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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Jateff, Adjunct lecturer in archaeology, Flinders University Finding shipwrecks isn’t easy – it’s a combination of survivor reports, excellent archival research, a highly skilled team, top equipment and some good old-fashioned luck. And that’s just what happened with the recent discovery of SS Iron Crown, lost ... <a title="What happens now we’ve found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/what-happens-now-weve-found-the-site-of-the-lost-australian-freighter-ss-iron-crown-sunk-in-wwii-115848/" aria-label="Read more about What happens now we’ve found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, sunk in WWII">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jim McKay, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Warning: This story contains images of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people who are deceased. The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who served with Australian forces in the first world war is estimated to be ... <a title="Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/telling-the-forgotten-stories-of-indigenous-servicemen-in-the-first-world-war-114277/" aria-label="Read more about Telling the forgotten stories of Indigenous servicemen in the first world war">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra We’re only days into the federal election campaign and already the first instances of “fake news” have surfaced online. Over the weekend, Labor demanded that Facebook remove posts it says are “fake news” ... <a title="‘Fake news’ is already spreading online in the election campaign – it’s up to Australians to stop it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/fake-news-is-already-spreading-online-in-the-election-campaign-its-up-to-australians-to-stop-it-115455/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fake news’ is already spreading online in the election campaign – it’s up to Australians to stop it">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra We’re only days into the federal election campaign and already the first instances of “fake news” have surfaced online. Over the weekend, Labor demanded that Facebook remove posts it says are “fake news” ... <a title="‘Fake news’ is already spreading online in the election campaign. What can we do to stop it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/fake-news-is-already-spreading-online-in-the-election-campaign-what-can-we-do-to-stop-it-115455/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fake news’ is already spreading online in the election campaign. What can we do to stop it?">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By M. Leigh Ackland, Professor in Molecular Biosciences, Deakin University We humans have a habit of avoiding our waste. We find organic waste particularly unpleasant. We bag it and dispose of it as soon as possible. Even the most environmentally conscious person would rather not handle something like ... <a title="Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/ditch-plastic-dog-poo-bags-go-compostable-112605/" aria-label="Read more about Ditch plastic dog poo bags, go compostable">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Mangan, Professor and Director of the Australian Institute For Business and Economics, The University of Queensland Suddenly, death duties are part of the election campaign. Not that Labor (or the Coalition) is proposing them, but photoshopped fake tweets from Labor figures saying they will introduce them ... <a title="House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/house-prices-and-demographics-make-death-duties-an-idea-whose-time-has-come-114175/" aria-label="Read more about House prices and demographics make death duties an idea whose time has come">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew A. Cole, Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics, University of Tasmania The ominous warning – “winter is coming”, popularised by fantasy series Game of Thrones – applies equally well to Pluto. The dwarf planet’s tenuous atmosphere appears to be on the verge of a stunning collapse due to ... <a title="Why Pluto is losing its atmosphere: winter is coming" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/why-pluto-is-losing-its-atmosphere-winter-is-coming-115567/" aria-label="Read more about Why Pluto is losing its atmosphere: winter is coming">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Jensen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra We’re only days into the federal election campaign and already the first instances of “fake news” have surfaced online. Over the weekend, Labor demanded that Facebook remove posts it says are “fake news” ... <a title="The government and tech companies can’t prevent ‘fake news’ during the election – only the public can" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/the-government-and-tech-companies-cant-prevent-fake-news-during-the-election-only-the-public-can-115455/" aria-label="Read more about The government and tech companies can’t prevent ‘fake news’ during the election – only the public can">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Liang-Dar Hwang, Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Queensland You might love sugary doughnuts, but your friends find them too sweet and only take small nibbles. That’s partly because your genes influence how you perceive sweetness and how much sugary food and drink you consume. Now our ... <a title="Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/sickly-sweet-or-just-right-how-genes-control-your-taste-for-sugar-113455/" aria-label="Read more about Sickly sweet or just right? How genes control your taste for sugar">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Waghorne, Academic Historian, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne The first world war was significant to the formation of Australian national identity and defining national characteristics, such as making do and mateship. This is well acknowledged. But it was also a technical war, which ... <a title="A whole new world: how WWI brought new skills and professions back to Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/a-whole-new-world-how-wwi-brought-new-skills-and-professions-back-to-australia-115375/" aria-label="Read more about A whole new world: how WWI brought new skills and professions back to Australia">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Move aside electric cars, another disruption set to occur in the next decade is being ignored in current Australian transport infrastructure debates: electric aviation. Electric aircraft technology is rapidly developing locally and overseas, with the aim of potentially reducing ... <a title="Get set for take-off in electric aircraft, the next transport disruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/get-set-for-take-off-in-electric-aircraft-the-next-transport-disruption-114178/" aria-label="Read more about Get set for take-off in electric aircraft, the next transport disruption">Read more</a>
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April 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lindsay Kelley, Lecturer, Art & Design, UNSW Before Anzac biscuits found the sticky sweet form we bake and eat today, Anzac soldiers ate durable but bland “Anzac tiles”, a new name for an ancient ration. Anzac tiles are also known as army biscuits, ship’s biscuits, or hard ... <a title="Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/24/before-the-anzac-biscuit-soldiers-ate-a-tile-so-hard-you-could-write-on-it-114742/" aria-label="Read more about Before the Anzac biscuit, soldiers ate a tile so hard you could write on it">Read more</a>
