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September 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Tomkins, Geologist, Monash University Artist’s impression. Oliver Hull The rings of Saturn are some of the most famous and spectacular objects in the Solar System. Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published last week in Earth & Planetary Science Letters, my colleagues ... <a title="Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring – like Saturn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/hidden-craters-reveal-earth-may-once-have-had-a-ring-like-saturn-239068/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring – like Saturn">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Japan has had high-speed rail since 1964. Blanscape/Shutterstock Australia has debated and studied high-speed rail for four decades. The High Speed Rail Authority has begun work on a project that could finally deliver some high-speed rail in the 2030s. ... <a title="High-speed rail plans may finally end Australia’s 40-year wait to get on board" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/high-speed-rail-plans-may-finally-end-australias-40-year-wait-to-get-on-board-238232/" aria-label="Read more about High-speed rail plans may finally end Australia’s 40-year wait to get on board">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priscila Besen, Lecturer in Sustainable Architecture, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images New Zealad’s current electricity supply crisis requires immediate solutions. But we argue the government’s emphasis on importing natural gas and construction of centralised solar farms is a missed opportunity. The case against gas has been ... <a title="More rooftop solar in cities would help solve NZ’s energy crisis – and build disaster resilience" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/more-rooftop-solar-in-cities-would-help-solve-nzs-energy-crisis-and-build-disaster-resilience-238193/" aria-label="Read more about More rooftop solar in cities would help solve NZ’s energy crisis – and build disaster resilience">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen King, Professor of Economics, Monash University The new wave of artificial intelligence – so-called AI – is bringing with it promises as well as threats. By assisting workers, it can raise productivity and boost real wages. By making use of large, underutilised data, it can improve ... <a title="The best way to regulate AI might be not to specifically regulate AI. This is why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/the-best-way-to-regulate-ai-might-be-not-to-specifically-regulate-ai-this-is-why-238788/" aria-label="Read more about The best way to regulate AI might be not to specifically regulate AI. This is why">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication (Pop Culture Studies), Australian National University Where do clowns come from? In popular culture, they may come from alien worlds, such as Killer Klowns from Outer Space, peer out from drains like Pennywise from Stephen King’s It, or emerge from ... <a title="What is a trained clown and what does the training look like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/16/what-is-a-trained-clown-and-what-does-the-training-look-like-237123/" aria-label="Read more about What is a trained clown and what does the training look like?">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Blaxland, Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Three years have passed since the United States, Australia and United Kingdom announced on September 15 2021 that they would enter into a security partnership called AUKUS. A major part of the deal involved the US ... <a title="Australia can’t afford an AUKUS about-face: 5 things the critics are getting wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/15/australia-cant-afford-an-aukus-about-face-5-things-the-critics-are-getting-wrong-238219/" aria-label="Read more about Australia can’t afford an AUKUS about-face: 5 things the critics are getting wrong">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Australia is no stranger to extreme weather. From heatwaves and droughts to flooding rains, hailstorms or fire weather, our continent experiences it all. To help Australians prepare for these hazards, the Bureau of Meteorology regularly briefs ... <a title="Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/get-set-for-more-extreme-weather-across-australia-this-spring-and-summer-238985/" aria-label="Read more about Get set for more extreme weather across Australia this spring and summer">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University As the US Presidential debate wrapped up on Wednesday, commentators and journalists regrouped and drew breath. But then, enter Taylor Swift. The pop superstar posted her endorsement of the Kamala Harris and Tim ... <a title="Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/are-you-ready-for-it-what-a-taylor-swift-endorsement-means-for-kamala-harris-238981/" aria-label="Read more about Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracy Comans, Executive Director, National Ageing Research Institute; Professor, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland pikselstock/Shutterstock The Albanese government has this week announced it will introduce one of the largest reforms to Australia’s aged-care sector to date. The package includes a A$4.3 billion investment in ... <a title="What the government’s home care changes mean for ageing Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/what-the-governments-home-care-changes-mean-for-ageing-australians-238890/" aria-label="Read more about What the government’s home care changes mean for ageing Australians">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Associate Professor – Physics, RMIT University Two astronauts have carried out the first-ever commercial spacewalk, using new less-bulky spacesuits designed by SpaceX. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman (who also funded the mission) and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis together spent almost half an hour outside their spacecraft ... <a title="A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/a-billionaire-and-an-engineer-have-completed-the-first-private-spacewalk-but-this-isnt-just-a-vanity-project-238980/" aria-label="Read more about A billionaire and an engineer have completed the first private spacewalk. But this isn’t just a vanity project">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nusrat Homaira, Senior Lecturer, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Sydney Kwon Junho/Unsplash We may think of air pollution as an outdoor problem, made up of car exhaust and smog. But if the air inside our homes is polluted, this can also affect our health. In Australia, around ... <a title="Your gas stove might be making your asthma worse. Here’s what you can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/your-gas-stove-might-be-making-your-asthma-worse-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it-238787/" aria-label="Read more about Your gas stove might be making your asthma worse. Here’s what you can do about it">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, 2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University Shutterstock This piece is part of a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the rest of the series here. When the Australian newspaper celebrated its 60th anniversary ... <a title="The death of printed newspapers has long been predicted – but there are still some pleasing signs of life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/13/the-death-of-printed-newspapers-has-long-been-predicted-but-there-are-still-some-pleasing-signs-of-life-237986/" aria-label="Read more about The death of printed newspapers has long been predicted – but there are still some pleasing signs of life">Read more</a>
