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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling A few episodes ago, we heard from forensic scientists at the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research (AFTER) – that’s the official name for what, in books and movies, they would call a body farm. It’s there, at a secret bushland ... <a title="Trust Me, I’m An Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/trust-me-im-an-expert-forensic-entomology-or-what-bugs-can-tell-police-about-when-someone-died-124416/" aria-label="Read more about Trust Me, I’m An Expert: forensic entomology, or what bugs can tell police about when someone died">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Gambling operators often seek to persuade governments and the public of their virtue by funding “good causes”. Lotteries, for example, have been used to fund such things as the Sydney Opera House, hospitals in ... <a title="New research shows pokie operators are not nearly as charitable as they claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/new-research-shows-pokie-operators-are-not-nearly-as-charitable-as-they-claim-124085/" aria-label="Read more about New research shows pokie operators are not nearly as charitable as they claim">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Tran, Senior Research Officer and Pharmacist, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney Vaccines have long been available from GPs and nurses. But in recent years, laws have changed to add pharmacists to the list of health professionals who can give select vaccines ... <a title="Pharmacists can vaccinate adults against whooping cough, measles and the flu, but it might cost you more" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/pharmacists-can-vaccinate-adults-against-whooping-cough-measles-and-the-flu-but-it-might-cost-you-more-122191/" aria-label="Read more about Pharmacists can vaccinate adults against whooping cough, measles and the flu, but it might cost you more">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Ridoutt, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Agriculture, CSIRO Our diets can have a big environmental impact. The greenhouse gas emissions involved in producing and transporting various foods has been well researched, but have you ever thought about the water-scarcity impacts of producing your favourite foods? The answers ... <a title="It takes 21 litres of water to produce a small chocolate bar. How water-wise is your diet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/it-takes-21-litres-of-water-to-produce-a-small-chocolate-bar-how-water-wise-is-your-diet-123180/" aria-label="Read more about It takes 21 litres of water to produce a small chocolate bar. How water-wise is your diet?">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amina Youssef-Shalala, Lecturer, Australian Catholic University Have you ever thought about how your brain works when you study? Knowing this may improve your ability to retain and recall information. There are three main memory structures: sensory, working and long-term memory. Using these tips, you can activate all ... <a title="Studying for exams? Here’s how to make your memory work for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/studying-for-exams-heres-how-to-make-your-memory-work-for-you-124586/" aria-label="Read more about Studying for exams? Here’s how to make your memory work for you">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Gao, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University Whether China is a “developing” or a “developed” country for the purposes of the World Trade Organisation matters a lot to the US president. President Donald Trump ignited a new front in the US-China trade war in July ... <a title="Myth busted: China’s status as a developing country gives it few benefits in the World Trade Organisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/myth-busted-chinas-status-as-a-developing-country-gives-it-few-benefits-in-the-world-trade-organisation-124602/" aria-label="Read more about Myth busted: China’s status as a developing country gives it few benefits in the World Trade Organisation">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Shiels, Lecturer – School of Art, RMIT University Visual arts and performance have always been central to protest and resistance movements in Australia. Posters, street theatre, music and symbolic actions are part of the vocabulary of calls for social and political change. The cardboard placards, banners ... <a title="Extinction Rebellion: how to craft a protest brand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/07/extinction-rebellion-how-to-craft-a-protest-brand-123084/" aria-label="Read more about Extinction Rebellion: how to craft a protest brand">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2019
Reportage, photography and video by Hugh Bohane – reporting from Hong Kong. As China celebrated the 70thanniversary of the birth of their Communist Party on October 1 with an extravagant military parade, down south in Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters continued their struggle to have all of their five demands heard. This was met with brute ... <a title="Special Report – The Unmasking of Hong Kong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/06/special-report-the-unmasking-of-hong-kong/" aria-label="Read more about Special Report – The Unmasking of Hong Kong">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Allen, Swinburne Space Office Project Coordinator | Manager Swinburne Astronomy Productions, Swinburne University of Technology Thanks to the audio recordings of distant rumblings on Mars released this week by NASA, we finally know what the red planet sounds like. NASA’s InSight lander captured a range of ... <a title="Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/04/red-planet-rumbles-nasas-recordings-of-marsquakes-let-us-listen-to-the-martian-heartbeat-124589/" aria-label="Read more about Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini discusses with Michelle Grattan the consequences of the New York Times revelation that Donald Trump called Scott Morrison to assist with an inquiry looking into the origins of the Mueller probe ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Scott Morrison’s controversial phone call with Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/04/video-michelle-grattan-on-scott-morrisons-controversial-phone-call-with-donald-trump-124700/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on Scott Morrison’s controversial phone call with Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Miriama Young, Acting Head of Composition, Lecturer in Music, University of Melbourne Diaspora, a production by Chamber Made, sets out to explore the nature of consciousness as society moves closer to the post-human digital realm. It is a concept inspired by Australian Greg Egan’s eponymous science fiction ... <a title="Diaspora review: a rave for the senses, a future that has already arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/04/diaspora-review-a-rave-for-the-senses-a-future-that-has-already-arrived-123356/" aria-label="Read more about Diaspora review: a rave for the senses, a future that has already arrived">Read more</a>
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October 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Why does my older sister, aged 13, not want to play LEGO with me anymore and stays in her room the whole day? – Beth, ... <a title="Curious Kids: why does my older sister not want to play LEGO with me anymore and stays in her room?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/04/curious-kids-why-does-my-older-sister-not-want-to-play-lego-with-me-anymore-and-stays-in-her-room-122791/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why does my older sister not want to play LEGO with me anymore and stays in her room?">Read more</a>
