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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney pikselstock/Shutterstock Anyone who has drunk alcohol will be familiar with how easily it can lower your social inhibitions and let you do things you wouldn’t normally do. But you may not be aware that mixing ... <a title="Why it’s a bad idea to mix alcohol with some medications" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/why-its-a-bad-idea-to-mix-alcohol-with-some-medications-223293/" aria-label="Read more about Why it’s a bad idea to mix alcohol with some medications">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charlotte Phelps, Senior Teaching Fellow, Medical Program, Bond University Georgy Dzyura/Shutterstock “Why do we shiver when we feel cold?” – Syeda, age 10, from Karachi What a cool question, Syeda! Our bodies like to be nice and warm, usually around 37°C. This allows our internal functions to ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we shiver when we feel cold?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/curious-kids-why-do-we-shiver-when-we-feel-cold-222863/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we shiver when we feel cold?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Lilleyman, Adjunct associate, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock Australia’s First Peoples have a strong and continuing connection to the land. Their determination to maintain this connection provides important opportunities for conservation. Our new research explored this opportunity by examining where Australia’s imperilled birds overlap with the Country ... <a title="First Peoples’ land overlaps with 130 imperilled bird species – and this knowledge may be vital to saving them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/first-peoples-land-overlaps-with-130-imperilled-bird-species-and-this-knowledge-may-be-vital-to-saving-them-222758/" aria-label="Read more about First Peoples’ land overlaps with 130 imperilled bird species – and this knowledge may be vital to saving them">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University mujiri/Shutterstock What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. One of the goals of conservation is to ... <a title="The good news: 25 Australian birds are now at less risk of extinction. The bad news: 29 are gone and 4 more might be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/the-good-news-25-australian-birds-are-now-at-less-risk-of-extinction-the-bad-news-29-are-gone-and-4-more-might-be-222759/" aria-label="Read more about The good news: 25 Australian birds are now at less risk of extinction. The bad news: 29 are gone and 4 more might be">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Portolan, PhD student, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Daniel Boud/Sydney Theatre Company Van Badham’s A Fool in Love at the Sydney Theatre Company lampoons the modern Sydney vibe: a city obsessed with wealth, status and, of course, love. Designer Isabel Hudson’s candy-coloured set, ... <a title="A Fool in Love is delightfully ridiculous and sharp-witted: social satire at its finest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/a-fool-in-love-is-delightfully-ridiculous-and-sharp-witted-social-satire-at-its-finest-221320/" aria-label="Read more about A Fool in Love is delightfully ridiculous and sharp-witted: social satire at its finest">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University Prime Video A good romantic comedy balances two things: expectations and questions. We all have expectations of a rom-com. There’s the obvious one – the central couple will wind up together in the end – but ... <a title="New Aussie rom-com Five Blind Dates could become your next comfort watch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/new-aussie-rom-com-five-blind-dates-could-become-your-next-comfort-watch-222879/" aria-label="Read more about New Aussie rom-com Five Blind Dates could become your next comfort watch">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matevz (Matt) Raskovic, Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy, Auckland University of Technology In 2010, then US secretary of state Hillary Clinton famously described New Zealand as a country that “punches way above its weight”. She was referring to our role in international relations, global security ... <a title="A slide in global corruption rankings is bad for ‘Brand NZ’ – what can the government do?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/a-slide-in-global-corruption-rankings-is-bad-for-brand-nz-what-can-the-government-do-222995/" aria-label="Read more about A slide in global corruption rankings is bad for ‘Brand NZ’ – what can the government do?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Niusha Shafiabady, Associate Professor in Computational Intelligence, Charles Darwin University Michael Dziedzic/Unsplash Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere. Right now, generative AI in particular – tools like Midjourney, ChatGPT, Gemini (previously Bard) and others – is at the peak of hype. But as an academic discipline, AI ... <a title="AI is everywhere – including countless applications you’ve likely never heard of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/ai-is-everywhere-including-countless-applications-youve-likely-never-heard-of-222985/" aria-label="Read more about AI is everywhere – including countless applications you’ve likely never heard of">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah G. Phillips, Non-Resident Fellow at the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, Yemen; Professor of Global Conflict and Development, University of Sydney Yemen’s Houthi militants continue to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea, undeterred by the intensifying Western airstrikes or the group’s re-designation as a “global terrorist” ... <a title="‘America is the mother of terrorism’: why the Houthis’ new slogan is important for understanding the Middle East" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/america-is-the-mother-of-terrorism-why-the-houthis-new-slogan-is-important-for-understanding-the-middle-east-222865/" aria-label="Read more about ‘America is the mother of terrorism’: why the Houthis’ new slogan is important for understanding the Middle East">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Wilkins, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne Australians’ vices, including drinking, smoking and illicit drugs, have been revealed in the latest HILDA survey. The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey ... <a title="HILDA survey at a glance: 7 charts reveal we’re smoking less, taking more drugs and still binge drinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/hilda-survey-at-a-glance-7-charts-reveal-were-smoking-less-taking-more-drugs-and-still-binge-drinking-223004/" aria-label="Read more about HILDA survey at a glance: 7 charts reveal we’re smoking less, taking more drugs and still binge drinking">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephane Bouchoucha, Associate Professor in Nursing and Associate Head of School (International), Deakin University In May 2023 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. For many, this signalled the pandemic was over. But the virus continues to ... <a title="Vaccination, testing, clean air: COVID hasn’t gone away – here’s where Australia needs to do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/vaccination-testing-clean-air-covid-hasnt-gone-away-heres-where-australia-needs-to-do-better-222889/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccination, testing, clean air: COVID hasn’t gone away – here’s where Australia needs to do better">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vinuli Withanarachchie, PhD candidate, College of Health, Massey University As of January this year, Aotearoa New Zealand became just the second country (after Canada) to adopt a groundbreaking new procedure for patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Known as “double sequential external defibrillation” (DSED), it will change initial emergency ... <a title="A new emergency procedure for cardiac arrests aims to save more lives – here’s how it works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/12/a-new-emergency-procedure-for-cardiac-arrests-aims-to-save-more-lives-heres-how-it-works-221979/" aria-label="Read more about A new emergency procedure for cardiac arrests aims to save more lives – here’s how it works">Read more</a>
