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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Buiten, Senior Lecturer in Social Justice and Sociology, University of Notre Dame Australia Rick Egan/AP/The Salt Lake Tribune As the number of mass shootings in the United States this year continues to grow, so too have family murder-suicides. It is only February, and already at least ... <a title="Why do men who kill their families still receive sympathetic news coverage?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/why-do-men-who-kill-their-families-still-receive-sympathetic-news-coverage-198066/" aria-label="Read more about Why do men who kill their families still receive sympathetic news coverage?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
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 Mick Tsikas/AAP On February 9, Liberal Alan Tudge announced he would resign from politics, setting up a byelection in his Victorian seat of Aston. A date for ... <a title="Liberals likely to win Aston byelection; Voice support increases in Essential poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/liberals-likely-to-win-aston-byelection-voice-support-increases-in-essential-poll-199395/" aria-label="Read more about Liberals likely to win Aston byelection; Voice support increases in Essential poll">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland Getty Images Another extreme weather event has highlighted the weak points in New Zealand’s critical infrastructure. As Cyclone Gabrielle ripped across the North Island, nearly 225,000 people lost power. The cause is relatively obvious: many houses and ... <a title="Massive outages caused by Cyclone Gabrielle strengthen the case for burying power lines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/massive-outages-caused-by-cyclone-gabrielle-strengthen-the-case-for-burying-power-lines-199949/" aria-label="Read more about Massive outages caused by Cyclone Gabrielle strengthen the case for burying power lines">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
RNZ News The extent of devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is still unfolding with vast areas of the North Island flooded, at least 2500 evacuated and Wairoa cut off by phone and road. Power is now mostly back on in the northern Hawke’s Bay town but its 8000 residents have no ... <a title="Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after bank collapses on home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/cyclone-gabrielle-wairoa-cut-off-amid-nz-devastation-woman-dies-after-bank-collapses-on-home/" aria-label="Read more about Cyclone Gabrielle: Wairoa cut off amid NZ devastation, woman dies after bank collapses on home">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Webb, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Why do we think there is a possible planet X? – Courtney, Year 5, Victoria Hi Courtney, what a great question! Our Solar System is a pretty busy place. There are millions ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we think there is a possible Planet X?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/curious-kids-why-do-we-think-there-is-a-possible-planet-x-195016/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we think there is a possible Planet X?">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dara Conduit, ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne Ghaith Alsayed/AP While international teams poured into Turkey to mount a furious search and rescue effort following the massive earthquake on February 6, the response on the other side of the border in Syria was catastrophically slow. For ... <a title="As Syrians were trapped beneath the rubble, a broken UN system was held hostage by the Assad regime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/as-syrians-were-trapped-beneath-the-rubble-a-broken-un-system-was-held-hostage-by-the-assad-regime-199778/" aria-label="Read more about As Syrians were trapped beneath the rubble, a broken UN system was held hostage by the Assad regime">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Opdyke, Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Engineering, University of Sydney The death toll from the Turkey and Syria earthquakes has continued to climb, with more than 37,000 lives lost. This staggering number is likely to grow even higher over coming days as the rubble is cleared. The ... <a title="Secondary crises after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes are now the greatest threat to life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/secondary-crises-after-the-turkey-syria-earthquakes-are-now-the-greatest-threat-to-life-199682/" aria-label="Read more about Secondary crises after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes are now the greatest threat to life">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Westrupp, Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University Annie Spratt/Unsplash Emotions are core to our human experience, but seeing “negative” emotions in our children – anger, fear, jealousy, envy, sadness, resentment – can make us uncomfortable. Strong emotions in our kids may trigger our own emotional reactions, ... <a title="How to get your kids to talk about their feelings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/how-to-get-your-kids-to-talk-about-their-feelings-194336/" aria-label="Read more about How to get your kids to talk about their feelings">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ravi Naidu, Laureate Professor, University of Newcastle Shutterstock They stop your food from sticking to the pan. They prevent stains in clothes and carpets. They help firefighting foam to extinguish fires. But the very thing that makes “forever chemicals” so useful also makes them dangerous. Forever chemicals ... <a title="‘Forever chemicals’ have made their way to farms. For now, levels in your food are low – but there’s no time to waste" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/forever-chemicals-have-made-their-way-to-farms-for-now-levels-in-your-food-are-low-but-theres-no-time-to-waste-192402/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Forever chemicals’ have made their way to farms. For now, levels in your food are low – but there’s no time to waste">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kari Dahlgren, Research Fellow Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University Shutterstock Soaring energy costs are a major factor in Australia’s cost-of-living crisis. The conventional wisdom is people will reduce their energy use in response to rising prices – and this may be the case for the most ... <a title="Future home havens: Australians likely to use more energy to stay in and save money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/future-home-havens-australians-likely-to-use-more-energy-to-stay-in-and-save-money-199672/" aria-label="Read more about Future home havens: Australians likely to use more energy to stay in and save money">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leslie Loble, Industry Professor & Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellow, University of Technology Sydney Jonathan Kemper/Unsplash ChatGPT and its powerful capacity to generate original text has taken the education sector by surprise. Not only are universities hurrying to adapt to it, schools are also grappling with this new ... <a title="The rise of ChatGPT shows why we need a clearer approach to technology in schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/the-rise-of-chatgpt-shows-why-we-need-a-clearer-approach-to-technology-in-schools-199596/" aria-label="Read more about The rise of ChatGPT shows why we need a clearer approach to technology in schools">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders University A man hangs, precariously, high above the street, holding onto the girder of an unfinished skyscraper. Around his ankles, a second man holds on for dear life. This is no scene of drama, but hilarity. The second man has pulled ... <a title="Cartoon detectives: how Australia’s most famous cartoon was lost and found – twice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/15/cartoon-detectives-how-australias-most-famous-cartoon-was-lost-and-found-twice-194450/" aria-label="Read more about Cartoon detectives: how Australia’s most famous cartoon was lost and found – twice">Read more</a>
