. ... <a title="How to set up a kids’ art studio at home (and learn to love the mess)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/how-to-set-up-a-kids-art-studio-at-home-and-learn-to-love-the-mess-196026/" aria-label="Read more about How to set up a kids’ art studio at home (and learn to love the mess)">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suzanne Wilkinson, Professor of Construction Management, Massey University Getty Images There were nearly 300 water engineer positions advertised on recruitment website Seek last month. The high demand for these specialist engineers bodes ill for the government’s Three Waters reform, which will rely heavily on experts the country ... <a title="Already under fire politically, Three Waters is also threatened by NZ’s critical shortage of skilled engineers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/already-under-fire-politically-three-waters-is-also-threatened-by-nzs-critical-shortage-of-skilled-engineers-196571/" aria-label="Read more about Already under fire politically, Three Waters is also threatened by NZ’s critical shortage of skilled engineers">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan McHugh, Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, Consulting Producer, The Greatest Menace, Walkley-winning podcast, University of Wollongong It’s been a strange year for podcasts. Serial, the original 2014 blockbuster from the United States, was back in the news when its protagonist, Adnan Syed, had historic murder charges against ... <a title="The power and the pitfalls of personal storytelling – the best podcasts of 2022" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/23/the-power-and-the-pitfalls-of-personal-storytelling-the-best-podcasts-of-2022-195924/" aria-label="Read more about The power and the pitfalls of personal storytelling – the best podcasts of 2022">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Mick Tsikas/AAP The Liberal Party’s review of its election rout has highlighted the party’s broad and deep problem with the female vote, but shied away from recommending quotas to elect more women. Like Labor’s recent post-mortem, the Liberal analysis also ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Liberal post-mortem urges party to address flight of female vote – but not by quotas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/grattan-on-friday-liberal-post-mortem-urges-party-to-address-flight-of-female-vote-but-not-by-quotas-197015/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Liberal post-mortem urges party to address flight of female vote – but not by quotas">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Shutterstock The agent that contaminated baby spinach, prompting the recent national recall, has been revealed. It’s a weed, not deliberate misadventure or a chemical contaminant. The culprit is thornapple, otherwise known as jimsonweed or, to give it its scientific name, ... <a title="The peculiar history of thornapple, the hallucinogenic weed that ended up in supermarket spinach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/the-peculiar-history-of-thornapple-the-hallucinogenic-weed-that-ended-up-in-supermarket-spinach-197014/" aria-label="Read more about The peculiar history of thornapple, the hallucinogenic weed that ended up in supermarket spinach">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristine Macartney, Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney Unsplash/Engin Akyurt Former federal MP Dr Kerryn Phelps has talked this week about the medical problems she and her wife had after their COVID-19 vaccinations around 18 months ago. In her submission to the parliamentary ... <a title="How common are severe side effects from COVID vaccines? And how are they detected?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/how-common-are-severe-side-effects-from-covid-vaccines-and-how-are-they-detected-196937/" aria-label="Read more about How common are severe side effects from COVID vaccines? And how are they detected?">Read more</a>
