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April 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Oliver Baumann, Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, Bond University Soundtrap/Unsplash After a long day of work or study, your brain might feel like it has been drained of energy. But does our brain burn more energy when engaging in mental athletics than it does during other activities, ... <a title="How much energy do we expend thinking and using our brain?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/26/how-much-energy-do-we-expend-thinking-and-using-our-brain-197990/" aria-label="Read more about How much energy do we expend thinking and using our brain?">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Walsh, Lecturer in Conservation Science, Monash University A male superb parrot Shutterstock Australia’s woodland birds include colourful parrots, flitting honeyeaters, bright blue fairywrens and the unassuming “little brown birds”. Some, such as willie wagtails, laughing kookaburras and rosellas are found in urban gardens. Others, such as ... <a title="Dozens of woodland bird species are threatened, and we still don’t know what works best to bring them back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/26/dozens-of-woodland-bird-species-are-threatened-and-we-still-dont-know-what-works-best-to-bring-them-back-203332/" aria-label="Read more about Dozens of woodland bird species are threatened, and we still don’t know what works best to bring them back">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Schmidt, Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University Shuttersetock This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team ... <a title="Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt’s big ideas for how Australia funds and uses research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/26/nobel-laureate-brian-schmidts-big-ideas-for-how-australia-funds-and-uses-research-204015/" aria-label="Read more about Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt’s big ideas for how Australia funds and uses research">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Brymer, Chartered Psychologist, Southern Cross University Alone Australia follows individuals having an extreme adventure in wild Tasmania. From one perspective this seems like a foolish thing to do – participants must be crazy or fearless. Why else would anyone choose to be uncomfortable, alone and without ... <a title="What Alone Australia tells us about fear, and why we need it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/26/what-alone-australia-tells-us-about-fear-and-why-we-need-it-203399/" aria-label="Read more about What Alone Australia tells us about fear, and why we need it">Read more</a>
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April 26, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricio Gallardo, Researcher in Transition Engineering, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/snvv18870020330 According to a recent study, coastal shipping produces a fifth of the carbon emissions (well-to-wheel) of road freight. Rail also performed well, with about a quarter of trucking emissions. Despite this, trucking accounts for nearly 80% of ... <a title="A shift to coastal shipping and rail could cut NZ’s freight transport emissions — why aren’t we doing it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/26/a-shift-to-coastal-shipping-and-rail-could-cut-nzs-freight-transport-emissions-why-arent-we-doing-it-204023/" aria-label="Read more about A shift to coastal shipping and rail could cut NZ’s freight transport emissions — why aren’t we doing it?">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury What happened on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey 108 years ago has shocked and shaped Aotearoa New Zealand ever since. The challenge in the 21st century, then, is how best to give contemporary relevance to such an epochal event. The essence of the Anzac story is well known. ... <a title="New lessons about old wars: keeping the complex Anzac Day story relevant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/25/new-lessons-about-old-wars-keeping-the-complex-anzac-day-story-relevant/" aria-label="Read more about New lessons about old wars: keeping the complex Anzac Day story relevant">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2023
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party has been told that France is “panicking” and afraid of losing New Caledonia. The head of the Caledonian Union Daniel Goa briefed the party in Koumac after a week of meetings of a cross-section of New Caledonian politicians with the French government in Paris ... <a title="Decolonisation tensions rise in New Caledonia as Kanaks accuse France of opposing ‘wind of history’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/25/decolonisation-tensions-rise-in-new-caledonia-as-kanaks-accuse-france-of-opposing-wind-of-history/" aria-label="Read more about Decolonisation tensions rise in New Caledonia as Kanaks accuse France of opposing ‘wind of history’">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samar Fatima, Research Fellow Enterprise AI and Data Analytics Hub, RMIT University Deepmind/Unsplash/Artist: Champ Panupong Techawongthawon, CC BY-NC-SA Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming ever more prevalent in our lives. It’s no longer confined to certain industries or research institutions; AI is now for everyone. It’s hard to ... <a title="AI to Z: all the terms you need to know to keep up in the AI hype age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/25/ai-to-z-all-the-terms-you-need-to-know-to-keep-up-in-the-ai-hype-age-203917/" aria-label="Read more about AI to Z: all the terms you need to know to keep up in the AI hype age">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Smeaton, PhD Candidate, Australian Catholic University Members of the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service at work in the sterilising room of a military hospital, 1943. State Library of Victoria Sheila Sibley enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942 with a vision of becoming a wartime nurse ... <a title="Auxiliary power: in wartime, Australian women fought germs, fired shells – and took on gender norms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/25/auxiliary-power-in-wartime-australian-women-fought-germs-fired-shells-and-took-on-gender-norms-203841/" aria-label="Read more about Auxiliary power: in wartime, Australian women fought germs, fired shells – and took on gender norms">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katinka van de Ven, Alcohol and other drug specialist, University of New South Wales &, University of New England Shutterstock Alcohol and other drug treatment in Australia is generally only provided for individuals, often away from their families. Treatment can include withdrawal from the substance, counselling and ... <a title="Treatment for drug and alcohol misuse should involve families and communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/25/treatment-for-drug-and-alcohol-misuse-should-involve-families-and-communities-197536/" aria-label="Read more about Treatment for drug and alcohol misuse should involve families and communities">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt McDonald, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland It was pitched as the “most significant” shift in Australia’s armed forces in decades. And among the headline announcements, climate change was recognised as an issue of national security. But the strategic review of Australia’s military ... <a title="Climate isn’t a distraction from the military’s job of war fighting. It’s front and centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/25/climate-isnt-a-distraction-from-the-militarys-job-of-war-fighting-its-front-and-centre-204362/" aria-label="Read more about Climate isn’t a distraction from the military’s job of war fighting. It’s front and centre">Read more</a>
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April 25, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peyman Khezr, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Director of Behavioural Business Lab, RMIT University Shutterstock Buying a home is likely to be the biggest financial transaction you will ever make, and you’re at a distinct disadvantage. You’re an amateur up against professionals – real estate agents – ... <a title="3 sales tactics rife in the real estate industry, and why they work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/25/3-sales-tactics-rife-in-the-real-estate-industry-and-why-they-work-202960/" aria-label="Read more about 3 sales tactics rife in the real estate industry, and why they work">Read more</a>
