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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine Shih Pearson, Honorary Associate, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Sydney Review: Dust, Sydney Festival 2019 What kind of world are we leaving for our children? So goes our conversation everywhere these days, it seems, as our planet overheats and burns in winter as ... <a title="Dancenorth’s Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/dancenorths-dust-is-ambitious-theatre-in-an-age-of-uncertainty-109870/" aria-label="Read more about Dancenorth’s Dust is ambitious theatre in an age of uncertainty">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Igor Martek, Lecturer In Construction, Deakin University In signing the Paris Climate Agreement, the Australian government committed to a global goal of zero net emissions by 2050. Australia’s promised reductions to 2030, on a per person and emissions intensity basis, exceed even the targets set by the ... <a title="Buildings produce 25% of Australia’s emissions. What will it take to make them ‘green’ – and who’ll pay?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/buildings-produce-25-of-australias-emissions-what-will-it-take-to-make-them-green-and-wholl-pay-105652/" aria-label="Read more about Buildings produce 25% of Australia’s emissions. What will it take to make them ‘green’ – and who’ll pay?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Alexandra, PhD candidate, RMIT University Fish deaths in the Darling River have once more raised the public profile of incessant political controversies about the Murray Darling Basin. These divisive debates reveal the deeply contested nature of reforms to water policy in the Basin. It feels like ... <a title="It’s time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/its-time-to-restore-public-trust-in-the-governing-of-the-murray-darling-basin-109797/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to restore public trust in the governing of the Murray Darling Basin">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Elliott, Dean of External Engagment and Executive Director of the Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Australia When you’re lost, Siri can be your best friend. But if she can’t retrieve the right address from your contacts, she can drive you crazy. ... <a title="Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/will-talking-to-ai-voice-assistants-re-engineer-our-human-conversations-108922/" aria-label="Read more about Will talking to AI voice assistants re-engineer our human conversations?">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Jeffrey, Director and CEO of the Australia India Institute; Professor of Development Geography, University of Melbourne In recent days, Australia’s foreign minister Marise Payne announced efforts to strengthen Australia’s involvement in the Indian Ocean region, and the importance of working with India in defence and other ... <a title="Why the Indian Ocean region might soon play a lead role in world affairs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/why-the-indian-ocean-region-might-soon-play-a-lead-role-in-world-affairs-109663/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Indian Ocean region might soon play a lead role in world affairs">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eloise Stephenson, PhD Candidate, Griffith University Ross River virus is Australia’s most common mosquito-borne disease. It infects around 4,000 people a year and, despite being named after a river in North Queensland, is found in all states and territories, including Tasmania. While the disease isn’t fatal, it ... <a title="How Australian wildlife spread and suppress Ross River virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/how-australian-wildlife-spread-and-suppress-ross-river-virus-107267/" aria-label="Read more about How Australian wildlife spread and suppress Ross River virus">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University What if you never had to return to work? Never had to return to work at the office, that is. You’d be able to juggle kids on school holidays. You wouldn’t need to navigate traffic ... <a title="It’s not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/its-not-just-the-isolation-working-from-home-has-surprising-downsides-107140/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Stenberg, Lecturer in Chinese Studies, University of Sydney The Water Margin, also known in English as Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers, is one of the most powerful narratives to emerge from China. The book, conventionally attributed to an otherwise obscure Yuan dynasty ... <a title="Guide to the classics: The Water Margin, China’s outlaw novel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/guide-to-the-classics-the-water-margin-chinas-outlaw-novel-99835/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: The Water Margin, China’s outlaw novel">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wrapped-up in Las Vegas last week. The annual event gives enthusiasts a taste of the latest gadgets and devices on the horizon of consumer technology. This year, we saw advances in digital health, ... <a title="Roll-up screens and 8K resolution: what the future of television looks like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/roll-up-screens-and-8k-resolution-what-the-future-of-television-looks-like-109512/" aria-label="Read more about Roll-up screens and 8K resolution: what the future of television looks like">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Calcino, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids. Why has nobody found any life ... <a title="Curious Kids: why has nobody found any life outside of Earth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/curious-kids-why-has-nobody-found-any-life-outside-of-earth-105128/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why has nobody found any life outside of Earth?">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University The serve is arguably the most important component of the modern tennis game – and the faster, the better. But when broken down to very simplistic scientific considerations, the speeds we routinely see top players reach when they deliver ... <a title="Fast serves don’t make sense – unless you factor in physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/fast-serves-dont-make-sense-unless-you-factor-in-physics-106937/" aria-label="Read more about Fast serves don’t make sense – unless you factor in physics">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoltan Szabo, Cellist and musicologist, University of Sydney Review: La Passion de Simone, Sydney Festival 2019 It is striking that the cosmopolitan, culturally vibrant city of Sydney, with its covetous interest in a broad spectrum of recent (contemporary is such a loaded term!) literature, theatre, jazz and ... <a title="La Passion de Simone brings Simone Weil’s sufferings to life, but the movements feel static" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/la-passion-de-simone-brings-simone-weils-sufferings-to-life-but-the-movements-feel-static-109794/" aria-label="Read more about La Passion de Simone brings Simone Weil’s sufferings to life, but the movements feel static">Read more</a>
