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Hydrogen fuels rockets, but what about power for daily life? We’re getting closer

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zhenguo Huang, Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements we’re taking a look at elements and how they’re used in research and the real world. Hydrogen is the first element on the periodic table. In its ... <a title="Hydrogen fuels rockets, but what about power for daily life? We’re getting closer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/hydrogen-fuels-rockets-but-what-about-power-for-daily-life-were-getting-closer-112958/" aria-label="Read more about Hydrogen fuels rockets, but what about power for daily life? We’re getting closer">Read more</a>

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Curious Kids: what happens when fruit gets ripe?

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Holford, Professor of Agricultural Biotechnology, Western Sydney University 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 The ... <a title="Curious Kids: what happens when fruit gets ripe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/curious-kids-what-happens-when-fruit-gets-ripe-110797/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what happens when fruit gets ripe?">Read more</a>

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How birds become male or female, and occasionally both

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University The highly unusual “semi-identical” Australian twins reported last week are the result of a rare event. It’s thought the brother and sister (who have identical genes from their mother but not their father) developed from an egg fertilised ... <a title="How birds become male or female, and occasionally both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/how-birds-become-male-or-female-and-occasionally-both-112061/" aria-label="Read more about How birds become male or female, and occasionally both">Read more</a>

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Low-key NSW election likely to reveal a city-country divide

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong It may come as news to many people living in New South Wales, but there is a state election to be held on March 23. There has been little of the hullabaloo associated with elections, ... <a title="Low-key NSW election likely to reveal a city-country divide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/low-key-nsw-election-likely-to-reveal-a-city-country-divide-112968/" aria-label="Read more about Low-key NSW election likely to reveal a city-country divide">Read more</a>

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Health check: is moderate drinking good for me?

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, La Trobe University For the past three decades or so, the conventional wisdom has been that drinking alcohol at moderate levels is good for us. The evidence for this has come from many studies that have suggested the death rate for ... <a title="Health check: is moderate drinking good for me?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/health-check-is-moderate-drinking-good-for-me-108921/" aria-label="Read more about Health check: is moderate drinking good for me?">Read more</a>

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To reduce fire risk and meet climate targets, over 300 scientists call for stronger land clearing laws

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martine Maron, ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland Australia’s high rates of forest loss and weakening land clearing laws are increasing bushfire risk, and undermining our ability to meet national targets aimed at curbing climate change. This dire situation is ... <a title="To reduce fire risk and meet climate targets, over 300 scientists call for stronger land clearing laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/to-reduce-fire-risk-and-meet-climate-targets-over-300-scientists-call-for-stronger-land-clearing-laws-113172/" aria-label="Read more about To reduce fire risk and meet climate targets, over 300 scientists call for stronger land clearing laws">Read more</a>

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Australians love their pets, so why don’t more public places welcome them?

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Grimmer, Lecturer in Retail Marketing, Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania Venture to the local shops and you’ll probably see dogs outside on the footpath waiting for their owners. Perhaps the store has provided a hook for dog leads and a bowl of ... <a title="Australians love their pets, so why don’t more public places welcome them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/australians-love-their-pets-so-why-dont-more-public-places-welcome-them-112062/" aria-label="Read more about Australians love their pets, so why don’t more public places welcome them?">Read more</a>

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The Game of Homes: how the vested interests lie about negative gearing

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Murray, Lecturer in Economics, The University of Queensland When you want to take back a multibillion-dollar giveaway to the country’s wealthiest, expect them to put up a fight. The Labor Party’s proposal to reduce the tax advantages of being a landlord by limiting negative gearing to ... <a title="The Game of Homes: how the vested interests lie about negative gearing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/the-game-of-homes-how-the-vested-interests-lie-about-negative-gearing-112222/" aria-label="Read more about The Game of Homes: how the vested interests lie about negative gearing">Read more</a>

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Janet Laurence: After Nature sounds an exquisite warning bell for extinction

March 11, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Prudence Gibson, Art writer and Tutor, UNSW In 2014 I rang artist Janet Laurence and suggested I write a book about her art. Not all of it, just the plant-related artworks. This was to be a philosophical musing on our mutual fascination with the crossover between art ... <a title="Janet Laurence: After Nature sounds an exquisite warning bell for extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/11/janet-laurence-after-nature-sounds-an-exquisite-warning-bell-for-extinction-112942/" aria-label="Read more about Janet Laurence: After Nature sounds an exquisite warning bell for extinction">Read more</a>

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit

March 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics. They discuss the departures of two more cabinet ministers – Steve Ciobo and Chris Pyne; the latest national accounts figures; Bill Shorten’s focus ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/video-michelle-grattan-on-more-cabinet-departures-national-accounts-figures-and-morrisons-christmas-island-visit-113194/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on more cabinet departures, national accounts figures and Morrison’s Christmas island visit">Read more</a>

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Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants

March 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Glencross, Research Fellow, Southern Cross University Sign up to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. When I first came across the kauri pine (Agathis robusta), I certainly wasn’t impressed by their growth. Mixed ... <a title="Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/kauri-pines-are-late-blooming-rainforest-giants-112866/" aria-label="Read more about Kauri pines are late-blooming rainforest giants">Read more</a>

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New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide

March 8, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenda Midson, Editor, New Zealand Law Journal; Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Waikato This week, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Crimes Amendment Bill, abolishing the “year and a day” rule. This rule meant that no one could be liable for killing another person unless that ... <a title="New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/08/new-zealands-repeal-of-year-and-a-day-rule-expands-liability-for-homicide-113042/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s repeal of “year and a day” rule expands liability for homicide">Read more</a>