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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Harvey-Smith, Professor and Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: what makes a shooting star fall?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/curious-kids-what-makes-a-shooting-star-fall-111068/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what makes a shooting star fall?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne An Ipsos poll conducted for Nine newspapers – previously Fairfax papers – gave Labor just a 51-49 lead, a three-point gain for the Coalition since the last Ipsos poll in mid-December. Primary votes were 38% ... <a title="Poll wrap: Labor’s lead narrows to just 51-49 in Ipsos, but is it an outlier?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/poll-wrap-labors-lead-narrows-to-just-51-49-in-ipsos-but-is-it-an-outlier-111980/" aria-label="Read more about Poll wrap: Labor’s lead narrows to just 51-49 in Ipsos, but is it an outlier?">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathalie Collins, Academic Director (National Programs), Edith Cowan University Of all the fictional virtual assistants we know from pop culture, few stand up to the original and perhaps most famous: the HAL 9000 from the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey. We should probably be ... <a title="Just like HAL, your voice assistant isn’t working for you even if it feels like it is" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/just-like-hal-your-voice-assistant-isnt-working-for-you-even-if-it-feels-like-it-is-111177/" aria-label="Read more about Just like HAL, your voice assistant isn’t working for you even if it feels like it is">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hutchinson, PhD Candidate, Australian National University Over the past weeks, the US government has been in peace negotiations with the Taliban. It has been 17 years since US and allied troops first deployed to Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and support a democratically elected government. The ... <a title="A peace agreement in Afghanistan won’t last if there are no women at the table" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/a-peace-agreement-in-afghanistan-wont-last-if-there-are-no-women-at-the-table-111820/" aria-label="Read more about A peace agreement in Afghanistan won’t last if there are no women at the table">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Hughes, Senior Research Fellow – Criminologist and Drug Policy Researcher, UNSW In the early 2000s New South Wales became the first Australian state to introduce drug detection dogs for policing, with the aim of “targeting drug supply” and “attacking the root causes of drugs” in society. ... <a title="It’s time to change our drug dog policies to catch dealers, not low-level users at public events" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/its-time-to-change-our-drug-dog-policies-to-catch-dealers-not-low-level-users-at-public-events-111710/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to change our drug dog policies to catch dealers, not low-level users at public events">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lizzy Lowe, Postdoctoral researcher, Macquarie University Insects are important wildlife often overlooked in urban habitats. What we do notice are the cockroaches, ants and mosquitoes in and around our homes. All too often we reach for the insect spray. But not all insects are pests – a ... <a title="The battle against bugs: it’s time to end chemical warfare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/the-battle-against-bugs-its-time-to-end-chemical-warfare-111629/" aria-label="Read more about The battle against bugs: it’s time to end chemical warfare">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Kang, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney I Need to Know is an ongoing series for teens in search of reliable, confidential advice about life’s tricky questions. If you’re a teen, send us your questions about sex, drugs, health and relationships, and we’ll ask an expert ... <a title="I Need to Know: ‘is it normal to get sore down there after sex?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/i-need-to-know-is-it-normal-to-get-sore-down-there-after-sex-111744/" aria-label="Read more about I Need to Know: ‘is it normal to get sore down there after sex?’">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Price is the most delicate element of the marketing mix, and much thought goes into setting prices to nudge us towards spending more. There’s one particularly cunning type of pricing strategy that marketers use ... <a title="The decoy effect: how you are influenced to choose without really knowing it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/the-decoy-effect-how-you-are-influenced-to-choose-without-really-knowing-it-111259/" aria-label="Read more about The decoy effect: how you are influenced to choose without really knowing it">Read more</a>
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February 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Goodin, Postdoctoral fellow in the Program in Early American Economy & Society, at the Library Company of Philadelphia.., Australian National University The natives of new Holland are perhaps the quickest fighters in the world … They remind me of Homer’s description of his heroes. The warriors ... <a title="Sailors’ journals shed new light on Bennelong, a man misunderstood by history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/18/sailors-journals-shed-new-light-on-bennelong-a-man-misunderstood-by-history-111266/" aria-label="Read more about Sailors’ journals shed new light on Bennelong, a man misunderstood by history">Read more</a>
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February 16, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Vagg, Clinical associate professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Pain Specialist, Deakin University Making the decision to operate on a baby or toddler can be complex and confronting for parents. It involves weighing the risks versus the expected benefits for the child. One of the ... <a title="Putting babies under general anaesthetic won’t affect their development, new research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/16/putting-babies-under-general-anaesthetic-wont-affect-their-development-new-research-shows-111727/" aria-label="Read more about Putting babies under general anaesthetic won’t affect their development, new research shows">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melitta Hogarth, Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland This week saw the release of the annual Closing the Gap report. Much like the previous decade of reports, we learned progress was lacking, failure was apparent and in 2018, only two of the seven targets were on track. This ... <a title="There’s little reason for optimism about Closing the Gap, despite changes to education targets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/theres-little-reason-for-optimism-about-closing-the-gap-despite-changes-to-education-targets-111840/" aria-label="Read more about There’s little reason for optimism about Closing the Gap, despite changes to education targets">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annamarie Jagose, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney Recently, the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) — the peak professional body for Australian English teachers — published a special issue of the journal English in Australia entitled “Love in ... <a title="Pages and prejudice: how queer texts could fight homophobia in Australian schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/15/pages-and-prejudice-how-queer-texts-could-fight-homophobia-in-australian-schools-111437/" aria-label="Read more about Pages and prejudice: how queer texts could fight homophobia in Australian schools">Read more</a>
