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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martyn Lloyd Jones, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne For many years experts in the field of drug policy in Australia have known existing policies are failing. Crude messages (calls for total abstinence: “just say no to drugs”) and even cruder enforcement strategies (harsher penalties, criminalisation of ... <a title="Here’s why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/heres-why-doctors-are-backing-pill-testing-at-music-festivals-across-australia-109430/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Chambers, Lecturer, School of Education (Qld), Australian Catholic University Secondary school can be a lonely place for adolescents who don’t have a best friend or a group of trusted friends. Young people will be more skilled in the art of making genuine friends (and keeping them) ... <a title="Adolescence can be awkward. Here’s how parents can help their child make and maintain good friendships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/adolescence-can-be-awkward-heres-how-parents-can-help-their-child-make-and-maintain-good-friendships-107362/" aria-label="Read more about Adolescence can be awkward. Here’s how parents can help their child make and maintain good friendships">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & SocioTechnical Studies, Griffith University It’s a new day not very far in the future. You wake up; your wristwatch has recorded how long you’ve slept, and monitored your heartbeat and breathing. You drive to work; car sensors track your ... <a title="Very risky business: the pros and cons of insurance companies embracing artificial intelligence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/very-risky-business-the-pros-and-cons-of-insurance-companies-embracing-artificial-intelligence-106536/" aria-label="Read more about Very risky business: the pros and cons of insurance companies embracing artificial intelligence">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Cowan, Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of Sydney An angry man stands at the crossroads and rails against the moral cesspit around him, teeming with sexual deviants and jumped-up immigrants. This is the image which the Roman poet Juvenal paints of the satirist castigating the vices ... <a title="Guide to the Classics: Juvenal, the true satirist of Rome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/08/guide-to-the-classics-juvenal-the-true-satirist-of-rome-106156/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the Classics: Juvenal, the true satirist of Rome">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Busbridge, Lecturer in Sociology, Australian Catholic University We see the word “nationalism” as problematic. The weekend rally on St Kilda beach, organised by far-right activist Neil Erikson, reminds us nationalism is the territory of fringe groups who hold bigoted views, particularly towards people who aren’t “white”. ... <a title="The far-right may think they own ‘nationalism’, but we can reclaim it as a force for good" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/the-far-right-may-think-they-own-nationalism-but-we-can-reclaim-it-as-a-force-for-good-107788/" aria-label="Read more about The far-right may think they own ‘nationalism’, but we can reclaim it as a force for good">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids. Hello. ... <a title="Curious Kids: is it true dogs don’t like to travel?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/curious-kids-is-it-true-dogs-dont-like-to-travel-108670/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: is it true dogs don’t like to travel?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Groom, Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute This article is part of our occasional long read series Zoom Out, where authors explore key ideas in science and technology in the broader context of society and humanity. Scientists love analogies. We use them continually to communicate ... <a title="Five life lessons from your immune system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/five-life-lessons-from-your-immune-system-103425/" aria-label="Read more about Five life lessons from your immune system">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Manwaring, Senior Lecturer, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University Australian politics in 2019 will inevitably be dominated by the federal election, expected in May. So what can we expect for the year ahead? Here’s your handy politics bingo card to play as we watch the ideas, ... <a title="Pencils ready: it’s time for Politics 2019 Bingo!" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/pencils-ready-its-time-for-politics-2019-bingo-108503/" aria-label="Read more about Pencils ready: it’s time for Politics 2019 Bingo!">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Haslam, Professor of Psychology, University of Melbourne Middle age is often seen as life’s pivot point. A hill has been climbed and the view over the other side is unsettling. As Victor Hugo said: “forty is the old age of youth” and “fifty the youth of ... <a title="Is the ‘midlife crisis’ a real thing?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/is-the-midlife-crisis-a-real-thing-105510/" aria-label="Read more about Is the ‘midlife crisis’ a real thing?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Worsley, Chair In Behavioural Nutrition, Deakin University This article is part of a series focusing on the politics of food – what we eat, how our views of food are changing and why it matters from a cultural and political standpoint. Schools are expected to do ... <a title="Why we need to take food education in Australian schools more seriously" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/why-we-need-to-take-food-education-in-australian-schools-more-seriously-106849/" aria-label="Read more about Why we need to take food education in Australian schools more seriously">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shiqi Xiong, Visiting Scholar, Griffith University China often makes headlines on a great variety of topics, yet very little is said and known about its contested heritage. At a time when this country with a complex and rich history is undergoing rapid urbanisation, one might expect contested ... <a title="China wrestles with contested heritage of conflict and colonial rule" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/china-wrestles-with-contested-heritage-of-conflict-and-colonial-rule-108158/" aria-label="Read more about China wrestles with contested heritage of conflict and colonial rule">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eloise Zoppos, Senior Research Consultant, Monash University Bricks-and-mortar retail stores are under intense pressure from online competition. Feeling the most heat are clothes shops and department stores. This year David Jones’s profit halved, to A$64 million. Myer declared a “disappointing” A$486 million loss. German giant Esprit, whose ... <a title="Brick-bait: three tricks up retailers’ sleeves to lure you back to physical shops" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/07/brick-bait-three-tricks-up-retailers-sleeves-to-lure-you-back-to-physical-shops-107506/" aria-label="Read more about Brick-bait: three tricks up retailers’ sleeves to lure you back to physical shops">Read more</a>
