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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jade Fountain, PhD Student, University of Adelaide Photo by Vlad Kutepov/Pexels, CC BY Noisy miners are complicated creatures. These Australian native honeyeaters live in large cooperative groups, use alarm calls to target specific predators, and sometimes help raise the young of other miners. But they’re perhaps best ... <a title="Want noisy miners to be less despotic? Think twice before filling your garden with nectar-rich flowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/want-noisy-miners-to-be-less-despotic-think-twice-before-filling-your-garden-with-nectar-rich-flowers-190226/" aria-label="Read more about Want noisy miners to be less despotic? Think twice before filling your garden with nectar-rich flowers">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Soheil Mohseni, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Riccio da favola Globally, the electricity sector is shifting from large, centralised grids powered by fossil fuels to smaller and smarter renewable local networks. One area of strong interest is ... <a title="Small communities could be buying, selling and saving money on electric power right now – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/small-communities-could-be-buying-selling-and-saving-money-on-electric-power-right-now-heres-how-190740/" aria-label="Read more about Small communities could be buying, selling and saving money on electric power right now – here’s how">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janice Crerar, Lecturer in Education, Charles Darwin University ImageBank4u/Shutterstock How is lava made? – Leon, age 7, Sydney, Australia Thank you for a great question Leon! Have you ever seen lava? What does it look like to you? Lava can be red, fiery and liquid or cool, ... <a title="Curious Kids: How is lava made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/curious-kids-how-is-lava-made-190431/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: How is lava made?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney Since 2017, Victoria has commemorated AFL Grand Final Friday as a public holiday, with a parade of the two competing teams through a festive Melbourne (apart from interruptions in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19). Saturday’s ... <a title="Grand design: why the AFL structure is unique – and has enabled competitive balance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/grand-design-why-the-afl-structure-is-unique-and-has-enabled-competitive-balance-190935/" aria-label="Read more about Grand design: why the AFL structure is unique – and has enabled competitive balance">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University Rebecca Tapert/Unsplash Throughout the pandemic, one of the biggest COVID risks has been sharing a house with someone who is infectious. Given how contagious COVID is, especially more recent variants, you’d imagine if you lived with someone who has COVID ... <a title="Someone in my house has COVID. How likely am I to catch it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/someone-in-my-house-has-covid-how-likely-am-i-to-catch-it-189386/" aria-label="Read more about Someone in my house has COVID. How likely am I to catch it?">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Cheesman, Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University Wood feeding termites (_Microcerotermes spp_) inside their nest. Johan Larson, Author provided When we consider termites, we may think of the danger they can pose to our houses once they settle in and start eating wood. But in fact, ... <a title="Termites love global warming – the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/termites-love-global-warming-the-pace-of-their-wood-munching-gets-significantly-faster-in-hotter-weather-190067/" aria-label="Read more about Termites love global warming – the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster in hotter weather">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Rudd, SIEF Ross Metcalf STEM+Business Fellow – Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia Shutterstock Since European colonisation, Australia’s farmers have had to pioneer new technologies to adapt agriculture to this dry land. Think of innovations such as the world’s first mechanical grain stripper, which saved ... <a title="Australia has relied on agricultural innovation to farm our dry land. We’ll need more for the uncertain years ahead" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/australia-has-relied-on-agricultural-innovation-to-farm-our-dry-land-well-need-more-for-the-uncertain-years-ahead-188597/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has relied on agricultural innovation to farm our dry land. We’ll need more for the uncertain years ahead">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University A scanned lace monitor lizard (_Varanus varius_) image produced by using new technology. Rapiscan Systems, Author provided Blue-tongue lizards and sulphur-crested cockatoos are among the native animals frequently smuggled overseas. While the number of live animals seized by ... <a title="Lizard in your luggage? We’re using artificial intelligence to detect wildlife trafficking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/lizard-in-your-luggage-were-using-artificial-intelligence-to-detect-wildlife-trafficking-189779/" aria-label="Read more about Lizard in your luggage? We’re using artificial intelligence to detect wildlife trafficking">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Whatman, Sessional Academic, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University Johnny McClung/Unsplash, CC BY Parents will be increasingly aware they need to talk about consent with their children. There is no such thing as “too young” to start the conversation. In fact, the earlier the better, ... <a title="How do you teach a primary school child about consent? You can start with these books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/how-do-you-teach-a-primary-school-child-about-consent-you-can-start-with-these-books-190063/" aria-label="Read more about How do you teach a primary school child about consent? You can start with these books">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Gordon, Honorary Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University Shutterstock Every five years the Productivity Commission is charged with examining everything that can be done to lift Australia’s productivity. Its first interim report in the current inquiry, issued well ahead of its final ... <a title="Memo to the Productivity Commission: fixing inequality is the key to productivity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/memo-to-the-productivity-commission-fixing-inequality-is-the-key-to-productivity-190245/" aria-label="Read more about Memo to the Productivity Commission: fixing inequality is the key to productivity">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carmen Jacques, Research Officer, Edith Cowan University Stan Around 11pm on October 12 2002, the first of three separate bombs detonated when a suicide bomber entered Paddy’s Bar in Kuta, Bali. Another bomb detonated shortly after outside the Sari nightclub, before a final explosion in front of ... <a title="Some survivors will find peace and healing in Bali 2002 – but others may find the series triggering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/23/some-survivors-will-find-peace-and-healing-in-bali-2002-but-others-may-find-the-series-triggering-189538/" aria-label="Read more about Some survivors will find peace and healing in Bali 2002 – but others may find the series triggering">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Jim Chalmers’ long term ambition is similar to that of most treasurers. He wants to be prime minister. More immediately, he aspires to be a reformer, which has become harder in today’s electorate, with its low tolerance for pain. Chalmers ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Can Jim Chalmers become a reforming treasurer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/22/grattan-on-friday-can-jim-chalmers-become-a-reforming-treasurer-191174/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Can Jim Chalmers become a reforming treasurer?">Read more</a>
