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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kitty Smith, PhD Candidate in Classical Greek and Roman History, University of Sydney Krikkiat / Shutterstock.com Once yelled at women seen to be pestering or annoying – or at feminists questioning and threatening the status quo – “harpy” has long been used as a derogatory term targeting ... <a title="In Ancient Greece and Rome, who were the harpies, and why did they stink so much?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/in-ancient-greece-and-rome-who-were-the-harpies-and-why-did-they-stink-so-much-249722/" aria-label="Read more about In Ancient Greece and Rome, who were the harpies, and why did they stink so much?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney ESA / Gaia / DPAC, CC BY-SA On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer ... <a title="The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/the-best-space-telescope-you-never-heard-of-just-shut-down-253343/" aria-label="Read more about The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cara Swit, Associate professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury DavideAngelini/Shutterstock One year after the government banned cellphones from schools to help students focus and reduce distractions in class, we’re beginning to see how it has been implemented and how successful it’s been. As part of ... <a title="School phone ban one year on: our student survey reveals mixed feelings about its success" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/school-phone-ban-one-year-on-our-student-survey-reveals-mixed-feelings-about-its-success-252179/" aria-label="Read more about School phone ban one year on: our student survey reveals mixed feelings about its success">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan Hicks, Lecturer & Movement Scientist / PhD Sports Biomechanics, Flinders University 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Championships live stream, Australian Athletics Every now and then an athlete comes along who makes people wonder, “how are they so fast?” Let me introduce you to Gout Gout. ... <a title="Step length, a devastating finish and ‘springs in his spikes’: the science behind Gout Gout’s speed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/step-length-a-devastating-finish-and-springs-in-his-spikes-the-science-behind-gout-gouts-speed-252629/" aria-label="Read more about Step length, a devastating finish and ‘springs in his spikes’: the science behind Gout Gout’s speed">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sugumar Mariappanadar, Senior Academic Researcher – Human Resource Management and Management, Australian Catholic University Dmitry Molchanov/Shutterstock For young people in the early stages of their career, the idea of waiting 40 years or more to retire might feel like a marathon. For those already feeling burnt out, ... <a title="Some Gen Zs are taking a ‘micro-retirement’. It’s one way to address burnout – but it comes with risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/some-gen-zs-are-taking-a-micro-retirement-its-one-way-to-address-burnout-but-it-comes-with-risks-252505/" aria-label="Read more about Some Gen Zs are taking a ‘micro-retirement’. It’s one way to address burnout – but it comes with risks">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danny Kingsley, Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University VTT Studio/Shutterstock In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a whole new international movement. The resulting Budapest Open Access Initiative opened with the words: “An old ... <a title="Show your working: how the ‘open science’ movement tackles scientific misconduct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/show-your-working-how-the-open-science-movement-tackles-scientific-misconduct-249020/" aria-label="Read more about Show your working: how the ‘open science’ movement tackles scientific misconduct">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Now that the election has been called for May 3, parliament has been dissolved and the caretaker government period has commenced. During this period, the caretaker conventions require the government to exercise self-restraint. It must stick to ... <a title="What are caretaker conventions and how do they limit governments during election periods?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/what-are-caretaker-conventions-and-how-do-they-limit-governments-during-election-periods-251366/" aria-label="Read more about What are caretaker conventions and how do they limit governments during election periods?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University Tony Abbott was once unelectable. So were Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. And so was Peter Dutton, not so long ago. But opinion polls over much of 2024 and early 2025 indicated ... <a title="Uncertainty and pessimism abound. Will fear be enough to push Dutton into office?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/uncertainty-and-pessimism-abound-will-fear-be-enough-to-push-dutton-into-office-247360/" aria-label="Read more about Uncertainty and pessimism abound. Will fear be enough to push Dutton into office?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology When Brisbane was awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it came with a widely publicised landmark promise: the world’s first “climate-positive” games. The International Olympic Committee had already announced all games would be climate-positive from 2030. ... <a title="Brisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be ‘climate positive’. Will it still leave a green legacy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/brisbane-2032-is-no-longer-legally-bound-to-be-climate-positive-will-it-still-leave-a-green-legacy-246672/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane 2032 is no longer legally bound to be ‘climate positive’. Will it still leave a green legacy?">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kidson, Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University Isuzek/Getty Images School principals around Australia are responsible for about 4.5 million staff and students in almost 10,000 schools. Not only do they oversee students’ progress, but they are also responsible for the performance of staff and ... <a title="‘It is a seriously difficult role and only getting harder’: school principals speak about stress, violence and abuse in their jobs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/it-is-a-seriously-difficult-role-and-only-getting-harder-school-principals-speak-about-stress-violence-and-abuse-in-their-jobs-253327/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It is a seriously difficult role and only getting harder’: school principals speak about stress, violence and abuse in their jobs">Read more</a>
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March 31, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ksenia Kosheleva, Doctoral candidate, Marketing, Hanken School of Economics Stokkete/Shutterstock When Auckland mayor Wayne Brown said in 2022 that the Auckland Art Gallery had the foot traffic of a corner dairy and cast the institution as an “uneconomic” entity, he conceded he was at risk of “being ... <a title="Art for art’s sake? How NZ’s cultural organisations can maintain integrity and still make money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/31/art-for-arts-sake-how-nzs-cultural-organisations-can-maintain-integrity-and-still-make-money-252362/" aria-label="Read more about Art for art’s sake? How NZ’s cultural organisations can maintain integrity and still make money">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Labor’s regaining of polling momentum has continued into the first week of the formal election campaign. A national Newspoll, conducted March 27–29 from a sample of 1,249, ... <a title="Labor gains lead in post-budget Newspoll; would be one seat short of majority in YouGov MRP poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/30/labor-gains-lead-in-post-budget-newspoll-would-be-one-seat-short-of-majority-in-yougov-mrp-poll-253410/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains lead in post-budget Newspoll; would be one seat short of majority in YouGov MRP poll">Read more</a>
