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July 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annie Grace Kraehe, PhD candidate, Australian National University Take 2 Photography, Author provided Greater stick-nest rats (or “stickies” as they are affectionately named) are one of Australia’s most adorable small native mammals. These guinea-pig sized rodents build large communal nests which can be a metre high and ... <a title="The greater stick-nest rat almost went extinct. Now it’s found an unlikely ally: one of Australia’s worst weeds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/the-greater-stick-nest-rat-almost-went-extinct-now-its-found-an-unlikely-ally-one-of-australias-worst-weeds-234681/" aria-label="Read more about The greater stick-nest rat almost went extinct. Now it’s found an unlikely ally: one of Australia’s worst weeds">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Legg, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Deakin University Edijs K/Shutterstock The human eye registers three colours of light: red, green and blue. But pigeons (and many other animal species) can also see a fourth colour, ultraviolet. The “four-dimensional” colour space pigeons see may contain millions more colours ... <a title="Your world is different from a pigeon’s – but a new theory explains how we can still live in the same reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/your-world-is-different-from-a-pigeons-but-a-new-theory-explains-how-we-can-still-live-in-the-same-reality-232479/" aria-label="Read more about Your world is different from a pigeon’s – but a new theory explains how we can still live in the same reality">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Fordham, Associate Professor of Global Change Ecology, Adelaide University Paul Martinson / Te Papa, CC BY-NC-ND New Zealand was once home to giant flightless birds called moa. They had grown accustomed to life without predators. So the arrival of humans in the mid-13th century presented a ... <a title="Ghosts of species past: shedding new light on the demise of NZ’s moa can help other flightless birds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/ghosts-of-species-past-shedding-new-light-on-the-demise-of-nzs-moa-can-help-other-flightless-birds-228362/" aria-label="Read more about Ghosts of species past: shedding new light on the demise of NZ’s moa can help other flightless birds">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Ibrahim, Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University Nuttapong punna/Shutterstock Elder abuse is an emerging public health and safety issue for communities of high-income countries. The most recent data from Australia’s National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study, which surveyed ... <a title="Older people’s risk of abuse is rising. Can an ad campaign protect them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/older-peoples-risk-of-abuse-is-rising-can-an-ad-campaign-protect-them-235303/" aria-label="Read more about Older people’s risk of abuse is rising. Can an ad campaign protect them?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn MacCallum, Associate Professor of Digital Education Futures, University of Canterbury The government recently announced ambitions to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in New Zealand’s classrooms. But as the technology rapidly changes, it is not clear how this would work or what it will mean ... <a title="AI tutors could be coming to the classroom – but who taught the tutor, and should you trust them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/ai-tutors-could-be-coming-to-the-classroom-but-who-taught-the-tutor-and-should-you-trust-them-234660/" aria-label="Read more about AI tutors could be coming to the classroom – but who taught the tutor, and should you trust them?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Treena Clark, Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney Mongolia’s uniform from Michel&Amazonka. Fashion is many things. It is practical, it is communicative, it is commercial, and it is competitive. Looking towards the fashion of Paris 2024, some countries have ... <a title="Sustainability, cultural significance, and high fashion: the top five uniforms to look out for at the 2024 Paris Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/25/sustainability-cultural-significance-and-high-fashion-the-top-five-uniforms-to-look-out-for-at-the-2024-paris-olympics-229269/" aria-label="Read more about Sustainability, cultural significance, and high fashion: the top five uniforms to look out for at the 2024 Paris Olympics">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
By Brooke Tindall, Queensland University of Technology With more than 50 Fijian villages earmarked for potential relocation in the next five to 10 years due to the climate crisis, Fijian journalists are committing themselves to amplifying the voices of those who face the challenges of climate change in their everyday lives. Vunidogoloa village on the ... <a title="Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/not-up-for-debate-fijian-journalists-in-the-climate-crisis-response/" aria-label="Read more about Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney ANZ is being investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) amid serious allegations the bank manipulated markets when it facilitated a A$14 billion sale of government bonds in April last year. ASIC has now publicly stated it ... <a title="ANZ is embroiled in allegations it manipulated government bond sales – what exactly does that mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/anz-is-embroiled-in-allegations-it-manipulated-government-bond-sales-what-exactly-does-that-mean-234486/" aria-label="Read more about ANZ is embroiled in allegations it manipulated government bond sales – what exactly does that mean?">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Troon, Research Assistant and Sessional Teaching Associate, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University For decades, the “disaster” film genre has been critically overlooked yet perennially popular. These movies, which usually depict some kind of global catastrophe, deal with a number of social and ecological ... <a title="The twist in Twisters: for a film that doesn’t mention climate change, the latest disaster flick is both nuanced and effective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/the-twist-in-twisters-for-a-film-that-doesnt-mention-climate-change-the-latest-disaster-flick-is-both-nuanced-and-effective-235408/" aria-label="Read more about The twist in Twisters: for a film that doesn’t mention climate change, the latest disaster flick is both nuanced and effective">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Julie Falk/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Cranberry juice has been used medicinally for centuries. Our new research indicates it should be a normal aspect of urinary tract infection (UTI) management today. While some benefits of cranberry compounds for the ... <a title="Cranberry juice really can help with UTIs – and reduce reliance on antibiotics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/cranberry-juice-really-can-help-with-utis-and-reduce-reliance-on-antibiotics-235314/" aria-label="Read more about Cranberry juice really can help with UTIs – and reduce reliance on antibiotics">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Grantham, Lecturer in communication, Griffith University The Conversation, Tiktok,Dan Breckwoldt/Shutterstock The Liberal National Party Queensland (LNP) has recently taken a bold step in its political strategy by employing artificial intelligence (AI) to shape public perception of the current premier, Steven Miles. This move has not only ... <a title="When it comes to political advertising, is AI ever OK?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/when-it-comes-to-political-advertising-is-ai-ever-ok-235323/" aria-label="Read more about When it comes to political advertising, is AI ever OK?">Read more</a>
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July 24, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Iryna Skubii, Mykola Zerov Fellow in Ukrainian Studies, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne Russia’s war in Ukraine has caused immense suffering to the civilian population. Tens of thousands are believed to have been killed, though an exact figure is impossible to know. ... <a title="Russia’s war in Ukraine has been devastating for animals – but they’ve also given the nation reason for hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/24/russias-war-in-ukraine-has-been-devastating-for-animals-but-theyve-also-given-the-nation-reason-for-hope-231929/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s war in Ukraine has been devastating for animals – but they’ve also given the nation reason for hope">Read more</a>
