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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University The last thing the world needs at a moment of significant trade tensions between the United States and China is a Middle East crisis that would further imperil global growth. Yet this is what is threatening in ... <a title="Trouble in the Gulf as US-Iran dispute threatens to escalate into serious conflict" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/trouble-in-the-gulf-as-us-iran-dispute-threatens-to-escalate-into-serious-conflict-117081/" aria-label="Read more about Trouble in the Gulf as US-Iran dispute threatens to escalate into serious conflict">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Deng, Staff Specialist Paediatrician, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance; Clinical Associate Lecturer, Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney About 4.1 million Australians are under-vaccinated, meaning they’ve received some vaccinations, but not all the ones they need. While the vaccination debate generally centres ... <a title="Health Check: are you up to date with your vaccinations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/health-check-are-you-up-to-date-with-your-vaccinations-116510/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: are you up to date with your vaccinations?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Cameron, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Polls had predicted a narrow win for Labor in this election, so what explains the Coalition victory? Data from the Australian Election Study (AES), based on public opinion surveys conducted after every federal election from 1987 to 2016, provide some ... <a title="Labor’s election loss was not a surprise if you take historical trends into account" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/labors-election-loss-was-not-a-surprise-if-you-take-historical-trends-into-account-117399/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s election loss was not a surprise if you take historical trends into account">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney In the first edition of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin mentions dogs 54 times. He does so mainly because the extraordinary variation between dog breeds provides a marvellous illustration of the power ... <a title="Managing mutations of a species: the evolution of dog breeding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/managing-mutations-of-a-species-the-evolution-of-dog-breeding-96635/" aria-label="Read more about Managing mutations of a species: the evolution of dog breeding">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen G Bosi, Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of New England Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we not use the magnetic energy the Earth provides to create electricity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/curious-kids-why-do-we-not-use-the-magnetic-energy-the-earth-provides-to-create-electricity-113205/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we not use the magnetic energy the Earth provides to create electricity?">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Brynn Hibbert, Emeritus Professor of Analytical Chemistry, UNSW We measure stuff all the time – how long, how heavy, how hot, and so on – because we need to for things such as trade, health and knowledge. But making sure our measurements compare apples with apples ... <a title="The way we define kilograms, metres and seconds changes today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/the-way-we-define-kilograms-metres-and-seconds-changes-today-117255/" aria-label="Read more about The way we define kilograms, metres and seconds changes today">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katinka van de Ven, Research Fellow, Drug Policy Modelling Program, SPRC, UNSW Most media reports would have you believe steroid users are predominantly young men suffering a “crisis of male ego” who are on a “deadly crusade to get ripped”. The focus tends to be on health ... <a title="It’s not all gym junkies and ‘roid rage’ – people use steroids for a variety of reasons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/its-not-all-gym-junkies-and-roid-rage-people-use-steroids-for-a-variety-of-reasons-114981/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not all gym junkies and ‘roid rage’ – people use steroids for a variety of reasons">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Green, Lecturer, UNSW Can the design of a climate change message change someone’s beliefs? Absolutely, and with a surprisingly powerful correlation. My research found climate change messages that spark fear and disgust were more likely to be seen as trustworthy by some audiences, compared to a ... <a title="Graphic design could be holding back action on climate change – here’s how" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/graphic-design-could-be-holding-back-action-on-climate-change-heres-how-112953/" aria-label="Read more about Graphic design could be holding back action on climate change – here’s how">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karyn Healy, Researcher, The University of Queensland School bullying can have serious consequences for victims including depression, psychosis, self-harm and suicide. With increasing evidence of harm, a groundswell of school anti-bullying programs and campaigns in Australia and internationally have vowed to stamp out bullying. The schools’ intentions ... <a title="Not every school’s anti-bullying program works – some may actually make bullying worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/not-every-schools-anti-bullying-program-works-some-may-actually-make-bullying-worse-116163/" aria-label="Read more about Not every school’s anti-bullying program works – some may actually make bullying worse">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Stanley, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney Melbourne is growing faster than most cities of similar size in developed countries. Population growth averaged more than 2.5% a year between 2011 and 2018. Other international cities that ... <a title="Rapid growth is widening Melbourne’s social and economic divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/rapid-growth-is-widening-melbournes-social-and-economic-divide-117244/" aria-label="Read more about Rapid growth is widening Melbourne’s social and economic divide">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Albo, or Plibersek, or whoever it turns out to be the next Labor leader, might have had a lucky accident. Usually, it’s Labor that inherits an economy turning down. This time, it’s the Coalition. And ... <a title="Their biggest challenge? Avoiding a recession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/their-biggest-challenge-avoiding-a-recession-117381/" aria-label="Read more about Their biggest challenge? Avoiding a recession">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison’s spectacular win, against all expectations, is attributable to a potent mix of his strengths and Labor’s weaknesses. Morrison, it turns out, was made in some political heaven where they forge ideal campaigners. This man of faith may well ... <a title="View from The Hill: Should Labor jump to new generation leader – and Morrison steal some Shorten policies?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/20/view-from-the-hill-should-labor-jump-to-new-generation-leader-and-morrison-steal-some-shorten-policies-117382/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Should Labor jump to new generation leader – and Morrison steal some Shorten policies?">Read more</a>
