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January 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carla Archibald, Research Fellow, Conservation Science, Deakin University ABC Eating rabbit, camel, carp, feral cat, deer and cane toad might sound extreme to some, but it’s gaining attention as a solution to tackle the growing impact of invasive species. Now, Tony Armstrong hosts the ABC series Eat ... <a title="Cane toads on the barbie? How eating invasive species might help manage them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/07/cane-toads-on-the-barbie-how-eating-invasive-species-might-help-manage-them-246042/" aria-label="Read more about Cane toads on the barbie? How eating invasive species might help manage them">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University The Oxford English Dictionary defines a gaffe as a “blunder, an instance of clumsy stupidity, a ‘faux pas’.” It evokes a sense of triviality rather than high seriousness. If one’s clumsiness results ... <a title="‘I don’t hold the hose, mate’: Australia’s political history is full of gaffes. Here are some of best (or worst)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/07/i-dont-hold-the-hose-mate-australias-political-history-is-full-of-gaffes-here-are-some-of-best-or-worst-241919/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I don’t hold the hose, mate’: Australia’s political history is full of gaffes. Here are some of best (or worst)">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsie Boulton, Senior Research Fellow in Child Neurodevelopment, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney Fabio Principe/Shutterstock Neurodevelopmental conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism affect about one in ten children. These conditions impact development, behaviour and wellbeing. But children with these conditions and ... <a title="Can apps and digital resources support your child with autism or ADHD? Here’s what to look for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/07/can-apps-and-digital-resources-support-your-child-with-autism-or-adhd-heres-what-to-look-for-241468/" aria-label="Read more about Can apps and digital resources support your child with autism or ADHD? Here’s what to look for">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By April Reside, Lecturer in Conservation, The University of Queensland An endangered golden-shouldered parrot Imogen Warren/Shutterstock Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 species are currently threatened with the same fate. Their populations have fallen 2-3% every year ... <a title="Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start here" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/07/fully-recovering-australias-threatened-species-would-cost-25-of-gdp-we-cant-do-it-all-at-once-so-lets-start-here-245669/" aria-label="Read more about Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start here">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report With the door now shut on 2024, many will heave a sigh of relief and hope for better things this year. Decolonisation issues involving the future of Kanaky New Caledonia and West Papua – and also in the Middle East with controversial United Nations votes by ... <a title="Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/five-pacific-region-geopolitical-betrayals-in-2024/" aria-label="Read more about Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
SPECIAL REPORT: By Paul Gregoire United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government interim president Benny Wenda has warned that since Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto took office in October, he has been proven right in having remarked, after the politician’s last February election, that his coming marks the return of “the ghost of Suharto” ... <a title="‘Ghost of Suharto’ marks Prabowo’s new phase in West Papua occupation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/ghost-of-suharto-marks-prabowos-new-phase-in-west-papua-occupation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Ghost of Suharto’ marks Prabowo’s new phase in West Papua occupation">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Newton, Professor of Exercise Medicine, Edith Cowan University ZR10/Shutterstock Exercise training while wearing a weighted vest is undergoing somewhat of a renaissance. Social media posts and trainers are promoting them as a potential strategy for improving fitness and health. Exercising with additional weight attached to the ... <a title="Should I get a weighted vest to boost my fitness? And how heavy should it be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/should-i-get-a-weighted-vest-to-boost-my-fitness-and-how-heavy-should-it-be-243462/" aria-label="Read more about Should I get a weighted vest to boost my fitness? And how heavy should it be?">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Eldridge, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, Swinburne University of Technology kamitana/Shutterstock It’s summertime, and for many of us that means plenty of time outside – and, unfortunately, mosquitoes. The combination of the increase in temperature and plenty of water is ideal for these blood-sucking insects to make ... <a title="How do mosquito repellents work? A chemistry expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/how-do-mosquito-repellents-work-a-chemistry-expert-explains-244403/" aria-label="Read more about How do mosquito repellents work? A chemistry expert explains">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Risk & Resilience, UNSW Sydney Marian Weyo/Shutterstock If someone bumps into us on the footpath or in the mall, we’re generally quite forgiving. We instinctively apologise or step aside, and usually don’t scream at, stalk, or attack the other person. But ... <a title="Even calm people can fly into a rage behind the wheel. Here’s how to curb your road rage – before it’s too late" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/even-calm-people-can-fly-into-a-rage-behind-the-wheel-heres-how-to-curb-your-road-rage-before-its-too-late-244402/" aria-label="Read more about Even calm people can fly into a rage behind the wheel. Here’s how to curb your road rage – before it’s too late">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Albert Van Dijk, Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University EPA/MIGUEL ANGEL POLO Last year, Earth experienced its hottest year on record − for the fourth year in a row. Rising temperatures are changing the way water moves around our ... <a title="Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/relentless-warming-is-driving-the-water-cycle-to-new-extremes-the-2024-global-water-report-shows-246131/" aria-label="Read more about Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rupert Sutherland, Professor of tectonics and geophysics, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/NOAA, CC BY-SA Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into geographical zones is ancient. Sovereignty and influence ... <a title="Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/continental-drift-why-the-need-for-critical-minerals-might-change-the-way-we-define-earths-zones-229498/" aria-label="Read more about Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nisa Salim, Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology Dasha Petrenko/Shutterstock The Bureau of Meteorology has warned Australia is facing one of the hottest summers on record. As the weather warms, many of us reach for light-coloured clothes in natural fabrics, such as ... <a title="Do natural fabrics really keep us cooler in summer? Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/06/do-natural-fabrics-really-keep-us-cooler-in-summer-heres-the-science-240909/" aria-label="Read more about Do natural fabrics really keep us cooler in summer? Here’s the science">Read more</a>
