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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samina Yasmeen, Director of Centre for Muslim States and Societies, The University of Western Australia The attempted assassination of Imran Khan on November 3 has ushered Pakistan into another stage of political instability, with increased likelihood of further political violence. Imran has accused Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz ... <a title="Shooting of Imran Khan takes Pakistan into dangerous political waters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/shooting-of-imran-khan-takes-pakistan-into-dangerous-political-waters-193937/" aria-label="Read more about Shooting of Imran Khan takes Pakistan into dangerous political waters">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Bossio, Associate Professor, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology Evan Agostini/AP It’s been a week since Elon Musk strode into the Twitter headquarters with a kitchen sink, signalling his official takeover of the company. Having had some time to let the news of his US$44 ... <a title="Why Elon Musk’s first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/why-elon-musks-first-week-as-twitter-owner-has-users-flocking-elsewhere-193857/" aria-label="Read more about Why Elon Musk’s first week as Twitter owner has users flocking elsewhere">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock From next March, the “gamble responsibly” slogan will be discontinued on wagering advertisements. In its place, the federal government has announced a selection of alternatives, which it says will minimise problem gambling. These ... <a title="Government’s new gambling taglines are a start, but go nowhere near far enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/governments-new-gambling-taglines-are-a-start-but-go-nowhere-near-far-enough-193716/" aria-label="Read more about Government’s new gambling taglines are a start, but go nowhere near far enough">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Hill, Associate Professor, Astrophysics and Dark Matter Researcher, University of Adelaide NASA / ESA / A. van der Hoeven An enormous neutrino observatory buried deep in the Antarctic ice has discovered only the second extra-galactic source of the elusive particles ever found. In results published today ... <a title="An Antarctic neutrino telescope has detected a signal from the heart of a nearby active galaxy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/an-antarctic-neutrino-telescope-has-detected-a-signal-from-the-heart-of-a-nearby-active-galaxy-193845/" aria-label="Read more about An Antarctic neutrino telescope has detected a signal from the heart of a nearby active galaxy">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Cooper, PhD candidate in neuropsychiatry, The University of Melbourne mikoto.raw Photographer/Pexels It’s 11 pm on a weeknight and your teenager still has their bedroom light on. You want them to get enough sleep for school the next day, but it’s a struggle. Our new research shows ... <a title="Is your teen a night owl? Their sleep pattern could shape their brain and behaviour years later" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/is-your-teen-a-night-owl-their-sleep-pattern-could-shape-their-brain-and-behaviour-years-later-193453/" aria-label="Read more about Is your teen a night owl? Their sleep pattern could shape their brain and behaviour years later">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Brown, Research Fellow, La Trobe University *Person pictured was not a study participant Shutterstock Last week’s budget revealed the rapidly escalating costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and rekindled fears among people with disability about its sustainability. The Albanese government is unequivocal in its ... <a title="Everyone is talking about the NDIS – we spoke to participants and asked them how to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/everyone-is-talking-about-the-ndis-we-spoke-to-participants-and-asked-them-how-to-fix-it-193524/" aria-label="Read more about Everyone is talking about the NDIS – we spoke to participants and asked them how to fix it">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Getty Images The past can inform the present in more ways than one. Take the case of the 23-million-year-old whale fossil recently excavated by a private collector on the West Coast of the South Island. It has ... <a title="Bones of contention: the West Coast whale fossil and the ethics of private collecting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/bones-of-contention-the-west-coast-whale-fossil-and-the-ethics-of-private-collecting-193387/" aria-label="Read more about Bones of contention: the West Coast whale fossil and the ethics of private collecting">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Loughran, Director Radiation Research and Advice (ARPANSA), and Adjunct Associate Professor (UOW), University of Wollongong Allexxandar/Shutterstock The simple mention of the word “radiation” often evokes fear in people. For others, it’s fun to think a little exposure to radiation could turn you into the next superhero, ... <a title="Are bananas really ‘radioactive’? An expert clears up common misunderstandings about radiation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/are-bananas-really-radioactive-an-expert-clears-up-common-misunderstandings-about-radiation-193211/" aria-label="Read more about Are bananas really ‘radioactive’? An expert clears up common misunderstandings about radiation">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Olds, Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia Shutterstock Rising life expectancy is one of the great success stories. If you were born in 1870, you’d expect to live until you were 30. But if you were born today, you’d expect to live to 72, ... <a title="Is child obesity really going to shorten lives?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/is-child-obesity-really-going-to-shorten-lives-193718/" aria-label="Read more about Is child obesity really going to shorten lives?">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Morgan, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University Officials from nearly 200 nations are gathering in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th United Nations climate change conference known as COP27. Multiple global crises threaten to overshadow the summit, but the task at COP27 over the next two ... <a title="This is what Australia needs to bring to Egypt for COP27" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/this-is-what-australia-needs-to-bring-to-egypt-for-cop27-193531/" aria-label="Read more about This is what Australia needs to bring to Egypt for COP27">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Mijangos, Researcher, Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra Shutterstock The platypus is one of Earth’s most unique creatures. It sports a duck-like bill and flippers. It locates prey in murky water by emitting an electric charge. Males have venomous ... <a title="A platypus can glow green and hunt prey with electricity – but it can’t climb dams to find a mate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/a-platypus-can-glow-green-and-hunt-prey-with-electricity-but-it-cant-climb-dams-to-find-a-mate-193707/" aria-label="Read more about A platypus can glow green and hunt prey with electricity – but it can’t climb dams to find a mate">Read more</a>
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November 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaya Barry, Senior Lecturer & ARC DECRA Research Fellow, Griffith University Shutterstock Backpackers on working holiday maker visas have been a crucial source of farm labour for decades, alongside smaller numbers of temporary migrants from the Pacific Islands, international students, and Australians. In the 2018-19 financial year ... <a title="Australia’s borders are open, so where are all the backpackers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/04/australias-borders-are-open-so-where-are-all-the-backpackers-192614/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s borders are open, so where are all the backpackers?">Read more</a>
