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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Associate Professor, Mental Health and Addiction, Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University X owner Elon Musk recently described using small amounts of ketamine “once every other week” to manage the “chemical tides” that cause his depression. He says it’s helpful to get out of ... <a title="Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/elon-musk-says-ketamine-can-get-you-out-of-a-negative-frame-of-mind-what-does-the-research-say-226223/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Hortle, Research Fellow, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania The billboards are fading in the harsh sun. Antony Green is doing his vocal warm-up exercises. The 2024 Tasmanian election campaign is almost done and it’s now over to the voters. The five-week campaign has been largely ... <a title="From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has been a promise avalanche" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/from-power-prices-to-chocolate-fountains-the-tasmanian-election-campaign-has-been-a-promise-avalanche-225783/" aria-label="Read more about From power prices to chocolate fountains, the Tasmanian election campaign has been a promise avalanche">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chloe Lucas, Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Every day, more children discover they are living in a climate crisis. This makes many children feel sad, anxious, angry, powerless, confused and frightened about ... <a title="‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/how-long-before-climate-change-will-destroy-the-earth-research-reveals-what-australian-kids-want-to-know-about-our-warming-world-226122/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research reveals what Australian kids want to know about our warming world">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Wardlaw, Research Associate, University of Tasmania Nicolas Rakotopare Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests are globally significant. They accumulate carbon faster than any other natural forest ecosystem in the world. But climate change is making it harder for these forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store ... <a title="Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests will be wiped out by heatwaves unless we step in to help them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/tasmanias-tall-eucalypt-forests-will-be-wiped-out-by-heatwaves-unless-we-step-in-to-help-them-224335/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests will be wiped out by heatwaves unless we step in to help them">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bunce, Honarary Professor in Environmental Genomics, University of Otago Getty Images/Julia Crim New Zealand’s rivers are not in a good shape. The Ministry for the Environment’s latest freshwater report shows an estimated 45% of total river length is no longer suitable for swimming and 48% is ... <a title="We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/we-need-faster-better-ways-to-monitor-nzs-declining-river-health-using-environmental-dna-can-help-225564/" aria-label="Read more about We need faster, better ways to monitor NZ’s declining river health – using environmental DNA can help">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuan-Sen Ting, Associate Professor, Astrophysics, Australian National University Intouchable / Openverse How stable are planetary systems? Will Earth and its seven siblings always continue in their steady celestial paths, or might we one day be randomly ejected from our cosmic home? Physicists understand the rules that govern ... <a title="Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/planet-cannibalism-is-common-says-cosmic-twin-study-225990/" aria-label="Read more about Planet cannibalism is common, says cosmic ‘twin study’">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kimberley Baxter, Research Fellow, Centre for Childhood Nutrition Research, Queensland University of Technology Nicoleta Ionescu/Shutterstock Feeding babies and toddlers can be challenging at the best of times. But when families can’t afford enough food, let alone the recommended range of different coloured vegetables, or iron-rich meats, it’s ... <a title="Feeding young kids on a budget? Parents say the mental load is crushing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/feeding-young-kids-on-a-budget-parents-say-the-mental-load-is-crushing-225350/" aria-label="Read more about Feeding young kids on a budget? Parents say the mental load is crushing">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra Jacob Lund/Shutterstock The Australian government wants to make sure its contracts – worth almost A$75 billion annually – don’t just deliver taxpayers value for money, but also promote gender equity. Under proposed procurement policy changes announced earlier this ... <a title="Companies vying for government contracts could soon have to meet gender targets. Will we finally see real progress?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/companies-vying-for-government-contracts-could-soon-have-to-meet-gender-targets-will-we-finally-see-real-progress-226018/" aria-label="Read more about Companies vying for government contracts could soon have to meet gender targets. Will we finally see real progress?">Read more</a>
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March 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology Jada Narkle photographed by T.J. Garvie. Between COVID, increasing production and transport costs, and changing audience tastes, the country’s largest arts festivals have had to rebadge themselves. Festivals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth have all undergone major ... <a title="Adelaide Festival 2024: a moving marriage of local and international works – with Indigenous voices front and centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/21/adelaide-festival-2024-a-moving-marriage-of-local-and-international-works-with-indigenous-voices-front-and-centre-226004/" aria-label="Read more about Adelaide Festival 2024: a moving marriage of local and international works – with Indigenous voices front and centre">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Perkiss, Associate professor in accounting, University of Wollongong Australians enjoy chocolate, consuming on average the equivalent of 32 kilograms a year, but there is growing interest in its origins and how it’s made. They want to know their product is sustainably made by companies that only ... <a title="Each Easter we spend about $62 a head on chocolates, but the cost of buying unsustainable products can be far greater" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/each-easter-we-spend-about-62-a-head-on-chocolates-but-the-cost-of-buying-unsustainable-products-can-be-far-greater-225784/" aria-label="Read more about Each Easter we spend about $62 a head on chocolates, but the cost of buying unsustainable products can be far greater">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Imaged Provided by Lesley Seebeck The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill to force TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, to either sell TikTok to a non-Chinese company or face a ban in the US. While the measure won’t come ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Cyber expert Lesley Seebeck on TikTok’s future in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/politics-with-michelle-grattan-cyber-expert-lesley-seebeck-on-tiktoks-future-in-australia-226222/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Cyber expert Lesley Seebeck on TikTok’s future in Australia">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muhammad Rizwan Azhar, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University The main cost of an electric vehicle (EV) is its battery. The high cost of energy-dense batteries has meant EVs have long been more expensive than their fossil fuel equivalents. But this could change faster than we thought. The world’s ... <a title="A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/20/a-battery-price-war-is-kicking-off-that-could-soon-make-electric-cars-cheaper-heres-how-225165/" aria-label="Read more about A battery price war is kicking off that could soon make electric cars cheaper. Here’s how">Read more</a>
