CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Bennett, Professor of Music, Australian National University Richard P J Lambert/flickr, CC BY The future belongs to the analogue loyalists. Fuck digital. As a tsunami of CDs, DAT tapes and samplers swept the recording industry in the late 1980s, Big Black frontman and alternative music agent ... <a title="Technically accomplished, sonically subversive and fiercely independent, I’ll remember Steve Albini for his rare humility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/technically-accomplished-sonically-subversive-and-fiercely-independent-ill-remember-steve-albini-for-his-rare-humility-229708/" aria-label="Read more about Technically accomplished, sonically subversive and fiercely independent, I’ll remember Steve Albini for his rare humility">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Strong, Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University This week American rapper Macklemore released a new track, Hind’s Hall, which has gained a lot of attention because of its explicitly political nature. The track is unapologetically pro-Palestine. It declares the artist’s solidarity with student protesters occupying campuses ... <a title="Hind’s Hall is Macklemore’s bold new pro-Palestine anthem. What might it actually achieve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/hinds-hall-is-macklemores-bold-new-pro-palestine-anthem-what-might-it-actually-achieve-229702/" aria-label="Read more about Hind’s Hall is Macklemore’s bold new pro-Palestine anthem. What might it actually achieve?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danica Jenkins, Lecturer in European Studies, University of Sydney On a freezing spring night in March, Georgia’s national soccer team beat Greece in a nail-biter penalty shootout to qualify for the Euro 2024 championships. The atmosphere on the streets of the capital Tbilisi was electric – it ... <a title="‘We do not want to be like Russia’: a first-hand account of Georgia’s fight for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/we-do-not-want-to-be-like-russia-a-first-hand-account-of-georgias-fight-for-democracy-229491/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We do not want to be like Russia’: a first-hand account of Georgia’s fight for democracy">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam G. Arian, Lecturer (Accounting & Finance), Australian Catholic University Loic Manegarium/Pexels Imagine every ton of carbon dioxide a company emits is slowly inflating its costs — not just in terms of potential fines or fees but in the capital it needs to grow and operate. This ... <a title="Our research shows higher carbon emissions increase costs for Australian businesses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/our-research-shows-higher-carbon-emissions-increase-costs-for-australian-businesses-229133/" aria-label="Read more about Our research shows higher carbon emissions increase costs for Australian businesses">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Somwrita Sarkar, Senior Lecturer in Design and Computation, University of Sydney The “latte line” is the infamous, invisible boundary that divides Sydney between the more affluent north-east and the south-west. Historically, people north of the line enjoy better access to jobs and education, and can capitalise on ... <a title="Our cities are widening the divide between the well-off and the rest. How can we turn this damaging trend around?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/our-cities-are-widening-the-divide-between-the-well-off-and-the-rest-how-can-we-turn-this-damaging-trend-around-222386/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities are widening the divide between the well-off and the rest. How can we turn this damaging trend around?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dowdy, Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne Nomad_Soul/Shutterstock In media articles about unprecedented flooding, you’ll often come across the statement that for every 1°C of warming, the atmosphere can hold about 7% more moisture. This figure comes from research undertaken by the ... <a title="Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/supercharged-thunderstorms-have-we-underestimated-how-climate-change-drives-extreme-rain-and-floods-228896/" aria-label="Read more about Supercharged thunderstorms: have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
RNZ Pacific Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has been sentenced to one year in prison, Fiji media are reporting. Bainimarama, alongside suspended Fiji Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho appeared in the High Court in Suva today for their sentencing hearing for a case involving their roles in blocking a police investigation at the University of ... <a title="Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama jailed over block of USP probe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/former-fiji-pm-voreqe-bainimarama-jailed-over-block-of-usp-probe/" aria-label="Read more about Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama jailed over block of USP probe">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Symons, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University Michael Schiffer / Unsplash Life has transformed our world over billions of years, turning a dead rock into the lush, fertile planet we know today. But human activity is currently transforming Earth again, this time by releasing greenhouse ... <a title="Should we fight climate change by re-engineering life itself?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/should-we-fight-climate-change-by-re-engineering-life-itself-227995/" aria-label="Read more about Should we fight climate change by re-engineering life itself?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Baker, Associate Professor in Human Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images As local and regional councils struggle with inadequate infrastructure and unsustainable costs, New Zealand will be hearing a lot more about the potential solution offered by so-called “city deals”. These deals are ... <a title="‘City deals’ are coming to NZ – let’s make sure they’re not ‘city back-room deals’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/city-deals-are-coming-to-nz-lets-make-sure-theyre-not-city-back-room-deals-228599/" aria-label="Read more about ‘City deals’ are coming to NZ – let’s make sure they’re not ‘city back-room deals’">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Professor of Public Health Policy, Deakin University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock In recent years, there’s been increasing hype about the potential health risks associated with so-called “ultra-processed” foods. But new evidence published this week found not all “ultra-processed” foods are linked to poor health. That includes the ... <a title="Not all ultra-processed foods are bad for your health, whatever you might have heard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/not-all-ultra-processed-foods-are-bad-for-your-health-whatever-you-might-have-heard-229493/" aria-label="Read more about Not all ultra-processed foods are bad for your health, whatever you might have heard">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By T.J. Thomson, Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University T.J. Thomson We upload some 3 billion images online each day. We make most of these photos on smartphones and use these devices to document everything from gym progress and our loved ones to a ... <a title="Photos are everywhere. What makes a good one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/photos-are-everywhere-what-makes-a-good-one-229011/" aria-label="Read more about Photos are everywhere. What makes a good one?">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Weijers, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Co-editor International Journal of Wellbeing, University of Waikato Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images It’s been seven years since the launch of Replika, an artificially intelligent chatbot designed to be a friend to human users. Despite early warnings about the dangers of ... <a title="AI companions can relieve loneliness – but here are 4 red flags to watch for in your chatbot ‘friend’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/05/09/ai-companions-can-relieve-loneliness-but-here-are-4-red-flags-to-watch-for-in-your-chatbot-friend-227338/" aria-label="Read more about AI companions can relieve loneliness – but here are 4 red flags to watch for in your chatbot ‘friend’">Read more</a>
