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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Peterson, Associate Professor, Flinders University Review: Grand Finale, Adelaide Festival March 15 When we take our seats in Adelaide’s Festival Theatre the air is already thick with haze. Its density suggests something ominous, a kind of collapse. A single, melancholic musical line pierces through the darkness ... <a title="With Grand Finale, audiences bear witness to a world on the edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/with-grand-finale-audiences-bear-witness-to-a-world-on-the-edge-113730/" aria-label="Read more about With Grand Finale, audiences bear witness to a world on the edge">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jillian Ryan, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO Wang Wang and Funi came to Australia from China a decade ago. Their relationship is best described as complicated. Despite considerable medical assistance, they have never managed to produce offspring. It has put a big question mark over whether they will ... <a title="Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and white" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/pandanomics-is-a-grey-area-but-to-us-the-value-of-giant-pandas-is-black-and-white-112956/" aria-label="Read more about Pandanomics is a grey area, but to us the value of giant pandas is black and white">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart M Bender, Early Career Research Fellow (Digital aesthetics of violence), Curtin University The shocking mass-shooting in Christchurch on Friday is notable for using livestreaming video technology to broadcast horrific first-person footage of the shooting on social media. In the highly disturbing video, the gunman drives to ... <a title="Social media creates a spectacle society that makes it easier for terrorists to achieve notoriety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/social-media-creates-a-spectacle-society-that-makes-it-easier-for-terrorists-to-achieve-notoriety-113715/" aria-label="Read more about Social media creates a spectacle society that makes it easier for terrorists to achieve notoriety">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Allavena, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland Companion animals are part of our families, but inevitably the time comes for us to say goodbye to them due to old age or disease. Many pet lovers opt to bury their pets in the backyard. However, there are ... <a title="Why you shouldn’t bury your pet in the backyard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/why-you-shouldnt-bury-your-pet-in-the-backyard-113375/" aria-label="Read more about Why you shouldn’t bury your pet in the backyard">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne The New South Wales election will be held on March 23. Last week, a Newspoll had a 50-50 tie, while a ReachTEL poll gave Labor a 51-49 lead. At the 2015 election, the Coalition won ... <a title="NSW election likely to be close, and Mark Latham will win an upper house seat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/nsw-election-likely-to-be-close-and-mark-latham-will-win-an-upper-house-seat-113549/" aria-label="Read more about NSW election likely to be close, and Mark Latham will win an upper house seat">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joe Burton, Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato In the aftermath of the tragic loss of life in Christchurch on Friday, the focus needs to be on supporting those who have lost their loved ones and on fostering a sense ... <a title="Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/four-lessons-we-must-take-away-from-the-christchurch-terror-attack-113716/" aria-label="Read more about Four lessons we must take away from the Christchurch terror attack">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Cohen, Clinical Psychologist and PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney Social media use is often described as being problematic for mental health and body image. But is all social media use bad? Our new research shows that viewing body positive Instagram content may actually improve women’s ... <a title="Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/women-can-build-positive-body-image-by-controlling-what-they-view-on-social-media-113041/" aria-label="Read more about Women can build positive body image by controlling what they view on social media">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Dental care in Australia is a policy anomaly; for some reason, the mouth is treated very differently to other parts of the body. About 58% of dental costs are met directly from patients’ pockets, compared to 11% for medical primary ... <a title="Two million Aussies delay or don’t go to the dentist – here’s how we can fix that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/two-million-aussies-delay-or-dont-go-to-the-dentist-heres-how-we-can-fix-that-113376/" aria-label="Read more about Two million Aussies delay or don’t go to the dentist – here’s how we can fix that">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Edwards, Post Doctoral Researcher, La Trobe 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 Conversation, ... <a title="Curious Kids: why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/curious-kids-why-bats-sleep-upside-down-and-other-stories-of-animal-adaptation-112518/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why bats sleep upside down, and other stories of animal adaptation">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne Smell is a vital part of sexual attraction for all kinds of animals (including humans). We may be able to use smell to improve breeding programs by giving the ... <a title="‘Give us a sniff, love’: giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/give-us-a-sniff-love-giving-marsupials-scents-from-suitors-helps-breeding-programs-113641/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Give us a sniff, love’: giving marsupials scents from suitors helps breeding programs">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Gwynne, Associate Professor and Research Director, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney A customised scholarship program developed for Aboriginal TAFE students has led to a 96% completion rate – more than 60% above the average completion rate for Aboriginal ... <a title="New TAFE program for Aboriginal health-care students sees a near perfect completion rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/new-tafe-program-for-aboriginal-health-care-students-sees-a-near-perfect-completion-rate-113270/" aria-label="Read more about New TAFE program for Aboriginal health-care students sees a near perfect completion rate">Read more</a>
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March 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David MacKenzie, Associate Professor, Department of Social Science, Swinburne University of Technology A National Report Card on Youth Homelessness in Australia says government action over the past decade would earn no more than two stars under its four-star rating system. There has been under-investment in most areas. ... <a title="Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/03/18/youth-homelessness-efforts-get-a-lowly-2-stars-from-national-report-card-113118/" aria-label="Read more about Youth homelessness efforts get a lowly 2 stars from national report card">Read more</a>
