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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bin Li, Lecturer, University of Newcastle On March 27, India announced it had successfully conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test, called “Mission Shakti”. After the United States, Russia and China, India is now the fourth country in the world to have demonstrated this capability. The destroyed satellite ... <a title="India destroys its own satellite with a test missile, still says space is for peace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/india-destroys-its-own-satellite-with-a-test-missile-still-says-space-is-for-peace-114441/" aria-label="Read more about India destroys its own satellite with a test missile, still says space is for peace">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Spence, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology (BSc, PhD), Curtin University You have your runners on, your FitBit is charged, but now what? When you exercise, your heart and breathing rates increase, delivering greater quantities of oxygen from the lungs to the blood, then to exercising muscles. ... <a title="Health Check: what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/health-check-what-should-our-maximum-heart-rate-be-during-exercise-107963/" aria-label="Read more about Health Check: what should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hongzhi Gao, Associate professor, Victoria University of Wellington The ever-escalating tensions in trade relations between the US and China have caught the nerve of politicians, businesses and the public. This conflict is challenging the traditional approach to trade disputes, which usually involves one of the disputing countries ... <a title="How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/how-to-get-ready-as-the-us-china-trade-war-spills-over-to-other-countries-114361/" aria-label="Read more about How to get ready as the US-China trade war spills over to other countries">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Broomhall, Professor of History, University of Western Australia On the 500th anniversary of his death, this series brings together scholars from different disciplines to re-examine the work, legacy and myth of Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo’s notebooks are filled with illustrations of nature, both plants and animals, ... <a title="Leonardo da Vinci revisited: was he an environmentalist ahead of his time?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/leonardo-da-vinci-revisited-was-he-an-environmentalist-ahead-of-his-time-112404/" aria-label="Read more about Leonardo da Vinci revisited: was he an environmentalist ahead of his time?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sajeda Tuli, Fulbright Scholar, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra Migration is getting increasing attention in Australia, with the Morrison government recently putting the focus on settling migrants in regional areas to ease pressure on the capital cities. Newly released statistics show 79% of ... <a title="Migrants want to live in the big cities, just like the rest of us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/migrants-want-to-live-in-the-big-cities-just-like-the-rest-of-us-113911/" aria-label="Read more about Migrants want to live in the big cities, just like the rest of us">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wanning Sun, Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of Technology Sydney There are currently about 1.2 million people of Chinese origin in Australia. Approximtely half of them were born in China and speak Mandarin in the home. For those who have come from a one-party state ... <a title="Who do Chinese-Australian voters trust for their political news on WeChat?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/who-do-chinese-australian-voters-trust-for-their-political-news-on-wechat-113927/" aria-label="Read more about Who do Chinese-Australian voters trust for their political news on WeChat?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Meyer, Lecturer of Human Anatomy, University of Western Australia 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 and ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do we have fingernails and toenails?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/curious-kids-why-do-we-have-fingernails-and-toenails-110989/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do we have fingernails and toenails?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Curtis, Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures (Genomics), The University of Queensland Have you ever wondered who you are or where you come from? I think it’s a fundamental human desire to want to know this. One way we’re seeing this curiosity play out is in ... <a title="How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/how-dna-ancestry-testing-can-change-our-ideas-of-who-we-are-114428/" aria-label="Read more about How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodney Tiffen, Emeritus Professor, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney “Kick this mob out” shouted the front page of The Daily Telegraph on the day that Tony Abbott triumphed in the 2013 federal election. Restraint and modesty have never been the hallmarks of tabloid ... <a title="From irreverence to irrelevance: the rise and fall of the bad-tempered tabloids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/from-irreverence-to-irrelevance-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-bad-tempered-tabloids-113656/" aria-label="Read more about From irreverence to irrelevance: the rise and fall of the bad-tempered tabloids">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline de Costa, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, James Cook University Over the past thirteen years, many Australian women have used the drug mifepristone (RU486) to bring about a medical abortion. Rather than undergoing a surgical abortion in a clinic or hospital operating theatre, a medical abortion ... <a title="It’s time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/its-time-to-lift-the-restrictions-on-medical-abortion-in-australia-114364/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Moriarty, Phd candidate, University of Newcastle This month corals in Lord Howe Island Marine Park began showing signs of bleaching. The 145,000 hectare marine park contains the most southerly coral reef in the world, in one of the most isolated ecosystems on the planet. Following early ... <a title="Bleaching has struck the southernmost coral reef in the world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/bleaching-has-struck-the-southernmost-coral-reef-in-the-world-114433/" aria-label="Read more about Bleaching has struck the southernmost coral reef in the world">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clarke Jones, Research Fellow, Research School of Psychology, Australian National University In the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair told a global education forum extremism should be treated as a global problem like climate change. He said: there should be an ... <a title="If we want students to feel safe at school, we can’t encourage teachers to spot potential extremists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/01/if-we-want-students-to-feel-safe-at-school-we-cant-encourage-teachers-to-spot-potential-extremists-114431/" aria-label="Read more about If we want students to feel safe at school, we can’t encourage teachers to spot potential extremists">Read more</a>
