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December 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gisela Kaplan, Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England How do magpies detect worms and other food sources underground? I often see them look or listen, then rapidly hop across the ground and start digging with their beak and extract a worm or bug from ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do magpies detect worms and other food underground?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/26/curious-kids-how-do-magpies-detect-worms-and-other-food-underground-125713/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do magpies detect worms and other food underground?">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annie Yuan Cih Wu, PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Sydney A wedding is one of the biggest expenses in Timor. The bulk of the cost comes from the “barlake”, a Tetum word which can be translated as “dowry”, or “bride price”, even though the exchanges are ... <a title="Dili wedding. How Australian farm work nudges up Timor’s marriage rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/26/dili-wedding-how-australian-farm-work-nudges-up-timors-marriage-rate-126771/" aria-label="Read more about Dili wedding. How Australian farm work nudges up Timor’s marriage rate">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Hunn, Lecturer, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University Traditionally, Boxing Day is a great day to go to the cinema in Australia. This year’s offerings include Hitler comedy Jojo Rabbit, Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You and Cannes Film Festival hit Portrait ... <a title="The 5 best films for cat lovers (that aren’t the movie Cats)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/26/the-5-best-films-for-cat-lovers-that-arent-the-movie-cats-128128/" aria-label="Read more about The 5 best films for cat lovers (that aren’t the movie Cats)">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University There are so many stories flying around about the horrors already being wrought by climate change, you’re probably struggling to keep up. The warnings have been there for decades but still there ... <a title="Nine things you love that are being wrecked by climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/25/nine-things-you-love-that-are-being-wrecked-by-climate-change-127099/" aria-label="Read more about Nine things you love that are being wrecked by climate change">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Reese, Research Assistant, University of Melbourne The 1927 Tariff Board inquiry into the import duty on gramophone records coming into Australia was about more than industry protection. In fact the piano roll industry, which might be expected to be the one most concerned about the impact ... <a title="Protecting Australian women from American jazz: the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/25/protecting-australian-women-from-american-jazz-the-hidden-aim-of-the-1927-tariff-inquiry-127522/" aria-label="Read more about Protecting Australian women from American jazz: the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Rossiter, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University From the smell of chlorine to water bombing and a mixing of cultures – just some of reminiscences of 28 Australians in the book, The Memory Pool: Australian stories of summer, sun and swimming compiled ... <a title="Take a plunge into the memories of Australia’s favourite swimming pools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/25/take-a-plunge-into-the-memories-of-australias-favourite-swimming-pools-128928/" aria-label="Read more about Take a plunge into the memories of Australia’s favourite swimming pools">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rheanna Mainzer, Melbourne Early Career Academic Fellow (Statistics Tutor), University of Melbourne Last Christmas, my family gathered to organise our Kris Kringle. My sister drew her husband, but they were already buying presents for each other, so we decided to draw again. No one in my family ... <a title="Merry Christmaths: the statistics of Secret Santa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/merry-christmaths-the-statistics-of-secret-santa-127730/" aria-label="Read more about Merry Christmaths: the statistics of Secret Santa">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron Jarden, Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Psychology, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne Christmas can be a stressful time of year. You will blow your budget, your relatives will annoy you, and you’ll receive gifts that go straight to Vinnies, all in 40℃ heat. ... <a title="Being grateful this Christmas benefits you even when your family’s driving you bananas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/being-grateful-this-christmas-benefits-you-even-when-your-familys-driving-you-bananas-124168/" aria-label="Read more about Being grateful this Christmas benefits you even when your family’s driving you bananas">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Whitehead, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland In recent years, false claims have circulated that electric vehicles are “breaking our roads” because they don’t use fuel and so their drivers don’t pay fuel excise. Heeding such concerns, both the Victorian and New South Wales governments are ... <a title="Wrong way, go back: a proposed new tax on electric vehicles is a bad idea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/wrong-way-go-back-a-proposed-new-tax-on-electric-vehicles-is-a-bad-idea-127608/" aria-label="Read more about Wrong way, go back: a proposed new tax on electric vehicles is a bad idea">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England It’s not always possible for families to be together during the Christmas holidays if one parent is working away for several days. They could be on a tour of duty for the Australian Defence Force or in ... <a title="How to support children whose parent works away for long periods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/how-to-support-children-whose-parent-works-away-for-long-periods-125641/" aria-label="Read more about How to support children whose parent works away for long periods">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela McCarthy, Senior Lecturer in Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia A 900kg baby Jesus statue in Mexico that looks remarkably like musician Phil Collins recently became a social media phenomenon. But in considering art history, we can gain some interesting insights into how we have come ... <a title="Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man-child" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/baby-jesus-in-art-and-the-long-tradition-of-depicting-christ-as-a-man-child-127812/" aria-label="Read more about Baby Jesus in art and the long tradition of depicting Christ as a man-child">Read more</a>
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December 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Maxwell, Senior Lecturer, University of Southern Queensland I’m a geek. And as a geek, I love my tech toys. But over time I’ve noticed toys are becoming harder to understand. Some modern toys resemble advanced devices. There are flying toys, walking toys, and roving toys. A ... <a title="Robots, AI and drones: when did toys turn into rocket science?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/23/robots-ai-and-drones-when-did-toys-turn-into-rocket-science-127503/" aria-label="Read more about Robots, AI and drones: when did toys turn into rocket science?">Read more</a>
