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What is hell, exactly? We might joke it’s other people, but the Bible has a more complicated answer

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity This is the first in a two-part series on heaven and hell by Bible scholar Robyn Whitaker. You can read her piece on heaven here. “This is hell” we might proclaim, midway through ... <a title="What is hell, exactly? We might joke it’s other people, but the Bible has a more complicated answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/what-is-hell-exactly-we-might-joke-its-other-people-but-the-bible-has-a-more-complicated-answer-113732/" aria-label="Read more about What is hell, exactly? We might joke it’s other people, but the Bible has a more complicated answer">Read more</a>

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Going to the beach this Easter? Here are four ways we’re not being properly protected from jellyfish

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynda Crowley-Cyr, Associae Professsor of Law, University of Southern Queensland The Easter long weekend marks the last opportunity this year for many Australians to go to the beach as the weather cools down. And for some, particularly in Queensland, it means dodging bluebottle tentacles on the sand. ... <a title="Going to the beach this Easter? Here are four ways we’re not being properly protected from jellyfish" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/going-to-the-beach-this-easter-here-are-four-ways-were-not-being-properly-protected-from-jellyfish-112955/" aria-label="Read more about Going to the beach this Easter? Here are four ways we’re not being properly protected from jellyfish">Read more</a>

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In Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s Pretty Beach, a fever of stingrays becomes a meditation on suffering

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ted Snell, Professor, Chief Cultural Officer, Cultural Precinct, University of Western Australia In our Here’s looking at series, experts explain prominent works of art. Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s fever of stingrays glide menacingly beneath a crystal sea. The installation Pretty Beach is instantly engaging; the seductive quality of the ... <a title="In Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s Pretty Beach, a fever of stingrays becomes a meditation on suffering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/in-abdul-rahman-abdullahs-pretty-beach-a-fever-of-stingrays-becomes-a-meditation-on-suffering-114427/" aria-label="Read more about In Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s Pretty Beach, a fever of stingrays becomes a meditation on suffering">Read more</a>

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The IKEA effect: how we value the fruits of our labour over instant gratification

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Associate Professor in Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology There are some anecdotes just so good that almost every story about a particular economic principle begins the same. So too this article begins with cake mix. In the 1950, the story goes, US ... <a title="The IKEA effect: how we value the fruits of our labour over instant gratification" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/the-ikea-effect-how-we-value-the-fruits-of-our-labour-over-instant-gratification-113647/" aria-label="Read more about The IKEA effect: how we value the fruits of our labour over instant gratification">Read more</a>

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Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert McLachlan, Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University The major focus on climate change in Environment Aotearoa 2019, a stocktake on New Zealand’s environment released today, is a welcome change. The report describes an environment that faces serious pressures, including species at risk of extinction, polluted rivers ... <a title="Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/climate-change-is-hitting-hard-across-new-zealand-official-report-finds-115661/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is hitting hard across New Zealand, official report finds">Read more</a>

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Joko Widodo looks set to win the Indonesia election. Now, the real power struggle begins

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, University of Melbourne Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo (known as “Jokowi”) looks poised to win another five years in office by a convincing margin. Official results from Wednesday’s election ... <a title="Joko Widodo looks set to win the Indonesia election. Now, the real power struggle begins" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/joko-widodo-looks-set-to-win-the-indonesia-election-now-the-real-power-struggle-begins-115626/" aria-label="Read more about Joko Widodo looks set to win the Indonesia election. Now, the real power struggle begins">Read more</a>

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Curious Kids: How long would garden snails live if they were not eaten by another animal?

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin 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, based on ... <a title="Curious Kids: How long would garden snails live if they were not eaten by another animal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/curious-kids-how-long-would-garden-snails-live-if-they-were-not-eaten-by-another-animal-114746/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: How long would garden snails live if they were not eaten by another animal?">Read more</a>

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The myth of ‘the Queensland voter’, Australia’s trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling Today we’re bringing you a special discussion about the federal election that took place at the launch of a book of Conversation essays, Advancing Australia: Ideas for a Better Country. Recorded at Avid Reader bookshop in Brisbane on April 17, the ... <a title="The myth of ‘the Queensland voter’, Australia’s trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/the-myth-of-the-queensland-voter-australias-trust-deficit-and-the-path-to-indigenous-recognition-115569/" aria-label="Read more about The myth of ‘the Queensland voter’, Australia’s trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition">Read more</a>

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New Zealand’s urban freshwater is improving, but a major report reveals huge gaps in our knowledge

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Troy Baisden, Professor and Chair in Lake and Freshwater Sciences, University of Waikato Environment Aotearoa 2019, a major report released today, provides the first snapshot since 2015 of New Zealand’s environment across five “domains” – air, climate, freshwater, land and ocean. This is the first synthesis report ... <a title="New Zealand’s urban freshwater is improving, but a major report reveals huge gaps in our knowledge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/new-zealands-urban-freshwater-is-improving-but-a-major-report-reveals-huge-gaps-in-our-knowledge-115695/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand’s urban freshwater is improving, but a major report reveals huge gaps in our knowledge">Read more</a>

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Paris? Melbourne? Public housing doesn’t just look the same, it’s part of the challenges refugees face

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Majdi Faleh, Teaching Assistant, University of Melbourne The public housing estates built in cities around the world since the first public housing was built in the 19th-century London have long been home to the very vulnerable, including refugees and immigrants. At the level of their lived experience ... <a title="Paris? Melbourne? Public housing doesn’t just look the same, it’s part of the challenges refugees face" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/paris-melbourne-public-housing-doesnt-just-look-the-same-its-part-of-the-challenges-refugees-face-110284/" aria-label="Read more about Paris? Melbourne? Public housing doesn’t just look the same, it’s part of the challenges refugees face">Read more</a>

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How old ideas about tolerance can help us live more peacefully today

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sharpe, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Deakin University It is telling that the greatest early modern philosophical defender of tolerance was a refugee. Pierre Bayle, a Protestant, fled his native France in 1681. He would lose several family members in the persecution of the Huguenots after Louis ... <a title="How old ideas about tolerance can help us live more peacefully today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/how-old-ideas-about-tolerance-can-help-us-live-more-peacefully-today-114082/" aria-label="Read more about How old ideas about tolerance can help us live more peacefully today">Read more</a>

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We scanned one of our closest cousins, the coelacanth, to learn how its brain grows

April 18, 2019

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugo Dutel, Research associate, University of Bristol There’s a lot that’s fascinating about the coelacanth Latimeria. Now under threat, this deep-sea fish is closely related to humans and other back-boned, land dwelling animals (tetrapods). The coelacanth Latimeria is a relatively large fish (reaching about 2 metres long) ... <a title="We scanned one of our closest cousins, the coelacanth, to learn how its brain grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/18/we-scanned-one-of-our-closest-cousins-the-coelacanth-to-learn-how-its-brain-grows-115147/" aria-label="Read more about We scanned one of our closest cousins, the coelacanth, to learn how its brain grows">Read more</a>