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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Greenland, Professor in Marketing, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has simply added to the ever more rapid growth in online learning since 2005. Online education generates massive income, with the global e-learning market estimated at US$144 billion in 2019 and predicted to reach US$374 ... <a title="How unis can save millions by tackling the biggest causes of online students’ high dropout rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/how-unis-can-save-millions-by-tackling-the-biggest-causes-of-online-students-high-dropout-rates-173139/" aria-label="Read more about How unis can save millions by tackling the biggest causes of online students’ high dropout rates">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Sebo, Lecturer in Medieval Literature, Flinders University Shutterstock Wordle is a quick English-language word game developed by software engineer Josh Wardle, as a unique gift for his partner, released in October 2021. It’s easily accessible online. The game, in which players guess a five letter word ... <a title="Codecracking, community and competition: why the word puzzle Wordle has become a new online obsession" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/codecracking-community-and-competition-why-the-word-puzzle-wordle-has-become-a-new-online-obsession-174878/" aria-label="Read more about Codecracking, community and competition: why the word puzzle Wordle has become a new online obsession">Read more</a>
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January 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As attention turns to pupils’ return to the classroom, Anthony Albanese on Tuesday will promise a Labor government would spend $440 million on better ventilation in schools, building upgrades, and mental health support for children. The plan is in two ... <a title="Albanese pledges $440 million to help schools and children ‘bounce back’ and outlines aspirations for a ‘legacy’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/25/albanese-pledges-440-million-to-help-schools-and-children-bounce-back-and-outlines-aspirations-for-a-legacy-175526/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese pledges $440 million to help schools and children ‘bounce back’ and outlines aspirations for a ‘legacy’">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Scollary, Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University Shutterstock I was first introduced to natural wines in Paris about 20 years ago. My initial tasting experience did little to convince me this approach to winemaking would survive. Many showed faults reflecting oxidation or yeast- or bacterial-derived odours that ... <a title="Natural wines: how are they made and what’s the deal with sulfites? An expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/natural-wines-how-are-they-made-and-whats-the-deal-with-sulfites-an-expert-explains-174879/" aria-label="Read more about Natural wines: how are they made and what’s the deal with sulfites? An expert explains">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Alexandra Wade, Research associate, University of South Australia When we think of dementia, we often fear a loss of control. But the reassuring news is up to 40% of dementias can be prevented or delayed if we change our health habits. Nearly half a million Australians ... <a title="A healthier heart can protect your brain too. 5 lifestyle changes to prevent dementia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/a-healthier-heart-can-protect-your-brain-too-5-lifestyle-changes-to-prevent-dementia-175142/" aria-label="Read more about A healthier heart can protect your brain too. 5 lifestyle changes to prevent dementia">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hopkins, Senior Lecturer in Molecular Ecology, Edith Cowan University Narelle Dybing, Author provided Wildlife encounters can be few and far between in cities but, if you’re lucky, you might catch sight of a small Aussie marsupial in Perth that’s helping keep urban bushland healthy. Quenda, a ... <a title="How this little marsupial’s poo nurtures urban gardens and bushland (and how you can help protect them)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/how-this-little-marsupials-poo-nurtures-urban-gardens-and-bushland-and-how-you-can-help-protect-them-175064/" aria-label="Read more about How this little marsupial’s poo nurtures urban gardens and bushland (and how you can help protect them)">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Cunneen, Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock The enormous eruption of the underwater volcano in Tonga, Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, triggered a tsunami that reached countries all around the Pacific rim, even causing a disastrous oil spill along 21 beaches in Peru. In Tonga, waves about 2 ... <a title="5 ways climate change increases the threat of tsunamis, from collapsing ice shelves to sea level rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/5-ways-climate-change-increases-the-threat-of-tsunamis-from-collapsing-ice-shelves-to-sea-level-rise-175247/" aria-label="Read more about 5 ways climate change increases the threat of tsunamis, from collapsing ice shelves to sea level rise">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Radhika Raghav, Sessional Lecturer and Tutor in Gender Studies and Sociology, University of Otago IMDB Contemporary Bollywood films tend to focus on stories of the Indian underdog emerging triumphant after facing adversity or a threat from an “outsider”: the triumph of the charismatic masculine Hinduised hero who ... <a title="Honour and masculine pride for the country: how the Bollywood sports biopic 83 furthers India’s nationalist cause" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/honour-and-masculine-pride-for-the-country-how-the-bollywood-sports-biopic-83-furthers-indias-nationalist-cause-174783/" aria-label="Read more about Honour and masculine pride for the country: how the Bollywood sports biopic 83 furthers India’s nationalist cause">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Keogh, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock In 1979, a group of disgruntled Atari employees decided to quit and create their own company. Activision was the world’s first “third-party” game development company, producing and publishing titles for other companies’ platforms. Fast-forward 43 years and the ... <a title="Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard: with the video game industry under new management, what’s going to change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/microsoft-buys-activision-blizzard-with-the-video-game-industry-under-new-management-whats-going-to-change-175433/" aria-label="Read more about Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard: with the video game industry under new management, what’s going to change?">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heidi Norman, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney First Nations people please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people. In early January, the prime minister and minister for Indigenous ... <a title="Ancestral Remains of First Nations people were once stolen for trophies. Now they will have a national resting place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/ancestral-remains-of-first-nations-people-were-once-stolen-for-trophies-now-they-will-have-a-national-resting-place-174537/" aria-label="Read more about Ancestral Remains of First Nations people were once stolen for trophies. Now they will have a national resting place">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Fox, Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre of Biography, Australian National University www.shutterstock.com Australia Day honours will be announced this week, and, if recent announcements are any indication, they are likely to generate considerable public debate. In 2014, there was the reestablishment of knighthoods and ... <a title="There have always been arguments about who gets what: the surprising history of Australia’s honours system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/there-have-always-been-arguments-about-who-gets-what-the-surprising-history-of-australias-honours-system-174768/" aria-label="Read more about There have always been arguments about who gets what: the surprising history of Australia’s honours system">Read more</a>
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January 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lyn Gilbert, Honorary Professor Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Univeristy of Sydney; Senior Researcher Sydney Institue for Infectious Disease, University of Sydney., University of Sydney Shutterstock Australia’s aged care homes are being devastated by the current wave of COVID infections, with more than 1,100 outbreaks affecting ... <a title="1,100 Australian aged care homes are locked down due to COVID. What have we learnt from deaths in care?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/01/24/1-100-australian-aged-care-homes-are-locked-down-due-to-covid-what-have-we-learnt-from-deaths-in-care-175141/" aria-label="Read more about 1,100 Australian aged care homes are locked down due to COVID. What have we learnt from deaths in care?">Read more</a>
