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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University For weeks, Israel had been anticipating a major attack from Hezbollah in retaliation for its killing of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Lebanon at the end of July. In the early hours of Sunday, ... <a title="Can Israel and Hezbollah both claim success after weekend strikes? And what could happen next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/can-israel-and-hezbollah-both-claim-success-after-weekend-strikes-and-what-could-happen-next-237463/" aria-label="Read more about Can Israel and Hezbollah both claim success after weekend strikes? And what could happen next?">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Almost 35 years have passed since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its first assessment report. It found human activities were substantially increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other gases ion the atmosphere, which was ... <a title="Researchers analysed 1,500 climate policies to find what works. These are the lessons for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/researchers-analysed-1-500-climate-policies-to-find-what-works-these-are-the-lessons-for-australia-237307/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers analysed 1,500 climate policies to find what works. These are the lessons for Australia">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Canfell, Adjunct professor, cancer epidemiology, University of Sydney Zephyr Media/Shutterstock Cervical screening in Australia has changed over the past seven years. The test has changed, and women (and people with a cervix) now have much more choice and control. Here’s why – and what you can ... <a title="I’m due for a cervical cancer screening. What can I expect? Can I do it myself? And what happened to Pap smears?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/im-due-for-a-cervical-cancer-screening-what-can-i-expect-can-i-do-it-myself-and-what-happened-to-pap-smears-229495/" aria-label="Read more about I’m due for a cervical cancer screening. What can I expect? Can I do it myself? And what happened to Pap smears?">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vivian Gerrand, Research Fellow in the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies, Deakin University A suite of recent troubling events have once again shone a spotlight on extremist violence, especially the kind involving online radicalisation of young people. Austrian authorities recently cancelled three Taylor Swift Eras tour ... <a title="The internet makes it too easy to ‘fall down a rabbit hole of hate’. So, what works to curb online extremism?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/the-internet-makes-it-too-easy-to-fall-down-a-rabbit-hole-of-hate-so-what-works-to-curb-online-extremism-236503/" aria-label="Read more about The internet makes it too easy to ‘fall down a rabbit hole of hate’. So, what works to curb online extremism?">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Wood, Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution, University of Adelaide Amy Martin, CC BY-SA Most fungi need only wind or water to disperse their spores. But some, including truffles, need a little help from animals. Usually, truffles and truffle-like fungi (which don’t belong to the truffle ... <a title="Colourful fruit-like fungi and forests ‘haunted by species loss’ – how we resolved a 30-year evolutionary mystery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/colourful-fruit-like-fungi-and-forests-haunted-by-species-loss-how-we-resolved-a-30-year-evolutionary-mystery-236425/" aria-label="Read more about Colourful fruit-like fungi and forests ‘haunted by species loss’ – how we resolved a 30-year evolutionary mystery">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Nicholls, Lecturer in Music Education, University of Southern Queensland furtseff/Shutterstock OK, tell me if you’ve heard this one: what did the percussionist say when they landed their first job? “Would you like fries with that?” It’s just a joke, right? Unfortunately for many aspiring percussionists even ... <a title="‘She’s just hitting a triangle?’ Why being a percussionist is harder – and more crucial – than you may think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/shes-just-hitting-a-triangle-why-being-a-percussionist-is-harder-and-more-crucial-than-you-may-think-237040/" aria-label="Read more about ‘She’s just hitting a triangle?’ Why being a percussionist is harder – and more crucial – than you may think">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susanne Lloyd-Jones, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre Post Doctoral Fellow, UNSW Sydney PsiQuantum Last week, quantum computers were added to Australia’s Defence and Strategic Goods List of controlled items facing export restrictions. That’s because quantum technologies – which may soon provide huge advances in computing, communication and ... <a title="Quantum tech is a high-stakes gamble. Here’s how Australia can find a way forward" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/quantum-tech-is-a-high-stakes-gamble-heres-how-australia-can-find-a-way-forward-237361/" aria-label="Read more about Quantum tech is a high-stakes gamble. Here’s how Australia can find a way forward">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nils Birkholz, Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Microbiology, University of Otago As the globe faces a rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria – making traditional antibiotics ineffective – specific viruses could offer a solution. Viruses called bacteriophages, or phages, target bacteria but can’t infect humans or other higher organisms. Phages ... <a title="Viruses can work where antibiotics don’t – new research tells us more about how they fight bacteria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/viruses-can-work-where-antibiotics-dont-new-research-tells-us-more-about-how-they-fight-bacteria-236498/" aria-label="Read more about Viruses can work where antibiotics don’t – new research tells us more about how they fight bacteria">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Levinson, Professor of Transport, University of Sydney David Levinson Public transport ridership has taken a beating in many Australian cities since the onset of COVID. With more people still working from home – typically office workers who had been concentrated in central business districts – passenger ... <a title="50 cents, 0 cents, 1 question: how much can fare cuts boost public transport use?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/50-cents-0-cents-1-question-how-much-can-fare-cuts-boost-public-transport-use-236574/" aria-label="Read more about 50 cents, 0 cents, 1 question: how much can fare cuts boost public transport use?">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock It’s winter in Australia, but as you’ve probably noticed, the weather is unusually warm. The top temperatures over large parts of the country this weekend were well above average for this time of year. The ... <a title="40°C in August? A climate expert explains why Australia is ridiculously hot right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/40-c-in-august-a-climate-expert-explains-why-australia-is-ridiculously-hot-right-now-237398/" aria-label="Read more about 40°C in August? A climate expert explains why Australia is ridiculously hot right now">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emmanuel Josserand, Professor of Management, EMLV, Paris and Adjunct Fellow, University of Technology Sydney EgorTetiushev/Shuttersrtock From today, Monday August 26, many employees in Australia get a new right, called the right to disconnect from work. This entails the right to refuse to read or respond to work-related ... <a title="Australians now have the right to disconnect – but how workplaces react will be crucial" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/australians-now-have-the-right-to-disconnect-but-how-workplaces-react-will-be-crucial-237023/" aria-label="Read more about Australians now have the right to disconnect – but how workplaces react will be crucial">Read more</a>
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August 26, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An “aviation industry ombuds scheme” and improved assistance for passengers with a disability will be among measures the federal government will announce on Monday to force airlines to address the extensive public discontent with their services. A new aviation customer ... <a title="Airline ‘customer rights charter’ to specify when cash refunds required" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/26/airline-customer-rights-charter-to-specify-when-cash-refunds-required-237447/" aria-label="Read more about Airline ‘customer rights charter’ to specify when cash refunds required">Read more</a>
