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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Korasidis, Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience, The University of Melbourne Digging for fossils in Wyoming. Rich Barclay I’m a palaeontologist. That means I study fossils and learn about the ancient history of life on Earth. People ask me lots of questions about being a palaeontologist. What do ... <a title="How can I become a palaeontologist? 5 tips from a professional fossil hunter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/how-can-i-become-a-palaeontologist-5-tips-from-a-professional-fossil-hunter-235418/" aria-label="Read more about How can I become a palaeontologist? 5 tips from a professional fossil hunter">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Ian Jones, Senior Lecturer, School of Art and Design, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW Sydney The original David Jones store on George St, Sydney, photographed here in 1902. Vic Solomons Photograph Collection/City of Sydney Archives David Jones is donating its archive to Sydney’s Powerhouse ... <a title="Powerhouse Museum acquires David Jones’ archive, brimming with forgotten stories of Australia’s past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/powerhouse-museum-acquires-david-jones-archive-brimming-with-forgotten-stories-of-australias-past-234373/" aria-label="Read more about Powerhouse Museum acquires David Jones’ archive, brimming with forgotten stories of Australia’s past">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Forget a 10-month genocide in Gaza. Only when Israel can exploit the deaths of Syrians living under its military occupation are we supposed to start worrying about the ‘consequences’, writes Jonathan Cook.ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook BBC coverage of the attack on a football pitch in the Golan Heights last Saturday has been intentionally misleading. The ... <a title="More dead children. More BBC ‘news’ channelling Israeli propaganda as its own" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/more-dead-children-more-bbc-news-channelling-israeli-propaganda-as-its-own/" aria-label="Read more about More dead children. More BBC ‘news’ channelling Israeli propaganda as its own">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine M. FitzGerald, PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology On July 13, less than an hour after the attempted assassination on US presidential candidate Donald Trump, Elon Musk posted the following to his more than 190 million followers on X (formerly Twitter): A few days later it ... <a title="How Elon Musk allowed X to become a stalwart platform for Trump supporters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/how-elon-musk-allowed-x-to-become-a-stalwart-platform-for-trump-supporters-235516/" aria-label="Read more about How Elon Musk allowed X to become a stalwart platform for Trump supporters">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ausma Bernot, Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University, Griffith University The Apple Vision Pro is the newest tool for Australians to access three-dimensional, immersive online environments, also known as the metaverse. Released in Australia earlier this month, it allows users to take a (virtual) walk in ... <a title="What are ‘metacrimes’ – and how can we stop them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/what-are-metacrimes-and-how-can-we-stop-them-235589/" aria-label="Read more about What are ‘metacrimes’ – and how can we stop them?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine J. Frieman, Associate Professor in European Archaeology, Australian National University Mark Lodwick / British Museum, CC BY-SA We have no written evidence about how people lived in Europe during the Bronze Age (2300–800 BCE), so archaeologists piece together their world from the artefacts and materials they ... <a title="What did Bronze Age people do with all that bronze? New research revives old arguments about the nature of money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/what-did-bronze-age-people-do-with-all-that-bronze-new-research-revives-old-arguments-about-the-nature-of-money-235413/" aria-label="Read more about What did Bronze Age people do with all that bronze? New research revives old arguments about the nature of money">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bartholomew Stanford, Lecturer in Political Science/Indigenous Politics (First Peoples), Griffith University Linda Burney, Minister for Indigenous Australians, announced her retirement from politics last week, and Labor has quickly appointed Northern Territory Senator Malarndirri McCarthy to take over the portfolio. McCarthy comes into the position at a difficult ... <a title="Malarndirri McCarthy is the new Indigenous Affairs minister. She faces an extremely difficult task" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/malarndirri-mccarthy-is-the-new-indigenous-affairs-minister-she-faces-an-extremely-difficult-task-235654/" aria-label="Read more about Malarndirri McCarthy is the new Indigenous Affairs minister. She faces an extremely difficult task">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ibrahim Javed, Enterprise and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences, University of South Australia Melinda Nagy/Shutterstock A recent study has suggested Shingrix, a relatively new vaccine given to protect older adults against shingles, may delay the onset of dementia. This might seem like a ... <a title="Could the shingles vaccine lower your risk of dementia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/could-the-shingles-vaccine-lower-your-risk-of-dementia-235597/" aria-label="Read more about Could the shingles vaccine lower your risk of dementia?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Paul Streit, Research Fellow in Just Ocean Governance, The University of Melbourne Climate change has killed billions of corals and fundamentally changed coral reefs. The response, especially in Australia, has been to fix the symptoms, not address the cause – climate change for which humans are ... <a title="Coral restoration is a speculative, feel-good science that won’t save our reefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/coral-restoration-is-a-speculative-feel-good-science-that-wont-save-our-reefs-235657/" aria-label="Read more about Coral restoration is a speculative, feel-good science that won’t save our reefs">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Sievert, Research Fellow in Food Systems, Deakin University Australia was once the world’s largest exporter of live animals. But exports have declined in recent years. In May, the federal government announced live export of sheep by sea would end on May 1 2028, in response to ... <a title="Our beef with ‘Big Meat’: the power perpetuating Australia’s live export trade is at play elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/our-beef-with-big-meat-the-power-perpetuating-australias-live-export-trade-is-at-play-elsewhere-235655/" aria-label="Read more about Our beef with ‘Big Meat’: the power perpetuating Australia’s live export trade is at play elsewhere">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Evans, Lecturer Teacher Education, Physical Education, Sport and Movement., La Trobe University Ziggy Mars/Shutterstock Apart from literacy and numeracy, some of the most important skills children learn in their primary school years are throwing and catching. These are considered “fundamental movement skills” because they underpin other, ... <a title="Even if they aren’t sporty, all kids need to throw and catch. How can you help if your child is struggling?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/even-if-they-arent-sporty-all-kids-need-to-throw-and-catch-how-can-you-help-if-your-child-is-struggling-234274/" aria-label="Read more about Even if they aren’t sporty, all kids need to throw and catch. How can you help if your child is struggling?">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John L. Hopkins, Associate professor, Swinburne University of Technology Next month, changes to the Australian Fair Work Act will give workers the formal right to disconnect from all work communication outside their usual work hours. The main driver for introducing “right to disconnect” laws has been to ... <a title="The right to disconnect is coming to Australia. What does this mean for you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/the-right-to-disconnect-is-coming-to-australia-what-does-this-mean-for-you-231690/" aria-label="Read more about The right to disconnect is coming to Australia. What does this mean for you?">Read more</a>
