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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Allen, Co Director Space Technology and Industry Institute, Swinburne University of Technology NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to go to the International Space Station (ISS) on a roughly ten-day mission. Instead, they have been “stuck” there since June, as the reliability of ... <a title="Even with astronauts stuck in space until next year, NASA’s pushing human flights harder than ever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/even-with-astronauts-stuck-in-space-until-next-year-nasas-pushing-human-flights-harder-than-ever-237331/" aria-label="Read more about Even with astronauts stuck in space until next year, NASA’s pushing human flights harder than ever">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University Recent earthquakes near Muswellbrook. Geoscience Australia, CC BY On Friday 23 August, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Muswellbrook, New South Wales, shook the state. The earthquake caused local damage and Geoscience Australia received more than 3,600 felt reports, including from Sydney ... <a title="Could the Muswellbrook earthquakes be caused by coal mining? Geoscientists explain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/could-the-muswellbrook-earthquakes-be-caused-by-coal-mining-geoscientists-explain-237481/" aria-label="Read more about Could the Muswellbrook earthquakes be caused by coal mining? Geoscientists explain">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Is the Albanese government trying to cast Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as Australia’s Donald Trump? And if so, what’s the thinking and why is Treasurer Jim Chalmers in the vanguard of the charge? Delivering the Curtin Oration this week, Chalmers ... <a title="View from The Hill: Jim Chalmers switches to attack dog but the style could bite him later" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/view-from-the-hill-jim-chalmers-switches-to-attack-dog-but-the-style-could-bite-him-later-237559/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Jim Chalmers switches to attack dog but the style could bite him later">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Austin, Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney The selection of Abigail Bradshaw as the new head of Australia’s cyber spy agency, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), sends a strong message. It confirms the government’s increasing intelligence focus on domestic cybersecurity, both to disrupt ... <a title="Australia’s new chief cyber spy inherits a massive $10 billion war chest – and an urgent mission" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/australias-new-chief-cyber-spy-inherits-a-massive-10-billion-war-chest-and-an-urgent-mission-237551/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s new chief cyber spy inherits a massive $10 billion war chest – and an urgent mission">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alannah McKay, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sports Nutrition, Australian Catholic University LittlePigPower/Shutterstock Iron deficiency is common and can be debilitating. It mainly affects women. One in three premenopausal women are low in iron compared to just 5% of Australian men. Iron deficiency particularly affects teenage girls, women who ... <a title="I’m iron deficient. Which supplements will work best for me and how should I take them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/im-iron-deficient-which-supplements-will-work-best-for-me-and-how-should-i-take-them-235315/" aria-label="Read more about I’m iron deficient. Which supplements will work best for me and how should I take them?">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Douglas, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Aviation, UNSW Sydney wisely/Shutterstock When it comes to consumer protections for airline passengers, Australia has long been dragging its feet. The limited protections we do have rely heavily on the general Australian Consumer Law. The “consumer guarantees” provided in this law ... <a title="Even after the government’s aviation crackdown, Australia will lag behind on flyers’ rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/even-after-the-governments-aviation-crackdown-australia-will-lag-behind-on-flyers-rights-237469/" aria-label="Read more about Even after the government’s aviation crackdown, Australia will lag behind on flyers’ rights">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Upama Aich, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Alice Chaos Antidepressants have helped millions of people worldwide since the 1950s. But have you ever wondered what happens to these drugs once they leave our bodies? We wanted to study the effects of ... <a title="Fish on Prozac: chemical residues in wastewater mess with bodies, behaviour and sperm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/fish-on-prozac-chemical-residues-in-wastewater-mess-with-bodies-behaviour-and-sperm-236234/" aria-label="Read more about Fish on Prozac: chemical residues in wastewater mess with bodies, behaviour and sperm">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Douglas, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Aviation, UNSW Sydney wisely/Shutterstock When it comes to consumer protections for airline passengers, Australia has long been dragging its feet. The limited protections we do have rely heavily on the general Australian Consumer Law. The “consumer guarantees” provided in this law ... <a title="Even after the government’s crackdown, Australia will lag behind on flyers’ rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/even-after-the-governments-crackdown-australia-will-lag-behind-on-flyers-rights-237469/" aria-label="Read more about Even after the government’s crackdown, Australia will lag behind on flyers’ rights">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Dong Nhat Huy/Shutterstock This week, outgoing Senex Energy chief executive Ian Davies made headlines when he warned within a few short years, Australia won’t have enough gas to meet our demand, due largely to government inaction and intervention. This is ... <a title="Does Australia face a gas shortage? No – just Victoria, where empty wells meet a lack of planning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/does-australia-face-a-gas-shortage-no-just-victoria-where-empty-wells-meet-a-lack-of-planning-237460/" aria-label="Read more about Does Australia face a gas shortage? No – just Victoria, where empty wells meet a lack of planning">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Doecke, Research Fellow, Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide The spotlight is back on speed limits, as the Western Australian government prepares to host a road safety summit in early September. Ahead of the meeting, at least one expert has called for the WA ... <a title="Should WA and NT drop rural default speed limits to 100kph? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/should-wa-and-nt-drop-rural-default-speed-limits-to-100kph-heres-what-the-evidence-says-237479/" aria-label="Read more about Should WA and NT drop rural default speed limits to 100kph? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Tuckerman, Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Ann in the uk/Shutterstock As winter rolls on in Australia, respiratory viruses are everywhere. One of the main culprits is respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which has caused more than 145,000 infections around the country so far this ... <a title="RSV is linked to asthma in children – but we can’t say one causes the other yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/rsv-is-linked-to-asthma-in-children-but-we-cant-say-one-causes-the-other-yet-233779/" aria-label="Read more about RSV is linked to asthma in children – but we can’t say one causes the other yet">Read more</a>
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August 27, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Jandt, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, University of Otago Jenny Jandt, Author provided What good are wasps? It’s a question we hear all the time. And, let’s face it, wasps are routinely demonised. They interrupt picnics (they love beer and fruit as much as we do). Their ... <a title="Wasps can be pests in NZ – but they have potential to be pest controllers too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/27/wasps-can-be-pests-in-nz-but-they-have-potential-to-be-pest-controllers-too-235877/" aria-label="Read more about Wasps can be pests in NZ – but they have potential to be pest controllers too">Read more</a>
