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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling You’ve heard of dark matter. You’ve probably heard there’s a fair bit of it out there in space, and that astronomers don’t know for sure what it is. But, strange as dark matter is, there’s an even more mysterious thing out ... <a title="More than 70% of the Universe is made of ‘dark energy’, the mysterious stuff even stranger than dark matter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/more-than-70-of-the-universe-is-made-of-dark-energy-the-mysterious-stuff-even-stranger-than-dark-matter-131569/" aria-label="Read more about More than 70% of the Universe is made of ‘dark energy’, the mysterious stuff even stranger than dark matter">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Skead, Professor, Dean of Law School, University of Western Australia In 2017, a business lecturer posted a photo on LinkedIn showing a completely empty university classroom, 15 minutes after the class had been scheduled to start. This is not an isolated incident. Anecdotally, lecture and tutorial ... <a title="Lecture recordings mean fewer students are turning up – does it matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/lecture-recordings-mean-fewer-students-are-turning-up-does-it-matter-131988/" aria-label="Read more about Lecture recordings mean fewer students are turning up – does it matter?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carlo Perrotta, Senior lecturer, Monash University The spread of the coronavirus disease known as COVID-19 is a public health emergency with economic and social ramifications in China and across the world. While the impacts on business are well documented, education is also facing the largest disruption in ... <a title="Coronavirus quarantine could spark an online learning boom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/coronavirus-quarantine-could-spark-an-online-learning-boom-132180/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus quarantine could spark an online learning boom">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct professor, University of Western Australia The extradition hearing to decide whether to send Julian Assange to the United States to be tried for publishing classified military documents on Wikileaks is expected to finally begin today in London. Assange is charged with 17 counts under ... <a title="Julian Assange’s extradition case is finally heading to court – here’s what to expect" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/julian-assanges-extradition-case-is-finally-heading-to-court-heres-what-to-expect-132089/" aria-label="Read more about Julian Assange’s extradition case is finally heading to court – here’s what to expect">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernadette McSherry, Foundation Director, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, University of Melbourne In 2018, the Victorian Ombudsman, Deborah Glass, delivered a report about “the saddest case” she had ever seen. A 39-year-old woman with a developmental disorder had been locked in her prison cell for up to 23 ... <a title="People with cognitive disability shouldn’t be in prison because they’re ‘unfit to plead’. There are alternatives" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/people-with-cognitive-disability-shouldnt-be-in-prison-because-theyre-unfit-to-plead-there-are-alternatives-131295/" aria-label="Read more about People with cognitive disability shouldn’t be in prison because they’re ‘unfit to plead’. There are alternatives">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Connor, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Among the vast number of native species damaged by the recent bushfire crisis, we must not forget native pollinators. These animals, mainly insects such as native bees, help sustain ecosystems by pollinating native plants. Native pollinator populations have been decimated ... <a title="Buzz off honey industry, our national parks shouldn’t be milked for money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/buzz-off-honey-industry-our-national-parks-shouldnt-be-milked-for-money-131891/" aria-label="Read more about Buzz off honey industry, our national parks shouldn’t be milked for money">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natalie Skead, Professor, Dean of Law School, University of Western Australia In 2017, a business lecturer posted a photo on LinkedIn showing a completely empty university classroom, 15 minutes after the class had been scheduled to start. This is not an isolated incident. Anecdotally, lecture and tutorial ... <a title="Online lectures mean fewer students are turning up – does it matter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/online-lectures-mean-fewer-students-are-turning-up-does-it-matter-131988/" aria-label="Read more about Online lectures mean fewer students are turning up – does it matter?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Neil G Sipe, Adjunct Researcher in Transport and Planning, The University of Queensland Over the past decade almost US$200 billion has been invested globally in mobility technology that promises to improve our ability to get around. More than US$33 billion was invested last year alone. Another measure ... <a title="Billions are pouring into mobility technology – will the transport revolution live up to the hype?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/billions-are-pouring-into-mobility-technology-will-the-transport-revolution-live-up-to-the-hype-131154/" aria-label="Read more about Billions are pouring into mobility technology – will the transport revolution live up to the hype?">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Dodd, Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne In a recent ruling the Australian Press Council has given a signal to gossip magazines it is OK to make up and publish rubbish about people, so long as the stories aren’t “blatantly incorrect”. This ... <a title="Australian law says the media can’t spin lies – ‘entertainment magazines’ aren’t an exception" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/australian-law-says-the-media-cant-spin-lies-entertainment-magazines-arent-an-exception-132186/" aria-label="Read more about Australian law says the media can’t spin lies – ‘entertainment magazines’ aren’t an exception">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The transformation of the national electricity market has “progressed at a remarkable pace and scale” over the last year as it moves towards renewables, but security is a critical issue, according to the Energy Security Board. In its latest report ... <a title="Electricity market transforming apace but security a worry: Energy Security Board" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/24/electricity-market-transforming-apace-but-security-a-worry-energy-security-board-132261/" aria-label="Read more about Electricity market transforming apace but security a worry: Energy Security Board">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher about the week in politics, including the extension of the coronavirus travel ban, the royal commission into the bushfires, and labor’s stance on a compulsory superannuation guarantee and zero emissions by 2050. ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on an extended travel ban, a royal commission, and zero emissions by 2050" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/21/video-michelle-grattan-on-an-extended-travel-ban-a-royal-commission-and-zero-emissions-by-2050-132262/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on an extended travel ban, a royal commission, and zero emissions by 2050">Read more</a>
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February 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary Steen, Professor of Midwifery, University of South Australia In a new parenting podcast, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, said she used hypnobirthing techniques to help her get through severe morning sickness – a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum. She also used the techniques during labour. She told ... <a title="What is hypnobirthing, the technique the Duchess of Cambridge used?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/21/what-is-hypnobirthing-the-technique-the-duchess-of-cambridge-used-132015/" aria-label="Read more about What is hypnobirthing, the technique the Duchess of Cambridge used?">Read more</a>
