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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Ambrosy, Lecturer in Education, Federation University Australia Shutterstock Each year in Victoria, thousands of students disengage from school between the start of Year 9 and the end of Year 12. Many are expelled or suspended. Others simply switch off in class, skip lessons, or quit school ... <a title="Year 9 is often seen as the ‘lost year’. Here’s what schools are trying to keep kids engaged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/year-9-is-often-seen-as-the-lost-year-heres-what-schools-are-trying-to-keep-kids-engaged-215993/" aria-label="Read more about Year 9 is often seen as the ‘lost year’. Here’s what schools are trying to keep kids engaged">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sanjoy Paul, Associate Professor, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney GoogleMaps Australia is 11,000 kilometres from the Red Sea but it is not immune from the drone and missile attacks on container ships attempting to move through one of the world’s busiest thoroughfares. Since November, Iran-backed ... <a title="Attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea threaten Australia’s trade – we need a Plan B" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/attacks-on-cargo-ships-in-the-red-sea-threaten-australias-trade-we-need-a-plan-b-220541/" aria-label="Read more about Attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea threaten Australia’s trade – we need a Plan B">Read more</a>
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January 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine (Kate) Power, Lecturer in Management, School of Business, The University of Queensland Verne Ho/Unsplash, CC BY Burnout is an occupational hazard in many people-focused jobs. People in these roles routinely go “above and beyond” for the benefit of others – often in the face of funding ... <a title="‘Caring as much as you do was killing you’. We need to talk about burnout in the arts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/09/caring-as-much-as-you-do-was-killing-you-we-need-to-talk-about-burnout-in-the-arts-215883/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Caring as much as you do was killing you’. We need to talk about burnout in the arts">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Andrew Robergs, Associate Professor – Exercise Physiology, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock As many of us hit the gym or go for a run to recover from the silly season, you might notice a bit of extra muscle soreness. This is especially true if it has ... <a title="Why are my muscles sore after exercise? Hint: it’s nothing to do with lactic acid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/why-are-my-muscles-sore-after-exercise-hint-its-nothing-to-do-with-lactic-acid-214638/" aria-label="Read more about Why are my muscles sore after exercise? Hint: it’s nothing to do with lactic acid">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Cowling, Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock ChatGPT has repeatedly made headlines since its release late last year, with various scholars and professionals exploring its potential applications in both work and education settings. However, one area receiving less attention is the ... <a title="1 in 3 people are lonely. Will AI help, or make things worse?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/1-in-3-people-are-lonely-will-ai-help-or-make-things-worse-217924/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 3 people are lonely. Will AI help, or make things worse?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Barnett, Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology YesPhotographers/Shutterstock Our lives are becoming increasingly data driven. Our phones monitor our time and internet usage and online surveys discern our opinions and likes. These data harvests are used for telling us how well we’ve slept or what ... <a title="Here’s why you should (almost) never use a pie chart for your data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/heres-why-you-should-almost-never-use-a-pie-chart-for-your-data-214576/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s why you should (almost) never use a pie chart for your data">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Flanagan, Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury If you’ve ever watched a natural history programme on TV, you’ve probably seen animals performing a wide variety of behaviours to get the attention of the opposite sex. BBC Earth even released an interview with David Attenborough about some of ... <a title="Male pregnancy and weird courtship wiggles: how NZ’s wide-bodied pipefish confounds expectations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/male-pregnancy-and-weird-courtship-wiggles-how-nzs-wide-bodied-pipefish-confounds-expectations-216618/" aria-label="Read more about Male pregnancy and weird courtship wiggles: how NZ’s wide-bodied pipefish confounds expectations">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Johnson, Research fellow, University of Tasmania In recent times, we’ve seen plenty of big news stories emerge from senate inquiries and estimates hearings. Senate inquries have examined hot-button issues as diverse as disruption in school classrooms, the November 8 Optus service outage, and questionable tax minimisation ... <a title="Senate estimates and inquiries: what are they, what’s the difference, and why do we have them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/senate-estimates-and-inquiries-what-are-they-whats-the-difference-and-why-do-we-have-them-219204/" aria-label="Read more about Senate estimates and inquiries: what are they, what’s the difference, and why do we have them?">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Romane H Cristescu, Researcher in Koala, Detection Dogs, Conservation Genetics and Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast UniSC Detection Dogs for Conservation Dogs have been working with people for centuries. Think hunting dogs, herding dogs, police dogs or search and rescue dogs. But have you heard of ... <a title="Dogs are incredible – if unlikely – allies in conservation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/dogs-are-incredible-if-unlikely-allies-in-conservation-204813/" aria-label="Read more about Dogs are incredible – if unlikely – allies in conservation">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Corey Bloomfield, Senior Lecturer in Education, CQUniversity Australia Richard Stachman/Unsplash, CC BY These long summer holidays may seem like an extra blessing to families who are dealing with a child who does not like school or who refuses to go. But even as January stretches out in ... <a title="Worried about school refusal? How to use the holidays to help your child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/worried-about-school-refusal-how-to-use-the-holidays-to-help-your-child-219487/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about school refusal? How to use the holidays to help your child">Read more</a>
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January 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dylan Sullivan, Adjunct Fellow and PhD candidate in the Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University Shutterstock It has become an article of faith among many economists that China’s pro-market reforms of the 1980s and 1990s ushered in a sustained reduction in poverty. This narrative relies on ... <a title="China’s capitalist reforms are said to have moved 800 million out of extreme poverty – new data suggests the opposite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/08/chinas-capitalist-reforms-are-said-to-have-moved-800-million-out-of-extreme-poverty-new-data-suggests-the-opposite-216621/" aria-label="Read more about China’s capitalist reforms are said to have moved 800 million out of extreme poverty – new data suggests the opposite">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University The 19th century German war strategist and field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously coined the aphorism “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy”. His observation might well be applied to the tragedy ... <a title="After 3 months of devastation in the Israel-Hamas war, is anyone ‘winning’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/07/after-3-months-of-devastation-in-the-israel-hamas-war-is-anyone-winning-220644/" aria-label="Read more about After 3 months of devastation in the Israel-Hamas war, is anyone ‘winning’?">Read more</a>
