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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janie Hoormann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Astrophysics, The University of Queensland If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future? – Rakovi, age 12, Dimapur, India. That is a great question. ... <a title="Curious Kids: can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/curious-kids-can-earth-be-affected-by-a-black-hole-in-the-future-118181/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: can Earth be affected by a black hole in the future?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeanell Carrigan, Associate professor, University of Sydney Review: Oscar and Lucinda, composer Elliott Gyger, librettist Pierce Wilcox, after the novel by Peter Carey, Sydney. Attending the opening night of a world premiere performance of a new Australian opera is an exhilarating experience – though one that requires ... <a title="A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/a-clever-operatic-adaptation-of-oscar-and-lucinda-is-let-down-by-music-that-fails-to-captivate-121101/" aria-label="Read more about A clever operatic adaptation of Oscar and Lucinda is let down by music that fails to captivate">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Smith-Miles, Professor of Applied Mathematics, ARC Laureate Fellow, Chief Investigator in the Australian Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers, University of Melbourne The role of algorithms in our lives is growing rapidly, from simply suggesting online search results or content in our social media ... <a title="Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/algorithms-are-everywhere-but-what-will-it-take-for-us-to-trust-them-118830/" aria-label="Read more about Algorithms are everywhere but what will it take for us to trust them?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sierra Keung, Kaiako – Sport & Recreation, Auckland University of Technology For the past seven years, 70 of the 75 players who have been selected for New Zealand’s senior men’s rugby league team were of Māori or Pasifika heritage. About 42% of the National Rugby League’s player ... <a title="Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/athlete-development-must-better-support-indigenous-and-pasifika-players-119976/" aria-label="Read more about Athlete development must better support Indigenous and Pasifika players">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joy Hussain, GP Researcher, RMIT University Why do people use sauna? Despite centuries of anecdotal evidence which says the practice is relaxing and healthy, researchers have never actually asked this question. Until now. With increasing evidence pointing to the health benefits of sauna, Australian researchers decided to ... <a title="People use sauna for well-being, but its medical benefits are not widely understood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/people-use-sauna-for-well-being-but-its-medical-benefits-are-not-widely-understood-117972/" aria-label="Read more about People use sauna for well-being, but its medical benefits are not widely understood">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Letnic, Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Coalition minister Angus Taylor is under scrutiny for possibly intervening in the clearing of grasslands in the southern highlands of New South Wales. Leaving aside the political dimensions, it’s worth asking: why do these grasslands matter? Read more: Pauline ... <a title="What are native grasslands, and why do they matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/what-are-native-grasslands-and-why-do-they-matter-121181/" aria-label="Read more about What are native grasslands, and why do they matter?">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Soong, Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education Practice, School of Education, University of South Australia On behalf of student here from Hong Kong I am so worried to tell my parents that the work is too much. They want me to study hard and continue at an ... <a title="‘I’m an international student in Australia. How do I tell my parents the pressure they put on me is too much?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/im-an-international-student-in-australia-how-do-i-tell-my-parents-the-pressure-they-put-on-me-is-too-much-111834/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I’m an international student in Australia. How do I tell my parents the pressure they put on me is too much?’">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alan Morris, Research Professor, University of Technology Sydney Private renting continues to expand at the expense of home ownership, newly released ABS statistics show. More than one in four Australians (27%) are now tenants of a private landlord (2017-18). Only one in five lived in private rental ... <a title="Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/private-renters-are-doing-it-tough-in-outer-suburbs-of-sydney-and-melbourne-120427/" aria-label="Read more about Private renters are doing it tough in outer suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kaine, Associate Professor UTS Centre for Business and Social Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Many Australians are shocked by celebrity chef George Calombaris being caught for underpaying employees A$7.8 million. It didn’t help, of course, that the television personality was also reported to be seeking a ... <a title="Shocking yet not surprising: wage theft has become a culturally accepted part of business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/shocking-yet-not-surprising-wage-theft-has-become-a-culturally-accepted-part-of-business-121038/" aria-label="Read more about Shocking yet not surprising: wage theft has become a culturally accepted part of business">Read more</a>
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July 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has a blunt message for critics who are accusing Labor of attacking government measures but then voting for them. They should “examine the world as it is rather than as they would like it to be,” he says. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese on Labor’s hard times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/31/politics-with-michelle-grattan-anthony-albanese-on-labors-hard-times-121184/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese on Labor’s hard times">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University Regulatory failure has been a hot topic in Australia recently. Royal commissions into the financial and aged care sectors have revealed major regulatory failures. The harm done by these oversights has been significant. Regulation ... <a title="The Crown allegations show the repeated failures of our gambling regulators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/the-crown-allegations-show-the-repeated-failures-of-our-gambling-regulators-121173/" aria-label="Read more about The Crown allegations show the repeated failures of our gambling regulators">Read more</a>
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July 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Webb, Director of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra Too Much Lip joins the other prizewinning volumes in Melissa Lucashenko’s trophy cabinet. Her first-ever novel, Steam Pigs (1997), was shortlisted for or won several major prizes, and in the past two decades ... <a title="With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the ‘whiteman’s world’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/30/with-wit-and-tenderness-miles-franklin-winner-melissa-lucashenko-writes-back-to-the-whitemans-world-121176/" aria-label="Read more about With wit and tenderness, Miles Franklin winner Melissa Lucashenko writes back to the ‘whiteman’s world’">Read more</a>
