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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rossana Ruggeri, Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Queensland University of Technology KPNO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURAB / Tafreshi The universe has been expanding ever since the Big Bang almost 14 billion years ago, and astronomers believe a kind of invisible force called dark energy is ... <a title="Cosmic dark energy may be weakening, astronomers say, raising questions about the fate of the universe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/cosmic-dark-energy-may-be-weakening-astronomers-say-raising-questions-about-the-fate-of-the-universe-252627/" aria-label="Read more about Cosmic dark energy may be weakening, astronomers say, raising questions about the fate of the universe">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Elms, Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy, Queensland University of Technology Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Steering a large company successfully is no mean feat. As companies grow more complex in an increasingly turbulent business environment – so, too, do the responsibilities of their board members. While they aren’t involved in ... <a title="Company directors can sit on boards for decades. Are term limits the answer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/company-directors-can-sit-on-boards-for-decades-are-term-limits-the-answer-252614/" aria-label="Read more about Company directors can sit on boards for decades. Are term limits the answer?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cosette Saunders, PhD candidate, Sydney Placebo Lab, University of Sydney Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock In 1998, shortly after arriving for work, a Tennessee high-school teacher reported a “gasoline-like smell” and feeling dizzy. Soon after, many students and staff began reporting symptoms of chemical poisoning. Some 38 people had such extreme ... <a title="You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/you-can-catch-the-nocebo-effect-from-family-friends-even-social-media-but-what-is-it-actually-249844/" aria-label="Read more about You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually?">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images A national energy strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand was meant to be ready at the end of last year. As it stands, we’re still waiting for a cohesive, ... <a title="If NZ wants to decarbonise energy, we need to know which renewables deliver the best payback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/if-nz-wants-to-decarbonise-energy-we-need-to-know-which-renewables-deliver-the-best-payback-251819/" aria-label="Read more about If NZ wants to decarbonise energy, we need to know which renewables deliver the best payback">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney US President Donald Trump has exploited American nationalism as effectively as anyone in living memory. What sets him apart is his use of national humiliation as a political emotion. Any presidential ... <a title="Trump is ignoring the power of nationalism at his own peril" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/trump-is-ignoring-the-power-of-nationalism-at-his-own-peril-252299/" aria-label="Read more about Trump is ignoring the power of nationalism at his own peril">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katya Numbers, Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, UNSW Sydney Miljan Zivkovic/Shutterstock Dementia is a growing health problem, affecting more than 55 million people around the world. In Australia, an estimated 433,300 people are living with dementia. This figure is projected to rise ... <a title="More young people are caring for a loved one with dementia. It takes a unique toll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/more-young-people-are-caring-for-a-loved-one-with-dementia-it-takes-a-unique-toll-249361/" aria-label="Read more about More young people are caring for a loved one with dementia. It takes a unique toll">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon Whittle, Director, Data61, CSIRO Anton Vierietin/Shutterstock In February this year, Google announced it was launching “a new AI system for scientists”. It said this system was a collaborative tool designed to help scientists “in creating novel hypotheses and research plans”. It’s too early to tell just ... <a title="AI can be a powerful tool for scientists. But it can also fuel research misconduct" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/ai-can-be-a-powerful-tool-for-scientists-but-it-can-also-fuel-research-misconduct-246410/" aria-label="Read more about AI can be a powerful tool for scientists. But it can also fuel research misconduct">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Haswell, Professor of Practice (Environmental Wellbeing), Indigenous Strategy and Services, Honorary Professor (Geosciences) at University of Sydney & Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, Queensland University of Technology, University of Sydney Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has indicated a Coalition government would quickly approve a giant gas ... <a title="Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both Labor and the Coalition’s environmental credentials" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/woodsides-bid-to-expand-a-huge-gas-project-is-testing-both-labor-and-the-coalitions-environmental-credentials-247340/" aria-label="Read more about Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both Labor and the Coalition’s environmental credentials">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia The Feast of Acheloüs by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1615 The Metropolitan Museum of Art In the modern world, we know good nutrition is essential for our health. Doctors ... <a title="Figs, meat – and not too much sex. A good diet in ancient times was more than what you ate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/figs-meat-and-not-too-much-sex-a-good-diet-in-ancient-times-was-more-than-what-you-ate-249571/" aria-label="Read more about Figs, meat – and not too much sex. A good diet in ancient times was more than what you ate">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nic Rawlence, Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago Wikimedia Commons/Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) are an iconic species of the Southern Ocean. But with rapid environmental changes in their ocean home, the seals’ population range has been shifting. Once spread across ... <a title="Southern elephant seals are adaptable – but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/southern-elephant-seals-are-adaptable-but-they-struggle-when-faced-with-both-rapid-climate-change-and-human-impacts-251820/" aria-label="Read more about Southern elephant seals are adaptable – but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University Lauren Henderson/Shutterstock For the fourth year running, the condition of Australia’s environment has been relatively good overall. Our national environment scorecard released today gives 2024 a mark of 7.7 out ... <a title="Rain gave Australia’s environment a fourth year of reprieve in 2024 – but this masks deepening problems: report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/rain-gave-australias-environment-a-fourth-year-of-reprieve-in-2024-but-this-masks-deepening-problems-report-252183/" aria-label="Read more about Rain gave Australia’s environment a fourth year of reprieve in 2024 – but this masks deepening problems: report">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Camens, Lecturer in Palaeontology, Flinders University Musky rat-kangaroo. Amy Tschirn In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a diminutive marsupial that’s the last living representative of its family. The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) weighs only ... <a title="We found the only kangaroo that doesn’t hop – and it can teach us how roos evolved their quirky gait" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/20/we-found-the-only-kangaroo-that-doesnt-hop-and-it-can-teach-us-how-roos-evolved-their-quirky-gait-251373/" aria-label="Read more about We found the only kangaroo that doesn’t hop – and it can teach us how roos evolved their quirky gait">Read more</a>
