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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Jefferson, Lecturer in Human Movement Studies (Health and PE) and Creative Arts, Charles Sturt University The Paris Olympics has proudly proclaimed to be the first games in 128 years to offer gender equality. This has been achieved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) providing an equal ... <a title="Is Paris 2024 really achieving its goals for gender equality?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/is-paris-2024-really-achieving-its-goals-for-gender-equality-235665/" aria-label="Read more about Is Paris 2024 really achieving its goals for gender equality?">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Angelakis, PhD Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Adelaide Nathan Angelakis Across the world’s oceans, our knowledge of the seafloor is very limited. Mapping and studying deep, remote offshore areas is difficult, expensive and time-consuming. So much of the ocean has not yet been ... <a title="Sea lions wearing cameras and trackers map new habitats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/sea-lions-wearing-cameras-and-trackers-map-new-habitats-235956/" aria-label="Read more about Sea lions wearing cameras and trackers map new habitats">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Casswell, Professor of public health policy, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Rates of heavy drinking in Aotearoa New Zealand are starting to decline, matching trends seen in Europe. This may reflect greater awareness of the harm caused by alcohol, as well as financial pressures ... <a title="Heavy drinking in NZ is dropping – but not fast enough to stop the brutal legacy of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/heavy-drinking-in-nz-is-dropping-but-not-fast-enough-to-stop-the-brutal-legacy-of-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder-235870/" aria-label="Read more about Heavy drinking in NZ is dropping – but not fast enough to stop the brutal legacy of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea Gardiner, Historian and PhD Scholar, The University of Melbourne State Library of New South Wales Most Australians have heard of Norman Lindsay’s fantastical children’s book The Magic Pudding (1918). Norman was one of ten talented siblings, many of whom became internationally renowned artists and writers during ... <a title="The Lindsays: how 10 siblings from the 19th century shaped Australian art and identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/the-lindsays-how-10-siblings-from-the-19th-century-shaped-australian-art-and-identity-235325/" aria-label="Read more about The Lindsays: how 10 siblings from the 19th century shaped Australian art and identity">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University Tasos Katopodis/Getty The Democrats have discovered a secret sauce in their campaign against Donald Trump and the MAGA mob — suddenly media headlines are splashed with references to “weird”. For example: How Trump and Vance went from a ‘threat to ... <a title="How the US election turned ‘weird’ – and why it’s working for the Democrats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/how-the-us-election-turned-weird-and-why-its-working-for-the-democrats-235874/" aria-label="Read more about How the US election turned ‘weird’ – and why it’s working for the Democrats">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brandon Michael Sideleau, PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University After a 4.9-metre saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) killed a 40-year-old doctor in Far North Queensland this week, the illegal feeding of wild crocodiles has become a point of major concern. The victim was not feeding ... <a title="I’ve researched crocodile attacks for years. Videos of people feeding crocodiles at site of latest attack are deeply concerning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/ive-researched-crocodile-attacks-for-years-videos-of-people-feeding-crocodiles-at-site-of-latest-attack-are-deeply-concerning-236247/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve researched crocodile attacks for years. Videos of people feeding crocodiles at site of latest attack are deeply concerning">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle H Lim, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Sydney Nubelson Fernandes/Pexels One in four Australians report feeling lonely, according to our new report released this week from our research collaboration. The data builds on a large study we conducted last year on social connection. Together, the ... <a title="Financial hardship is the biggest driver of loneliness. Here’s why – and how to tackle it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/financial-hardship-is-the-biggest-driver-of-loneliness-heres-why-and-how-to-tackle-it-236135/" aria-label="Read more about Financial hardship is the biggest driver of loneliness. Here’s why – and how to tackle it">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University On Tuesday morning US time, US Vice President Kamala Harris called Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to ask him to be her running mate in her campaign for the presidency. After telling Harris he ... <a title="By picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris shows she’s running her own race, by her own rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/by-picking-tim-walz-as-her-running-mate-harris-shows-shes-running-her-own-race-by-her-own-rules-236058/" aria-label="Read more about By picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Harris shows she’s running her own race, by her own rules">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniela Ceccarelli, Reef Fish Ecologist, Australian Institute of Marine Science Wood Reef, near Cape York, suffered no bleaching last summer Neal Cantin/AIMS, Author provided It was another difficult summer on the Great Barrier Reef. A serious marine heatwave caused the fifth mass coral bleaching event since 2016. ... <a title="High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleaching? Here’s how both can be true on the Great Barrier Reef" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/high-coral-cover-amid-intense-heatwaves-and-bleaching-heres-how-both-can-be-true-on-the-great-barrier-reef-235510/" aria-label="Read more about High coral cover amid intense heatwaves and bleaching? Here’s how both can be true on the Great Barrier Reef">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University Emily Ranquist/ Pexels , CC BY There are more than 850,000 current and former international students living in Australia. This means there are more international students in Australia than people living in Canberra. While this brings enormous benefits, including A$48 ... <a title="Australia could introduce a cap on international students and protect uni funding. Our formula shows how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/australia-could-introduce-a-cap-on-international-students-and-protect-uni-funding-our-formula-shows-how-236137/" aria-label="Read more about Australia could introduce a cap on international students and protect uni funding. Our formula shows how">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian R. Camilleri, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Technology Sydney Markus Mainka/Shutterstock You’re scrolling through your socials and an app for an online shopping site appears. You click the link but, before you can see any merchandise, a spinning wheel flashes up and invites you to ... <a title="You might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/you-might-get-a-discount-or-free-coffee-but-youre-also-being-played-by-the-multi-billion-dollar-gamification-industry-235859/" aria-label="Read more about You might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Brumm, Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University The arm bone fragment excavated in 2013 at the site Mata Menge. Y. Kaifu We have discovered rare and very old human fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly small adult limb bone. Our finds are reported ... <a title="Tiny fossil arm bone sheds light on evolution of ancient Indonesian ‘hobbits’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/07/tiny-fossil-arm-bone-sheds-light-on-evolution-of-ancient-indonesian-hobbits-236121/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny fossil arm bone sheds light on evolution of ancient Indonesian ‘hobbits’">Read more</a>
