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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Culum Brown, Professor, Macquarie University Karen Willshaw/iNaturalist, CC BY-NC A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As it turns out, this cross-species relationship is more complex than anyone expected. Animals of the same ... <a title="Octopuses work together with fish to hunt – and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/octopuses-work-together-with-fish-to-hunt-and-the-way-they-share-decisions-is-surprisingly-complex-239723/" aria-label="Read more about Octopuses work together with fish to hunt – and the way they share decisions is surprisingly complex">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elaine Reese, Professor of Psychology, University of Otago Children’s literacy rates are falling around the globe. In response, a number of governments, including New Zealand’s, are overhauling the way reading is taught in primary school. One key change is a renewed focus on phonics (mapping sounds to ... <a title="Fostering a love of stories in a child’s first years is key to lifelong reading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/fostering-a-love-of-stories-in-a-childs-first-years-is-key-to-lifelong-reading-239495/" aria-label="Read more about Fostering a love of stories in a child’s first years is key to lifelong reading">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Berezowski, Lecturer, Forensic Science, Deakin University Kyle Towns/Shutterstock To avoid being caught, murderers often attempt to hide bodies using various methods. This can include shallow or deep burials, submersion in water, encasing in concrete or even disposing of remains in rubbish bins and suitcases. Finding the ... <a title="Can we find hidden graves of murder victims with soil imaging? New Australian study gives it a try" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/can-we-find-hidden-graves-of-murder-victims-with-soil-imaging-new-australian-study-gives-it-a-try-224274/" aria-label="Read more about Can we find hidden graves of murder victims with soil imaging? New Australian study gives it a try">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Desireé LaGrappe, PhD Candidate & Coordinator, Reducing Gender-based Violence Network | NHMRC and Fulbright grantee, La Trobe University Peopleimages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock From contraception access to safe abortion, there is growing awareness about reproductive health and rights. Around the world, reproductive rights and justice are issues of ... <a title="Reproductive coercion is a form of gender-based violence. It’s likely more common than we realise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/reproductive-coercion-is-a-form-of-gender-based-violence-its-likely-more-common-than-we-realise-239606/" aria-label="Read more about Reproductive coercion is a form of gender-based violence. It’s likely more common than we realise">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Gately, Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock In Australia and most countries, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Because of this, keeping someone in detention before trial comes with serious legal, practical and human-rights consequences, not just for the person accused but also for their family ... <a title="Why do people breach their bail? Our research shows it’s not because they’re committing more crimes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/why-do-people-breach-their-bail-our-research-shows-its-not-because-theyre-committing-more-crimes-239198/" aria-label="Read more about Why do people breach their bail? Our research shows it’s not because they’re committing more crimes">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sungshin (Luna) Bae, PhD student, Gender Equality Policy Special Public Officer at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office in South Korea, Monash University It’s difficult to talk about artificial intelligence without talking about deepfake porn – a harmful AI byproduct that has been used to target everyone from Taylor ... <a title="AI is fuelling a deepfake porn crisis in South Korea. What’s behind it – and how can it be fixed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/ai-is-fuelling-a-deepfake-porn-crisis-in-south-korea-whats-behind-it-and-how-can-it-be-fixed-238217/" aria-label="Read more about AI is fuelling a deepfake porn crisis in South Korea. What’s behind it – and how can it be fixed?">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Anenburg, Research Fellow in Earth Sciences, Australian National University Phawat/Shutterstock Extinct volcanoes are hard to study – we never see them erupt. Using a unique experimental technique, we were able to recreate a certain type of extinct volcano in a lab, learning more about the magma ... <a title="Humanity needs more rare earth elements. Extinct volcanoes could be a rich new source" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/humanity-needs-more-rare-earth-elements-extinct-volcanoes-could-be-a-rich-new-source-239410/" aria-label="Read more about Humanity needs more rare earth elements. Extinct volcanoes could be a rich new source">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Zomer, Associate Research Fellow at the Centre of the Digital Child, Deakin University This article is part of a series on the great internet letdown. Read the rest of the series. Ever found yourself unable to resist checking out a social media notification? Or sending a ... <a title="The design tricks keeping your kids hooked on games and apps – and 3 things you can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/the-design-tricks-keeping-your-kids-hooked-on-games-and-apps-and-3-things-you-can-do-about-it-239493/" aria-label="Read more about The design tricks keeping your kids hooked on games and apps – and 3 things you can do about it">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darryn Snell, Associate professor, School of Management, RMIT University James Jones Jr, Shutterstock Oil and gas wells are dotted off Australia’s shores. They involve huge steel structures fixed firmly to the sea floor, and thousands of kilometres of pipelines. Most of Australia’s offshore oil and gas projects ... <a title="Where do we stash the equivalent of 110 Sydney harbour bridges? That’s the conundrum Australia faces as oil and gas rigs close" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/where-do-we-stash-the-equivalent-of-110-sydney-harbour-bridges-thats-the-conundrum-australia-faces-as-oil-and-gas-rigs-close-235867/" aria-label="Read more about Where do we stash the equivalent of 110 Sydney harbour bridges? That’s the conundrum Australia faces as oil and gas rigs close">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Reeve, Deputy Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute Opposition leader Peter Dutton has revealed the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan relies on many of Australia’s coal-fired power stations running for at least another 12 years – far beyond the time frame officials expect the ageing ... <a title="Dutton’s nuclear plan would mean propping up coal for at least 12 more years – and we don’t know what it would cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/duttons-nuclear-plan-would-mean-propping-up-coal-for-at-least-12-more-years-and-we-dont-know-what-it-would-cost-239720/" aria-label="Read more about Dutton’s nuclear plan would mean propping up coal for at least 12 more years – and we don’t know what it would cost">Read more</a>
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September 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie McEntee, Senior Lecturer, School of Environment, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images The government’s recently announced plan to end New Zealand’s effective ban on the use of gene technologies outside the laboratory has reignited debate about this historically contested topic. While the government aims ... <a title="NZ’s government plans to lift a ban on gene tech outside the lab – here’s what people think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/25/nzs-government-plans-to-lift-a-ban-on-gene-tech-outside-the-lab-heres-what-people-think-239707/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s government plans to lift a ban on gene tech outside the lab – here’s what people think">Read more</a>
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September 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Who’d want to be Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock? On Tuesday she had to do the almost impossible: defend a decision not to cut interest rates at a time when they were being cut in ... <a title="No RBA rate cut yet, but Governor Bullock is about to find the pressure overwhelming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/24/no-rba-rate-cut-yet-but-governor-bullock-is-about-to-find-the-pressure-overwhelming-239603/" aria-label="Read more about No RBA rate cut yet, but Governor Bullock is about to find the pressure overwhelming">Read more</a>
