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November 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Symons, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University Anna Sabramowicz/Unsplash, CC BY Australia’s latest State of the Climate Report offers grim reading. As if recent floods weren’t bad enough, the report warns of worsening fire seasons, more drought years and, when rain comes, more ... <a title="Stripping carbon from the atmosphere might be needed to avoid dangerous warming – but it remains a deeply uncertain prospect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/25/stripping-carbon-from-the-atmosphere-might-be-needed-to-avoid-dangerous-warming-but-it-remains-a-deeply-uncertain-prospect-195097/" aria-label="Read more about Stripping carbon from the atmosphere might be needed to avoid dangerous warming – but it remains a deeply uncertain prospect">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Finnerty, Postdoctoral Research Associate – Wildlife Ecology, University of Sydney Jo-Anne McArthur/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Over the past three years, Australians have been bombarded by natural disasters as record-breaking fires and monster floods hit communities hard. Disasters don’t just affect humans. Wildlife, too, is often harmed. Think ... <a title="It’s natural to want to feed wildlife after disasters. But it may not help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/25/its-natural-to-want-to-feed-wildlife-after-disasters-but-it-may-not-help-193863/" aria-label="Read more about It’s natural to want to feed wildlife after disasters. But it may not help">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England Makus Spiske/Unsplash, CC BY-NC On Wednesday, federal parliament passed Labor’s bill to reduce childcare fees for many Australian families. More affordable childcare for families is great, but it will not solve all the issues in the ... <a title="How a Canadian program that helps educators ‘thrive’ not just ‘survive’ could help address Australia’s childcare staff shortage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/25/how-a-canadian-program-that-helps-educators-thrive-not-just-survive-could-help-address-australias-childcare-staff-shortage-193954/" aria-label="Read more about How a Canadian program that helps educators ‘thrive’ not just ‘survive’ could help address Australia’s childcare staff shortage">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Macau, Associate Dean – School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University From the food replicator in Star Trek to Dumbledore summoning food in Hogwarts’ banquet hall, we love the idea of instant food on demand. This week, Australian supermarket giant Coles appealed to that love ... <a title="Groceries delivered in 60 minutes: it’s on the cards but just not yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/25/groceries-delivered-in-60-minutes-its-on-the-cards-but-just-not-yet-195284/" aria-label="Read more about Groceries delivered in 60 minutes: it’s on the cards but just not yet">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tessa Dwyer, Lecturer in Film and Screen Studies, Monash University Fremantle Many were shocked by the announcement last Friday that Australian soap opera Neighbours would return to screens in 2023, courtesy of a new deal between production house Fremantle Australia and multinational digital streamer Amazon. Significantly, this ... <a title="Amazon’s resuscitation of Neighbours: can Aussie TV become good friends with streaming?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/25/amazons-resuscitation-of-neighbours-can-aussie-tv-become-good-friends-with-streaming-195101/" aria-label="Read more about Amazon’s resuscitation of Neighbours: can Aussie TV become good friends with streaming?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra He wouldn’t relish the comparison, but at the start of the Albanese government Senate crossbencher David Pocock finds himself with the sort of pivotal power independent Brian Harradine enjoyed during the early Howard years. Harradine, together with another crossbencher, enabled ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: David Pocock has only just arrived in the Senate and now he’s negotiating with the PM" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/grattan-on-friday-david-pocock-has-only-just-arrived-in-the-senate-and-now-hes-negotiating-with-the-pm-195295/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: David Pocock has only just arrived in the Senate and now he’s negotiating with the PM">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sathana Dushyanthen, Academic Specialist & Lecturer in Cancer Sciences & Digital Health, The University of Melbourne Guido Hoffman/Unsplash You’ve been exposed to COVID and are starting to get symptoms. But after a couple of days of testing with rapid antigen tests (RATs), your tests remain negative. Mass ... <a title="My RATs are negative but I still think I might have COVID. Should I get a PCR test?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/my-rats-are-negative-but-i-still-think-i-might-have-covid-should-i-get-a-pcr-test-194527/" aria-label="Read more about My RATs are negative but I still think I might have COVID. Should I get a PCR test?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James O’Donnell, Lecturer, Australian National University Back in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, social cohesion in Australia remarkably increased, reflecting the ability of our communities to unite and pull through disaster. But Australia’s social cohesion has begun to decline in 2022 amid a range ... <a title="Inflation, COVID, inequality: new report shows Australia’s social cohesion is at crossroads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/inflation-covid-inequality-new-report-shows-australias-social-cohesion-is-at-crossroads-195198/" aria-label="Read more about Inflation, COVID, inequality: new report shows Australia’s social cohesion is at crossroads">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mamo, John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences, Director, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University Chris Hemsworth, famous for his role as the god Thor in Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, has announced he will be taking a break from acting after being told he has ... <a title="Chris Hemsworth’s Alzheimer’s gene doesn’t guarantee he’ll develop dementia. Here’s what we can all do to reduce our risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/chris-hemsworths-alzheimers-gene-doesnt-guarantee-hell-develop-dementia-heres-what-we-can-all-do-to-reduce-our-risk-195094/" aria-label="Read more about Chris Hemsworth’s Alzheimer’s gene doesn’t guarantee he’ll develop dementia. Here’s what we can all do to reduce our risk">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first of the above charts shows excess seasonal deaths in the United Kingdom as winter approaches. While the huge mortality peaks of the pandemic in Britain are long past, we do see significant excess mortality in the United Kingdom since April. And October 2022 excess mortality rates are higher than ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths: Some Countries to Note" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-excess-deaths-some-countries-to-note/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Excess Deaths: Some Countries to Note">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney Carla Zampatti middriff top and pants, 1971 Photograph: Warwick Lawson The late Carla Zampatti is celebrated in a splendid retrospective Zampatti Powerhouse at the Powerhouse Museum. Planned well before the fashion designer’s untimely death last ... <a title="Clothes women wanted to wear: a new exhibition explores how Carla Zampatti saw her designs as a tracker of feminism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/clothes-women-wanted-to-wear-a-new-exhibition-explores-how-carla-zampatti-saw-her-designs-as-a-tracker-of-feminism-194040/" aria-label="Read more about Clothes women wanted to wear: a new exhibition explores how Carla Zampatti saw her designs as a tracker of feminism">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock In a rare piece of good news from Meta, artificial intelligence researchers at the company have just announced a scientific breakthrough. Their AI program named Cicero can now play the board game Diplomacy at ... <a title="An AI named Cicero can beat humans in Diplomacy, a complex alliance-building game. Here’s why that’s a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/24/an-ai-named-cicero-can-beat-humans-in-diplomacy-a-complex-alliance-building-game-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal-195208/" aria-label="Read more about An AI named Cicero can beat humans in Diplomacy, a complex alliance-building game. Here’s why that’s a big deal">Read more</a>
