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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penny Olsen, Honorary Professor in Ecology and Evolution, Australian National University Neil Tavener Birds have been known to seek out pungent chemicals for various reasons. Some consume fermented fruits with gusto and suffer the ill effects. Others expose themselves to ants, but only the stinky kind. These ... <a title="High fliers: pleasure-seeking parrots are using aromatic plants, stinky ants and alcohol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/high-fliers-pleasure-seeking-parrots-are-using-aromatic-plants-stinky-ants-and-alcohol-231068/" aria-label="Read more about High fliers: pleasure-seeking parrots are using aromatic plants, stinky ants and alcohol">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Doug Drury, Professor/Head of Aviation, CQUniversity Australia Vaalaa / Shutterstock Late last night, Virgin Australia flight VA 148 set out from Queenstown in New Zealand bound for Melbourne. Not long after takeoff, the right engine of the Boeing 737-800 jet started emitting loud bangs, followed by flames. ... <a title="Bird strike: what happens when a plane collides with a bird?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/bird-strike-what-happens-when-a-plane-collides-with-a-bird-232702/" aria-label="Read more about Bird strike: what happens when a plane collides with a bird?">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has formally expressed its displeasure to the Chinese embassy over Chinese officials trying to impede camera shots of journalist Cheng Lei during Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Canberra this week. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the ABC ... <a title="Albanese government raises ‘concern’ over treatment of journalist Cheng Lei with Chinese embassy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/albanese-government-raises-concern-over-treatment-of-journalist-cheng-lei-with-chinese-embassy-232711/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese government raises ‘concern’ over treatment of journalist Cheng Lei with Chinese embassy">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Williamson, Senior Tutor in English, University of Canterbury Jodie Comer in The End We Start From. Signature Entertainment Writing over 30 years ago, feminist film scholar E. Ann Kaplan famously described mothers in cinema as “an absent presence” – background figures that might facilitate the narrative ... <a title="Mothers have long been absent from dystopian stories. ‘Maternal cli-fi’ is changing the narrative" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/mothers-have-long-been-absent-from-dystopian-stories-maternal-cli-fi-is-changing-the-narrative-232475/" aria-label="Read more about Mothers have long been absent from dystopian stories. ‘Maternal cli-fi’ is changing the narrative">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Ground Picture/Shutterstock Why do you get bubbles (pins and needles) in your legs when you sit on them? – Bonnie, aged four, Melbourne That’s a great question, Bonnie. There are a few reasons we might get a ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do you get pins and needles in your legs when you sit on them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/curious-kids-why-do-you-get-pins-and-needles-in-your-legs-when-you-sit-on-them-231479/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do you get pins and needles in your legs when you sit on them?">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University ABC Ladies in Black, the new six-part ABC series, opens with Magda (Debi Mazar), the head of Goodes luxury department store’s “Model Gowns”. As Magda is striding assuredly down the main street, we hear Peggy ... <a title="ABC’s new series Ladies in Black gives us vintage fashions and feminist anthems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/abcs-new-series-ladies-in-black-gives-us-vintage-fashions-and-feminist-anthems-232249/" aria-label="Read more about ABC’s new series Ladies in Black gives us vintage fashions and feminist anthems">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simone Celine Marshall, Professor of Medieval Literature, University of Otago Getty Images While the proposed revisions of the English curriculum in secondary schools have unnerved and offended some, there is perhaps one silver lining. In a system seemingly intent on pushing students towards scientific and technical subjects, ... <a title="Give Chaucer a chance! Why ‘dead white men’ can still be relevant in NZ’s classrooms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/give-chaucer-a-chance-why-dead-white-men-can-still-be-relevant-in-nzs-classrooms-232376/" aria-label="Read more about Give Chaucer a chance! Why ‘dead white men’ can still be relevant in NZ’s classrooms">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pok Man Leung, Research Fellow in Microbiology, Monash University Carsten Steger / Wikimedia, CC BY Three-quarters of all matter in the universe is made up of hydrogen. The young Earth was also rich in hydrogen, thanks to fierce geological and volcanic activity. Just as stars burn hydrogen ... <a title="Some of Earth’s most ancient lifeforms can live on hydrogen – and we can learn from their chemical powers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/some-of-earths-most-ancient-lifeforms-can-live-on-hydrogen-and-we-can-learn-from-their-chemical-powers-231382/" aria-label="Read more about Some of Earth’s most ancient lifeforms can live on hydrogen – and we can learn from their chemical powers">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney The South Australian government has proposed banning political donations because of the risk and the perception that they buy undue influence and fuel corruption. Premier Peter Malinauskas said the aim was to “give South Australians confidence that ... <a title="South Australia’s plan to ban political donations raises big risks as well as benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/south-australias-plan-to-ban-political-donations-raises-big-risks-as-well-as-benefits-232383/" aria-label="Read more about South Australia’s plan to ban political donations raises big risks as well as benefits">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stella Boyd-Ford, Research Fellow with the Grow&Go Toolbox, The University of Queensland Josep Suria/Shutterstock Gathering as a family for a meal can serve several purposes: from social connection to nutrition. But this can also make eating and mealtimes tricky to manage when someone in the family is ... <a title="Mealtimes can be tough when your child is autistic or has ADHD. Here are 5 tips to try" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/mealtimes-can-be-tough-when-your-child-is-autistic-or-has-adhd-here-are-5-tips-to-try-231061/" aria-label="Read more about Mealtimes can be tough when your child is autistic or has ADHD. Here are 5 tips to try">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asma Aziz, Senior Lecturer in Power Engineering, Edith Cowan University AllUNeed/Shutterstock When you graph electricity demand in power grids with lots of solar panels, it looks a bit like a duck, with high points in the morning and evening (when people are relying on the grid) and ... <a title="Big batteries are solving a longstanding problem with solar power in California. Can they do the same for Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/big-batteries-are-solving-a-longstanding-problem-with-solar-power-in-california-can-they-do-the-same-for-australia-231063/" aria-label="Read more about Big batteries are solving a longstanding problem with solar power in California. Can they do the same for Australia?">Read more</a>
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June 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Park Thaichon, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Southern Queensland Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock What cost-of-living crisis? Millions of Australians are expected to spend A$10.1 billion during the end of financial year (EOFY) sales. Many products, from cars and holiday packages to clothing and white goods will be ... <a title="What you should know before you start chasing bargains at the EOFY sales" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/18/what-you-should-know-before-you-start-chasing-bargains-at-the-eofy-sales-232568/" aria-label="Read more about What you should know before you start chasing bargains at the EOFY sales">Read more</a>
