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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siân Halcrow, Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Otago Content warning: this story deals with infant loss and human remains acquired historically for use within museum contexts. A collection of fetal and baby skeletal remains at the University of Otago’s W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum shows how those ... <a title="Forgotten histories: what fetal and baby remains tell us about inequality in medical collections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/forgotten-histories-what-fetal-and-baby-remains-tell-us-about-inequality-in-medical-collections-244931/" aria-label="Read more about Forgotten histories: what fetal and baby remains tell us about inequality in medical collections">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tianyi Zhangshao, PhD Candidate, Sydney Games and Play Lab, University of Sydney RDNE Stock Project/Pexels In late November, Australia’s federal parliament passed landmark legislation banning under-16s from accessing social media. Details remain vague: we don’t have a complete list of which platforms will fall under the legislation, ... <a title="China restricted young people from video games. But kids are evading the bans and getting into trouble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/china-restricted-young-people-from-video-games-but-kids-are-evading-the-bans-and-getting-into-trouble-245264/" aria-label="Read more about China restricted young people from video games. But kids are evading the bans and getting into trouble">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Who could have predicted that after nearly 14 years of civil war and five years of stalemate, the regime of ... <a title="After 54 years of brutal rule under the Assads, Syria is at a crossroads. Here are 4 priorities to avoid yet another war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/after-54-years-of-brutal-rule-under-the-assads-syria-is-at-a-crossroads-here-are-4-priorities-to-avoid-yet-another-war-245538/" aria-label="Read more about After 54 years of brutal rule under the Assads, Syria is at a crossroads. Here are 4 priorities to avoid yet another war">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Who could have predicted that after nearly 14 years of civil war and five years of stalemate, the regime of ... <a title="After 5 decades of brutal rule under the Assads, Syria is at a crossroads. Here are 4 priorities to avoid yet another war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/after-5-decades-of-brutal-rule-under-the-assads-syria-is-at-a-crossroads-here-are-4-priorities-to-avoid-yet-another-war-245538/" aria-label="Read more about After 5 decades of brutal rule under the Assads, Syria is at a crossroads. Here are 4 priorities to avoid yet another war">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Who could have predicted that after nearly 14 years of civil war and five years of stalemate, the regime of ... <a title="After 55 years of brutal rule under the Assads, Syria is at a crossroads. Here are 4 priorities to avoid yet another war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/after-55-years-of-brutal-rule-under-the-assads-syria-is-at-a-crossroads-here-are-4-priorities-to-avoid-yet-another-war-245538/" aria-label="Read more about After 55 years of brutal rule under the Assads, Syria is at a crossroads. Here are 4 priorities to avoid yet another war">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
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 A national Newspoll, conducted December 2–6 from a sample of 1,258, had a 50–50 tie, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll in early November. ... <a title="Newspoll returns to a tie after Coalition leads, but Labor has worst result this term in Resolve" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/newspoll-returns-to-a-tie-after-coalition-leads-but-labor-has-worst-result-this-term-in-resolve-245159/" aria-label="Read more about Newspoll returns to a tie after Coalition leads, but Labor has worst result this term in Resolve">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Bar Ness, Research associate, University of Tasmania Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging or intensifying drought and fire as the climate changes. Tasmania has long been home to plants ancient ... <a title="As Australia’s giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we’re racing to preserve their vital genetic data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/as-australias-giant-trees-succumb-to-fire-or-drought-were-racing-to-preserve-their-vital-genetic-data-212539/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we’re racing to preserve their vital genetic data">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Rising homelessness across Australia is overwhelming the capacity of services to offer emergency help. New evidence in the Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024, released today, confirms homelessness has soared well above ... <a title="Homelessness much worse than before COVID leaves agencies battling a perfect storm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/homelessness-much-worse-than-before-covid-leaves-agencies-battling-a-perfect-storm-243148/" aria-label="Read more about Homelessness much worse than before COVID leaves agencies battling a perfect storm">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nichola Tyler, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology Toa55/Shutterstock A recent bushfire in Kadnook, western Victoria, which destroyed at least one property and burned more than 1,000 hectares of land, is being investigated due to suspicion it was deliberately lit. This is not an ... <a title="Up to 40% of bushfires in parts of Australia are deliberately lit. But we’re not doing enough to prevent them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/up-to-40-of-bushfires-in-parts-of-australia-are-deliberately-lit-but-were-not-doing-enough-to-prevent-them-243584/" aria-label="Read more about Up to 40% of bushfires in parts of Australia are deliberately lit. But we’re not doing enough to prevent them">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Waghorn, Lecturer, School of Education, RMIT University Tomertu/ Shutterstock It’s almost the end of the school year. And that means it’s “awards season” for school students. Before the holidays, students, teachers and families will gather for speech days where awards will be handed out for academic ... <a title="Should we give students awards at school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/should-we-give-students-awards-at-school-245358/" aria-label="Read more about Should we give students awards at school?">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Danks, Associate professor in Cinema and Media Studies, RMIT University IMDB Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, released on December 9 1974, is a fascinating composite of both 1970s New Hollywood and the legacy of the women-centred melodrama of the 1930s and ‘40s. It is now mostly ... <a title="Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore at 50: the film that marks a path not taken in Scorsese’s career" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/alice-doesnt-live-here-anymore-at-50-the-film-that-marks-a-path-not-taken-in-scorseses-career-243460/" aria-label="Read more about Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore at 50: the film that marks a path not taken in Scorsese’s career">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Jones, Lecturer in Ecology, Griffith University What can plants or animals do when faced with harsh conditions? Two options for survival seem most obvious: move elsewhere or adapt to their environment. Some organisms have a third option. They can escape not through space but through time, ... <a title="New research reveals a key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or for centuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/new-research-reveals-a-key-evolutionary-benefit-of-sleeping-for-a-season-or-for-centuries-243804/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals a key evolutionary benefit of sleeping for a season – or for centuries">Read more</a>
