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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland In a new series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on page and on screen. Hard-boiled doesn’t come close to describing Sam Spade. He’s the original Private Investigator on which all other PIs are based. ... <a title="My favourite detective: Sam Spade, as hard as nails and the smartest guy in the room" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/my-favourite-detective-sam-spade-as-hard-as-nails-and-the-smartest-guy-in-the-room-149295/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: Sam Spade, as hard as nails and the smartest guy in the room">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ramon Zenel Shaban, Clinical Chair and Professor of Infection Prevention and Disease Control at the University of Sydney, University of Sydney Airline travel health advice has so far mostly focused on how to stay hydrated and avoid deep vein thrombosis. What passengers really want, however, is a ... <a title="Worried about COVID risk on a flight? Here’s what you can do to protect yourself — and how airlines can step up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/worried-about-covid-risk-on-a-flight-heres-what-you-can-do-to-protect-yourself-and-how-airlines-can-step-up-150735/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about COVID risk on a flight? Here’s what you can do to protect yourself — and how airlines can step up">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Jenkins, Research Fellow, University of Otago Periods of lockdown represent a massive disruption to people’s daily routines, but they also offer an opportunity to establish new habits. Our research focus is on what motivates people to change their behaviour, particularly when it comes to physical activity ... <a title="Why some people find it easier to stick to new habits they formed during lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/why-some-people-find-it-easier-to-stick-to-new-habits-they-formed-during-lockdown-149438/" aria-label="Read more about Why some people find it easier to stick to new habits they formed during lockdown">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Williams, Professor in environmental psychology, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne With three hearts, blue blood, no bones and eight limbs attached to a bulbous head, octopuses seem like they’re from another planet. But in My Octopus Teacher, the hugely popular nature documentary ... <a title="Empathy in conservation is hotly debated. Still, the world needs more stories like My Octopus Teacher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/empathy-in-conservation-is-hotly-debated-still-the-world-needs-more-stories-like-my-octopus-teacher-149975/" aria-label="Read more about Empathy in conservation is hotly debated. Still, the world needs more stories like My Octopus Teacher">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lennart van Maldegem, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University Sponges are the simplest of animals, and they may stand at the root of all complex animal life on Earth, including us humans. Scientists study the evolution of the earliest sponges, hundreds of millions ... <a title="Ancient sponges or just algae? New research overturns chemical evidence for the earliest animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/ancient-sponges-or-just-algae-new-research-overturns-chemical-evidence-for-the-earliest-animals-150635/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient sponges or just algae? New research overturns chemical evidence for the earliest animals">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Cooper, Lecturer at Griffith University, Griffith University US President Donald Trump’s time in the White House is coming to an end. But, as has become obvious over the past few weeks, he is unlikely to deliver a gracious concession speech. Instead, the president has spent much ... <a title="Is Trump’s truculence an attempted coup or the last-ditch efforts of a man whose star is fading?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/is-trumps-truculence-an-attempted-coup-or-the-last-ditch-efforts-of-a-man-whose-star-is-fading-150617/" aria-label="Read more about Is Trump’s truculence an attempted coup or the last-ditch efforts of a man whose star is fading?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Hart, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne COVID-19 has changed the way we live, work and interact with one another. It has also changed the way we move, exercise, shop, prepare food, and eat. During the pandemic, we’ve seen marked increases in reports of mental distress ... <a title="COVID has presented unique challenges for people with eating disorders. They’ll need support beyond the pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/covid-has-presented-unique-challenges-for-people-with-eating-disorders-theyll-need-support-beyond-the-pandemic-148903/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has presented unique challenges for people with eating disorders. They’ll need support beyond the pandemic">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, University of Melbourne As we come to the end of spring, look up from the footpath or at the park, and you may spot the fiery flowers of the silky oak, Grevillea robusta. You may already be familiar with grevilleas – perhaps ... <a title="Silky oaks are older than dinosaurs and literally drip nectar – but watch out for the cyanide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/silky-oaks-are-older-than-dinosaurs-and-literally-drip-nectar-but-watch-out-for-the-cyanide-148920/" aria-label="Read more about Silky oaks are older than dinosaurs and literally drip nectar – but watch out for the cyanide">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoë Hyde, Epidemiologist, University of Western Australia The role children, and consequently schools, play in the COVID-19 pandemic has been hard to work out, but that puzzle is now finally starting to be solved. The latest research shows infections in children frequently go undetected, and that children ... <a title="Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/children-may-transmit-coronavirus-at-the-same-rate-as-adults-what-we-now-know-about-schools-and-covid-19-150523/" aria-label="Read more about Children may transmit coronavirus at the same rate as adults: what we now know about schools and COVID-19">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Wallis, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland The idea of moving to the country has gained momentum through the COVID-19 pandemic. Many workplaces have introduced new policies on working from home that give employees the flexibility needed to make the switch. Lockdowns have shown many just how ... <a title="It seemed like a good idea in lockdown, but is moving to the country right for you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-in-lockdown-but-is-moving-to-the-country-right-for-you-148807/" aria-label="Read more about It seemed like a good idea in lockdown, but is moving to the country right for you?">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Freebairn, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne In tax design as in many endeavours, it’s easy to work out how things should be; harder to work out how to get there. In NSW, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet wants to replace the one-off stamp duty on real ... <a title="Axing stamp duty is a great idea, but NSW is going about it the wrong way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/axing-stamp-duty-is-a-great-idea-but-nsw-is-going-about-it-the-wrong-way-150629/" aria-label="Read more about Axing stamp duty is a great idea, but NSW is going about it the wrong way">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Higham, Professor of Tourism, University of Otago Raise your hand if you’ve ever travelled for weeks or months as a backpacker on a limited daily budget. Keep your hand up if you were made welcome in the places you visited on your OE, enjoyed chance encounters ... <a title="5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/24/5-reasons-why-banishing-backpackers-and-targeting-wealthy-tourists-would-be-a-mistake-for-nz-150639/" aria-label="Read more about 5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ">Read more</a>
