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January 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Pino Pasternak, Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education and Community, University of Canberra Shutterstock Many of us remember vividly being yelled at or feeling threatened by a family member, a teacher, or a boss. Terrifying experiences often get imprinted in our memory; remembering frightening events is ... <a title="How effective is fear as a teaching tool? How and what do we learn when we are scared?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/03/how-effective-is-fear-as-a-teaching-tool-how-and-what-do-we-learn-when-we-are-scared-213540/" aria-label="Read more about How effective is fear as a teaching tool? How and what do we learn when we are scared?">Read more</a>
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January 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Friedlander, PhD Candidate, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne Thomas Williams/Unsplash Arenicola, or lugworms, make some of the most beautiful structures on the beach. Little piles of wet sand are cast in a swirl from their rear end as part of their feeding ... <a title="When you sit down to build a sandcastle, take a look around you: the beach is already sculpting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/03/when-you-sit-down-to-build-a-sandcastle-take-a-look-around-you-the-beach-is-already-sculpting-215600/" aria-label="Read more about When you sit down to build a sandcastle, take a look around you: the beach is already sculpting">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Osmond, Associate Professor of Sport History, The University of Queensland Readers are advised this article contains offensive language about Aboriginal peoples. Fifty years ago, on New Year’s Day in 1974, Wiradjuri woman Evonne Goolagong delighted spectators at Melbourne’s Kooyong Tennis Club by defeating American Chris Evert ... <a title="50 years after Evonne Goolagong’s Australian Open win, we should remember her achievements – and the racism she overcame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/02/50-years-after-evonne-goolagongs-australian-open-win-we-should-remember-her-achievements-and-the-racism-she-overcame-217684/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years after Evonne Goolagong’s Australian Open win, we should remember her achievements – and the racism she overcame">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Light, Lecturer in History, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Despite 2023 having been the sixth year a national day of commemoration for the New Zealand Wars was observed, it’s debatable how many New Zealanders really knew much about it. Historians and Māori leaders are now ... <a title="How do we commemorate the New Zealand Wars? The history of Anzac Day can be a guide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/02/how-do-we-commemorate-the-new-zealand-wars-the-history-of-anzac-day-can-be-a-guide-219480/" aria-label="Read more about How do we commemorate the New Zealand Wars? The history of Anzac Day can be a guide">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Wilson, Professor of Developmental Psychology, Australian Catholic University Arlington Research/Unsplash We’re all time-poor, so multi-tasking is seen as a necessity of modern living. We answer work emails while watching TV, make shopping lists in meetings and listen to podcasts when doing the dishes. We attempt to ... <a title="Think you’re good at multi-tasking? Here’s how your brain compensates – and how this changes with age" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/02/think-youre-good-at-multi-tasking-heres-how-your-brain-compensates-and-how-this-changes-with-age-218343/" aria-label="Read more about Think you’re good at multi-tasking? Here’s how your brain compensates – and how this changes with age">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Shutterstock Across the vast Australian continent, feral pigs, feral deer and European rabbits roam in their millions. By different names – wild boar, venison and lapin – these could all be served ... <a title="Crocs love feral pigs and quolls have a taste for rabbit – but it doesn’t solve the invasive species problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/02/crocs-love-feral-pigs-and-quolls-have-a-taste-for-rabbit-but-it-doesnt-solve-the-invasive-species-problem-211904/" aria-label="Read more about Crocs love feral pigs and quolls have a taste for rabbit – but it doesn’t solve the invasive species problem">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brent Coker, Lecturer in Marketing, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock You buy a new phone case from an online retailer. The phone case arrives safely at your house, the online retailer makes a small profit and everyone is happy. But the phone case didn’t come from the ... <a title="What is dropshipping? 6 things to consider before you start dropshipping as a side hustle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/02/what-is-dropshipping-6-things-to-consider-before-you-start-dropshipping-as-a-side-hustle-215442/" aria-label="Read more about What is dropshipping? 6 things to consider before you start dropshipping as a side hustle">Read more</a>
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January 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Bendall, Research Fellow, Gender and Women’s History Research Centre, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University A British mantua c. 1708. The Met/Purchase, Rogers Fund, Isabel Shults Fund and Irene Lewisohn Bequest, 1991 If you’ve watched many period dramas, you’ve probably seen a mantua ... <a title="What was the mantua? How a 17th-century gown transformed dressmaking and ushered in financial freedom for women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/02/what-was-the-mantua-how-a-17th-century-gown-transformed-dressmaking-and-ushered-in-financial-freedom-for-women-215153/" aria-label="Read more about What was the mantua? How a 17th-century gown transformed dressmaking and ushered in financial freedom for women">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ricketson, Professor of Communication, Deakin University John Pilger, a giant of journalism born in Australia in 1939, has died at the age of 84, according to a statement released online by his family. His numerous books and especially his documentaries opened the world’s eyes to the ... <a title="The world has lost a dissenting voice: Australian journalist John Pilger has died, age 84" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/01/the-world-has-lost-a-dissenting-voice-australian-journalist-john-pilger-has-died-age-84-220418/" aria-label="Read more about The world has lost a dissenting voice: Australian journalist John Pilger has died, age 84">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University Thirdman/Pexels While the unaided eye or binoculars can reveal much of the night sky, a telescope reveals so much more. Seeing Saturn’s rings or the Moon’s craters with your own eyes can be an “oh wow” moment. ... <a title="Want to buy a home telescope? Tips from a professional astronomer to help you choose" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/01/want-to-buy-a-home-telescope-tips-from-a-professional-astronomer-to-help-you-choose-218604/" aria-label="Read more about Want to buy a home telescope? Tips from a professional astronomer to help you choose">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the ... <a title="Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/01/cabinet-papers-2003-howard-government-sends-australia-into-the-iraq-war-217812/" aria-label="Read more about Cabinet papers 2003: Howard government sends Australia into the Iraq war">Read more</a>
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January 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Ryan Grice/Unsplash This year the Australian government is introducing a series of measures to restrict the availability of vapes, starting today. The new reforms address loopholes in the current laws that allow easy access to highly ... <a title="From today, new regulations make it harder to access vapes. Here’s what’s changing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/01/from-today-new-regulations-make-it-harder-to-access-vapes-heres-whats-changing-218816/" aria-label="Read more about From today, new regulations make it harder to access vapes. Here’s what’s changing">Read more</a>
