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July 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University Nara Smith/Instagram If you’re on TikTok, you’ve probably come across Nara Smith. The 22-year-old model and influencer has been showered in viral fame since she started posting on the platform in late 2022. At the time ... <a title="TikTokers are entranced by Nara Smith’s tradwife aesthetic and ‘domestic bliss’. But confusing it for reality could be harmful" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/tiktokers-are-entranced-by-nara-smiths-tradwife-aesthetic-and-domestic-bliss-but-confusing-it-for-reality-could-be-harmful-235017/" aria-label="Read more about TikTokers are entranced by Nara Smith’s tradwife aesthetic and ‘domestic bliss’. But confusing it for reality could be harmful">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2024
The fifth report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women that took place in the Marshall Islands last week. SPECIAL REPORT: By Netani Rika in Majuro On a hastily-erected wall in the Marshall Islands International Conference Centre hang the names of dead women, victims of gender-based violence (GBV). At ... <a title="A Wall of Shame – but do Pacific Islanders even notice gender deaths?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/30/a-wall-of-shame-but-do-pacific-islanders-even-notice-gender-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about A Wall of Shame – but do Pacific Islanders even notice gender deaths?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Professor and Director Academic Excellence, Macquarie University Pavel Kosolapov/Shutterstock Last week, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration added intravenous (IV) fluids to the growing list of medicines in short supply. The shortage is due to higher-than-expected demand and manufacturing issues. Two particular IV fluids are affected: ... <a title="Hospitals worldwide are short of saline. We can’t just switch to other IV fluids – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/hospitals-worldwide-are-short-of-saline-we-cant-just-switch-to-other-iv-fluids-heres-why-235584/" aria-label="Read more about Hospitals worldwide are short of saline. We can’t just switch to other IV fluids – here’s why">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist The Fijiana women’s sevens rugby team have lost both pool matches at the Paris Olympics today and look set to miss the quarterfinals in the process. Bronze medallists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Fijians lost 17-14 to Canada in their first pool game. China then handed ... <a title="Paris Olympics: Fijiana sevens on thin ice after losing two games" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/paris-olympics-fijiana-sevens-on-thin-ice-after-losing-two-games/" aria-label="Read more about Paris Olympics: Fijiana sevens on thin ice after losing two games">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Nabong, PhD Researcher in Civil Engineering, University of Sydney Last week, a strong typhoon left a trail of destruction across the Philippines, Taiwan and China. Super Typhoon Gaemi began as a tropical storm but intensified rapidly, leaving at least 65 people dead and triggering environmental fears ... <a title="Manila is reeling after a super typhoon. We must prepare fast-growing megacities for worsening disasters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/manila-is-reeling-after-a-super-typhoon-we-must-prepare-fast-growing-megacities-for-worsening-disasters-235598/" aria-label="Read more about Manila is reeling after a super typhoon. We must prepare fast-growing megacities for worsening disasters">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Blair, Teaching Fellow in Music, University of Otago Getty Images The announcement on The Chills’ social media last night that Martin Phillipps had died hit me in the chest: shock, sadness, my stomach in flutters. Martin was a friend, and his death has deeply saddened me. ... <a title="Martin Phillipps, 1963–2024: Dunedin loses a musical son, ‘rain taps the window pane’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/martin-phillipps-1963-2024-dunedin-loses-a-musical-son-rain-taps-the-window-pane-235647/" aria-label="Read more about Martin Phillipps, 1963–2024: Dunedin loses a musical son, ‘rain taps the window pane’">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Haskell-Dowland, Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University Maximumm/Shutterstock Our insatiable demand for digital content and services has been driving a rise in energy-hungry data centres. The International Energy Agency reports global data centre electricity consumption could double in a few short years, reaching 1,000 ... <a title="Data centres are guzzling up too much electricity. Can we make them more efficient?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/data-centres-are-guzzling-up-too-much-electricity-can-we-make-them-more-efficient-235591/" aria-label="Read more about Data centres are guzzling up too much electricity. Can we make them more efficient?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The United States election will be held on November 5. It’s been a week since President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential contest and endorsed his vice ... <a title="Trump marginally ahead of Harris in US national polls, but Harris improves from Biden’s polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/trump-marginally-ahead-of-harris-in-us-national-polls-but-harris-improves-from-bidens-polls-235632/" aria-label="Read more about Trump marginally ahead of Harris in US national polls, but Harris improves from Biden’s polls">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Flowers, Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University In the past week, old comments by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance about people without children have resurfaced, offending huge swathes of the American public. In a 2021 interview, Vance ... <a title="George Washington didn’t have biological children. So, why is the criticism of Kamala Harris touching such a nerve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/george-washington-didnt-have-biological-children-so-why-is-the-criticism-of-kamala-harris-touching-such-a-nerve-235590/" aria-label="Read more about George Washington didn’t have biological children. So, why is the criticism of Kamala Harris touching such a nerve?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Olga Olechka/Shutterstock Transport emissions have grown in line with the population and economy. Without intervention, the Australian government expects transport to be the largest emissions source by 2030. So, cutting transport emissions is ... <a title="We compared land transport options for getting to net zero. Hands down, electric rail is the best" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/we-compared-land-transport-options-for-getting-to-net-zero-hands-down-electric-rail-is-the-best-234092/" aria-label="Read more about We compared land transport options for getting to net zero. Hands down, electric rail is the best">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua McLeod, Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University The Olympics has been the world’s premier sporting event for more than a century. Throughout this time, the Olympic Movement has faced many challenges, but what is often overlooked is how it has continually needed to evolve since the ... <a title="Can the Olympics attract Gen Z eyeballs while preserving its traditions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/can-the-olympics-attract-gen-z-eyeballs-while-preserving-its-traditions-228008/" aria-label="Read more about Can the Olympics attract Gen Z eyeballs while preserving its traditions?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Kirby, PhD Candidate in History, University of the Sunshine Coast Rocio Monzon Photography/Shutterstock Sport plays an important role in the conception of Australian national identity. With the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games currently in swing and Queensland preparing to host the games in 2032, international ... <a title="School sports houses help shape our understanding of belonging and identity. Does who they’re named after matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/29/school-sports-houses-help-shape-our-understanding-of-belonging-and-identity-does-who-theyre-named-after-matter-234164/" aria-label="Read more about School sports houses help shape our understanding of belonging and identity. Does who they’re named after matter?">Read more</a>
