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December 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judy Friedlander, Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Photo: Judy Friedlander, Author provided This article is part of a series explaining how readers can learn the skills to take part in activities that academics love doing as part of their work. Taxonomy was ... <a title="Take a closer look: how more and more students are catching the citizen science bug" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/29/take-a-closer-look-how-more-and-more-students-are-catching-the-citizen-science-bug-171746/" aria-label="Read more about Take a closer look: how more and more students are catching the citizen science bug">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Limin Fu, Lecturer in Management, University of Newcastle Shutterstock With the world facing an ever-growing number of environmental and social challenges, investors are increasingly expecting corporations to “do the right thing” and contribute positively to the community. This is known as corporate social responsibility or CSR. Investors ... <a title="Explainer: what is corporate social responsibility or CSR – and what do investors need to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/29/explainer-what-is-corporate-social-responsibility-or-csr-and-what-do-investors-need-to-know-169256/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: what is corporate social responsibility or CSR – and what do investors need to know?">Read more</a>
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December 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siobhan McHugh, Honorary Associate Professor, Journalism, University of Wollongong The podcast Guardians of the River traverses the Okavango River from its source in Angola to its discharge into the Botswana Delta 1500 kilometres later Photo: Shutterstock It has been another huge year for podcasts, with a rise ... <a title="River stories, culture wars, share house sagas: 5 of the best podcasts of 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/29/river-stories-culture-wars-share-house-sagas-5-of-the-best-podcasts-of-2021-170781/" aria-label="Read more about River stories, culture wars, share house sagas: 5 of the best podcasts of 2021">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Y.J. Hsu, Research fellow, UNSW Protesters rally against the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Los Angeles in December. Damian Dovarganes/AP The Beijing Winter Olympics are only weeks away and China has been forced on the defensive by a diplomatic boycott called by the US, UK, ... <a title="Can China win back global opinion before the Winter Olympics? Does it even want to?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/28/can-china-win-back-global-opinion-before-the-winter-olympics-does-it-even-want-to-173145/" aria-label="Read more about Can China win back global opinion before the Winter Olympics? Does it even want to?">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University After all the bad press tech companies have received, would anyone still be surprised to learn the outwardly smiling face of social media conceals a sophisticated data-collection industry? This year’s headlines delivered news of an array ... <a title="How 2021 was the year governments really started to wise up against big tech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/28/how-2021-was-the-year-governments-really-started-to-wise-up-against-big-tech-172871/" aria-label="Read more about How 2021 was the year governments really started to wise up against big tech">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Starling, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney Hot weather can be dangerous to our canine friends. Humans can sweat all over our body, but dogs can only sweat on their paw pads, which is not much use when it comes to shedding body heat. So how hot ... <a title="How hot is too hot? Here’s how to tell if your dog is suffering during the summer heat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/28/how-hot-is-too-hot-heres-how-to-tell-if-your-dog-is-suffering-during-the-summer-heat-172957/" aria-label="Read more about How hot is too hot? Here’s how to tell if your dog is suffering during the summer heat">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren C. Fisher, Lecturer in Animation, Swinburne University of Technology Darren Fisher, Author provided This article is part of a series explaining how readers can learn the skills to take part in activities that academics love doing as part of their work. Drawing is a powerful tool ... <a title="Have you fallen for the myth of ‘I can’t draw’? Do it anyway – and reap the rewards" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/28/have-you-fallen-for-the-myth-of-i-cant-draw-do-it-anyway-and-reap-the-rewards-172623/" aria-label="Read more about Have you fallen for the myth of ‘I can’t draw’? Do it anyway – and reap the rewards">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Judy Hughes, PhD candidate in History, La Trobe University In the turbulent world of industrial relations, Geoff Giudice was an oasis of calm. An employers’ barrister and earlier a union researcher, the 13th president of Australia’s national workplace tribunal, now called the Fair Work Commission, had a ... <a title="Remembering Geoffrey Giudice, the ‘bosses man’ who helped make Australia’s Fair Work Commission fair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/28/remembering-geoffrey-giudice-the-bosses-man-who-helped-make-australias-fair-work-commission-fair-173059/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering Geoffrey Giudice, the ‘bosses man’ who helped make Australia’s Fair Work Commission fair">Read more</a>
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December 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland GettyImages The holiday season is a time of merriment and joy, a time to gather with friends and family, when we’re encouraged to slow down and remember the simple things in life. Ironically, it’s also when we ... <a title="Triumph of the mall: how Victor Gruen’s grand urban vision became our suburban shopping reality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/28/triumph-of-the-mall-how-victor-gruens-grand-urban-vision-became-our-suburban-shopping-reality-172393/" aria-label="Read more about Triumph of the mall: how Victor Gruen’s grand urban vision became our suburban shopping reality">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Keating, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Oceanography, UNSW Shutterstock Ahh, summer at the beach! The sun on your face, sand between your toes, an ice cream in your hand. For scientists young and old, a trip to the beach is also a perfect opportunity to explore ... <a title="Slip, slop, slurp! The surprising science of sunscreen, sand and ice cream" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/slip-slop-slurp-the-surprising-science-of-sunscreen-sand-and-ice-cream-169155/" aria-label="Read more about Slip, slop, slurp! The surprising science of sunscreen, sand and ice cream">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Mt Taranaki on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Shutterstock Not I, some child born in a marvellous year / Will learn the trick of standing upright here. The final couplet in Alan Curnow’s poem “The ... <a title="Learning to live with the ‘messy, complicated history’ of how Aotearoa New Zealand was colonised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/learning-to-live-with-the-messy-complicated-history-of-how-aotearoa-new-zealand-was-colonised-172219/" aria-label="Read more about Learning to live with the ‘messy, complicated history’ of how Aotearoa New Zealand was colonised">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Harvey, Associate Professor, Deakin University Michelle Harvey, Author provided Am I not pretty enough? This article is part of The Conversation’s new series introducing you to Australia’s unloved animals that need our help. Not all superheroes wear capes – some live in rubbish bins, garbage dumps ... <a title="Meet the maggot: how this flesh-loving, butt-breathing marvel helps us solve murders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/27/meet-the-maggot-how-this-flesh-loving-butt-breathing-marvel-helps-us-solve-murders-166518/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the maggot: how this flesh-loving, butt-breathing marvel helps us solve murders">Read more</a>
