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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Axel Bruns, Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology As a social media platform, Twitter does not have the most glowing reputation. If you just rely on what you hear about it, you might think Twitter is no more than a hotbed for raging politics and viral ... <a title="Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/twitter-isnt-just-for-political-hashtag-warriors-many-still-use-the-social-network-to-just-hang-out-120505/" aria-label="Read more about Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pamela Laird, Senior Respiratory Physiotherapsit & Researcher, Telethon Kids Institute As respiratory clinicians, we have been conducting outreach clinics to the Kimberley, in northern Western Australia, for about ten years, treating children with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung disease in which the breathing tubes in the lungs are ... <a title="A wet cough for four weeks means it’s time to get it checked out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/a-wet-cough-for-four-weeks-means-its-time-to-get-it-checked-out-118828/" aria-label="Read more about A wet cough for four weeks means it’s time to get it checked out">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerhard Hambusch, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney On July 1, the banking industry got yet another code of conduct – its fifth since 1993 – and although it is voluntary, all of the retail banks have signed up. In the promotional video, Australian Banking Association chairman ... <a title="The new banking code looks impressive, but what will it achieve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/the-new-banking-code-looks-impressive-but-what-will-it-achieve-120582/" aria-label="Read more about The new banking code looks impressive, but what will it achieve?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. Ten images of a woman screaming with theatrical rage, pasted onto board, decorated with glitter paint. ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Pat Larter, pioneering ‘femail’ artist who gave men the Playboy treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/hidden-women-of-history-pat-larter-pioneering-femail-artist-who-gave-men-the-playboy-treatment-119804/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Pat Larter, pioneering ‘femail’ artist who gave men the Playboy treatment">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is a command-and-control kind of guy, as he sought to show this week. He told his backbench to keep their opinions in line or internal, appointed a man he’s personally close to as his new head of the ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison finds some cats defy herding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/grattan-on-friday-morrison-finds-some-cats-defy-herding-120984/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison finds some cats defy herding">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University A 100-metre-wide asteroid passed just 70,000km from Earth on Thursday, Australian time. It was discovered by the Brazilian SONEAR survey just days ago, and its presence was announced mere hours before it zoomed past our planet. The ... <a title="An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/an-asteroid-just-buzzed-past-earth-and-we-barely-noticed-in-time-120972/" aria-label="Read more about An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By G. Gregory Haff, Professor of Strength and Conditioning, Edith Cowan University The world swimming championships currently taking place in South Korea have been attracting global attention not so much for the performances in the pool as the protests over alleged doping taking place on the podium. The ... <a title="Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/snubbing-chinese-swimmer-sun-yang-ignores-the-flaws-in-the-anti-doping-system-120895/" aria-label="Read more about Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Two people in Victoria and New South Wales have died after eating smoked salmon contaminated with listeria, health authorities report. Both were over 70 and had underlying health conditions. Health authorities are also investigating a non-fatal ... <a title="What is listeria and how does it spread in smoked salmon?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/what-is-listeria-and-how-does-it-spread-in-smoked-salmon-120967/" aria-label="Read more about What is listeria and how does it spread in smoked salmon?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mathew Leonardi, Gynaecologist and PhD candidate, Nepean Clinical School, University of Sydney Headlines over the past week have given false hope to the roughly 8–10% of women of reproductive age with endometriosis: Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (called ... <a title="Research Check: have scientists found the cause of endometriosis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/research-check-have-scientists-found-the-cause-of-endometriosis-120665/" aria-label="Read more about Research Check: have scientists found the cause of endometriosis?">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Moodie, Adjunct professor, RMIT University Reports of research misconduct have been prominent recently and probably reflect wider problems of relying on dated integrity protections. The recent reports are from Retraction Watch, which is a blog that reports on the withdrawal of articles by academic journals. The ... <a title="Fudged research results erode people’s trust in experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/fudged-research-results-erode-peoples-trust-in-experts-120881/" aria-label="Read more about Fudged research results erode people’s trust in experts">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has appointed his one-time chief of staff Phil Gaetjens to head the prime minister’s department. He replaces Martin Parkinson, who finds himself out of a top public service job for the second time under the Coalition government. Gaetjens ... <a title="Morrison brings his own man in to head the Prime Minister’s department" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/morrison-brings-his-own-man-in-to-head-the-prime-ministers-department-120973/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison brings his own man in to head the Prime Minister’s department">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Morrison, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland As I watched my hunting dog standing off the lead and lined up with all the other Kleiner Münsterländers, awaiting her turn to swim out and bring back the dead duck (an ... <a title="Training my dog taught me that it’s people who really need training" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/training-my-dog-taught-me-that-its-people-who-really-need-training-99443/" aria-label="Read more about Training my dog taught me that it’s people who really need training">Read more</a>
