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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Baker, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Australia has a rich diversity of mammals, with around 320 native, land-based species, 87% of which are found here and nowhere else. Many of these mammals are secretive, only active at night, and small, weighing less than one kilogram. ... <a title="Meet 5 of Australia’s tiniest mammals, who tread a tightrope between life and death every night" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/meet-5-of-australias-tiniest-mammals-who-tread-a-tightrope-between-life-and-death-every-night-159239/" aria-label="Read more about Meet 5 of Australia’s tiniest mammals, who tread a tightrope between life and death every night">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael F. Braby, Associate Professor, Australian National University It might sound like an 18th century fashion statement, but the “pale imperial hairstreak” is, actually, an extravagant butterfly. This pale blue (male) or white (female) butterfly was once widespread, found in old growth brigalow woodlands that covered 14 ... <a title="Next time you see a butterfly, treasure the memory: scientists raise alarm on these 26 species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/next-time-you-see-a-butterfly-treasure-the-memory-scientists-raise-alarm-on-these-26-species-159798/" aria-label="Read more about Next time you see a butterfly, treasure the memory: scientists raise alarm on these 26 species">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Hurley, Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University A globally rampant COVID-19 pandemic and problems with Australia’s vaccine roll-out suggest our international education sector is facing a continued fall in enrolments through 2021 and into 2022. New research from the Mitchell Institute forecasts the sector’s biggest losses ... <a title="As hopes of international students’ return fade, closed borders could cost $20bn a year in 2022 – half the sector’s value" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/as-hopes-of-international-students-return-fade-closed-borders-could-cost-20bn-a-year-in-2022-half-the-sectors-value-159328/" aria-label="Read more about As hopes of international students’ return fade, closed borders could cost $20bn a year in 2022 – half the sector’s value">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pasi Sahlberg, Professor of Education Policy, UNSW More than nine out of ten parents think digital media and technologies are a negative distraction in their lives. And 83% think their children are also negatively distracted by digital devices. These are some of the findings from our Growing ... <a title="Children own around 3 digital devices on average, and few can spend a day without them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/children-own-around-3-digital-devices-on-average-and-few-can-spend-a-day-without-them-159546/" aria-label="Read more about Children own around 3 digital devices on average, and few can spend a day without them">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Howell, Senior Lecturer, Griffith University The fifth film in the Mad Max action franchise, Furiosa, has been greenlit for production and will reach theatres in June 2023. Like the critically acclaimed Fury Road (2015), Furiosa will blend Australian and international talent and funding, and is anticipated ... <a title="Our enduring love of Mad Max’s Australian outback: an anarchic wasteland of sado-masochistic punk villains and ocker clowns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/our-enduring-love-of-mad-maxs-australian-outback-an-anarchic-wasteland-of-sado-masochistic-punk-villains-and-ocker-clowns-159441/" aria-label="Read more about Our enduring love of Mad Max’s Australian outback: an anarchic wasteland of sado-masochistic punk villains and ocker clowns">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Baker, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Auckland Liam’s* crowdfunding campaign page is direct: his “sole purpose is to survive”. Before his diagnosis with inoperable brain cancer, Liam was a “healthy, fitness and sports minded 44-year-old, [who gave] his time and skills away freely by ... <a title="How crowdfunding campaigners market illness to capture the attention of potential donors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/28/how-crowdfunding-campaigners-market-illness-to-capture-the-attention-of-potential-donors-159197/" aria-label="Read more about How crowdfunding campaigners market illness to capture the attention of potential donors">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra All flights from India have been suspended until May 15, to take pressure off the quarantine system especially in Sydney and at the Howard Springs centre in the Northern Territory. Scott Morrison on Tuesday also announced an initial package of ... <a title="Flights from India suspended until at least mid-May" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/flights-from-india-suspended-until-at-least-mid-may-159820/" aria-label="Read more about Flights from India suspended until at least mid-May">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Arrow, Professor of History, Macquarie University Imagine you are in a large building near Parliament House in Canberra filled with irreplaceable objects. Not jewels, medals or paintings, but a collection of letters, tapes and documents of Australian life. The collection contains letters written to and from ... <a title="Our history up in flames? Why the crisis at the National Archives must be urgently addressed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/our-history-up-in-flames-why-the-crisis-at-the-national-archives-must-be-urgently-addressed-159804/" aria-label="Read more about Our history up in flames? Why the crisis at the National Archives must be urgently addressed">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carey Wilson, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were concerned infection control measures such as extra hand washing and social distancing might compound the distress of people living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Early anecdotal evidence and case studies reported ... <a title="No, OCD in a pandemic doesn’t necessarily get worse with all that extra hand washing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/no-ocd-in-a-pandemic-doesnt-necessarily-get-worse-with-all-that-extra-hand-washing-157961/" aria-label="Read more about No, OCD in a pandemic doesn’t necessarily get worse with all that extra hand washing">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Not long ago it seemed as if the future was going to get better and better — not long ago at all. For me the high point was around 2005, fifteen years ago. I don’t ... <a title="Why productivity growth has stalled since 2005 (and isn’t about to improve soon)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/why-productivity-growth-has-stalled-since-2005-and-isnt-about-to-improve-soon-159706/" aria-label="Read more about Why productivity growth has stalled since 2005 (and isn’t about to improve soon)">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Marques, Lecturer in Social Psychology, La Trobe University The Apollo moon landings were faked, Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone to assassinate JFK, governments are hiding the existence of UFOs. These are some classic conspiracy theories that almost everyone has heard about, and a sizeable ... <a title="Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? New research shows which conspiracies people believe in and why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/was-phar-lap-killed-by-gangsters-new-research-shows-which-conspiracies-people-believe-in-and-why-158610/" aria-label="Read more about Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? New research shows which conspiracies people believe in and why">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney In late November, I led a participatory performance, A Proxy for a Thousand Eyes, at the Sydney Opera House. Among the performers were three videographers and two photographers. Their role was to record a loosely choreographed ... <a title="Yearning for touch — a photo essay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/yearning-for-touch-a-photo-essay-159704/" aria-label="Read more about Yearning for touch — a photo essay">Read more</a>
