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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nalini Joshi, Professor of Mathematics, University of Sydney Tavrius / Shutterstock Imagine the tap of a card that bought you a cup of coffee this morning also let a hacker halfway across the world access your bank account and buy themselves whatever they liked. Now imagine it ... <a title="Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/mind-bending-maths-could-stop-quantum-hackers-but-few-understand-it-228191/" aria-label="Read more about Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brigid McCarthy, Lecturer in Journalism, La Trobe University Sports media misogyny was alive and well this month. In just the few short weeks it took for star United States basketball players Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to shoot their way from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ... <a title="Women’s sport is soaring, and old-school male sports journalists need to lift their game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/womens-sport-is-soaring-and-old-school-male-sports-journalists-need-to-lift-their-game-228404/" aria-label="Read more about Women’s sport is soaring, and old-school male sports journalists need to lift their game">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacob Crouse, Research Fellow in Youth Mental Health, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock The core experiences of depression – changes in energy, activity, thinking and mood – have been described for more than 10,000 years. The word “depression” has been used for about 350 ... <a title="We looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people. What we found may surprise you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/we-looked-at-genetic-clues-to-depression-in-more-than-14-000-people-what-we-found-may-surprise-you-227779/" aria-label="Read more about We looked at genetic clues to depression in more than 14,000 people. What we found may surprise you">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wilson, PhD Candidate in Quantum Technology & Innovation Governance, Institue for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney EdBelkin/Shutterstock A landmark legal settlement has once again focused our attention on the dangers of “forever chemicals”. This class of chemicals, technically known as per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ... <a title="Chemicals, forever: how do you fix a problem like PFAS?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/chemicals-forever-how-do-you-fix-a-problem-like-pfas-227771/" aria-label="Read more about Chemicals, forever: how do you fix a problem like PFAS?">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Davies, Professor and Head of School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia Australians are having fewer babies, so many fewer that without international migration our population would be on track to decline in just over a decade. In most circumstances, the number of babies ... <a title="Australians are having fewer babies and our local-born population is about to shrink: here’s why it’s not that scary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/australians-are-having-fewer-babies-and-our-local-born-population-is-about-to-shrink-heres-why-its-not-that-scary-228273/" aria-label="Read more about Australians are having fewer babies and our local-born population is about to shrink: here’s why it’s not that scary">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Oscar, Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney /imagine a photograph of a Thai woman, pregnant in a green and white dress with luggage at an airport departure terminal in Bangkok in 1974 with her eyes closed thinking about what happens next ... <a title="I had no photos of my mother’s pregnancy and migration, so I found a way for AI to help fill in the gaps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/i-had-no-photos-of-my-mothers-pregnancy-and-migration-so-i-found-a-way-for-ai-to-help-fill-in-the-gaps-225559/" aria-label="Read more about I had no photos of my mother’s pregnancy and migration, so I found a way for AI to help fill in the gaps">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Tackling violence against women will be the sole agenda item for a national cabinet meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has convened for Wednesday. The meeting, held remotely, follows thousands of Australians attending rallies across the country, as community anger surges ... <a title="National cabinet to meet on violence against women, with Albanese saying everyone ‘must do better’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/29/national-cabinet-to-meet-on-violence-against-women-with-albanese-saying-everyone-must-do-better-228873/" aria-label="Read more about National cabinet to meet on violence against women, with Albanese saying everyone ‘must do better’">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University It has been a particularly distressing start to the year. There is little that can ease the current grief of individuals, families and communities who have needlessly lost a loved one to men’s violence in recent weeks. A ... <a title="We’re all feeling the collective grief and trauma of violence against women – but this is the progress we have made so far" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/were-all-feeling-the-collective-grief-and-trauma-of-violence-against-women-but-this-is-the-progress-we-have-made-so-far-228781/" aria-label="Read more about We’re all feeling the collective grief and trauma of violence against women – but this is the progress we have made so far">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne Lichen, the first described example of symbiosis. AdeJ Artventure/Shutterstock Once known only to those studying biology, the word symbiosis is now widely used. Symbiosis is the intimate relationship of different species living ... <a title="Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/species-living-closely-together-in-symbiosis-is-far-older-and-way-more-common-than-you-might-think-227217/" aria-label="Read more about Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Hemsley, Head, Childhood Dementia Research Group, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University Olena Ivanova/Shutterstock “Childhood” and “dementia” are two words we wish we didn’t have to use together. But sadly, around 1,400 Australian children and young people live ... <a title="What is childhood dementia? And how could new research help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/what-is-childhood-dementia-and-how-could-new-research-help-228508/" aria-label="Read more about What is childhood dementia? And how could new research help?">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The government’s Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has just published its second report. It was set up by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth in 2022 to provide: non-binding advice on boosting economic ... <a title="Jobseekers get about $345 less than pensioners each fortnight. This gap is hurting, and is set to widen without change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/jobseekers-get-about-345-less-than-pensioners-each-fortnight-this-gap-is-hurting-and-is-set-to-widen-without-change-228401/" aria-label="Read more about Jobseekers get about $345 less than pensioners each fortnight. This gap is hurting, and is set to widen without change">Read more</a>
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April 26, 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 The Queensland state election will be held in October. A YouGov poll for The Courier Mail, conducted April 9–17 from a sample of 1,092 people, gave the ... <a title="Labor facing heavy defeat in Queensland, but faring better in federal polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/26/labor-facing-heavy-defeat-in-queensland-but-faring-better-in-federal-polls-228395/" aria-label="Read more about Labor facing heavy defeat in Queensland, but faring better in federal polls">Read more</a>
