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December 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Olds, Professor of Health Sciences, University of South Australia The sun’s shining and there’s a trampoline in the backyard. Yet your kids want to spend their summer holidays lying on the couch playing computer games all day. So what can you do to help your school-aged ... <a title="4 ways to get your kids off the couch these summer holidays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/27/4-ways-to-get-your-kids-off-the-couch-these-summer-holidays-123918/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to get your kids off the couch these summer holidays">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Euan Ritchie, Associate Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University 2019 might well be remembered as the year the world caught fire. Some 2.9 million hectares of eastern Australia have been incinerated in the past few ... <a title="Hunter, hunted: when the world catches on fire, how do predators respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/27/hunter-hunted-when-the-world-catches-on-fire-how-do-predators-respond-126280/" aria-label="Read more about Hunter, hunted: when the world catches on fire, how do predators respond?">Read more</a>
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December 27, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael James Walsh, Assistant Professor Social Science, University of Canberra In the years since selfie sticks went global, it has become clear that the mobile phone has changed the way we travel. The ubiquity of social media means tourists can now produce content on the move for ... <a title="#travelgram: live tourist snaps have turned solo adventures into social occasions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/27/travelgram-live-tourist-snaps-have-turned-solo-adventures-into-social-occasions-124583/" aria-label="Read more about #travelgram: live tourist snaps have turned solo adventures into social occasions">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria A partial solar eclipse will occur across northern Australia on December 26. During the afternoon, the Moon will pass in front of the Sun, partially blocking the Sun’s bright light. The eclipse ... <a title="Watch the Moon hide the Sun from northern Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/26/watch-the-moon-hide-the-sun-from-northern-australia-127819/" aria-label="Read more about Watch the Moon hide the Sun from northern Australia">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Lee, Research assistant, The University of Queensland There’s an enourmous variety of sunscreens to choose from. Major supermarkets each sell more than 60 options. And one large pharmacy chain sells more than 100. So how do you choose sunscreen that’s right for you? Read more: Inducing ... <a title="How to pick the right sunscreen when you’re blinded by choice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/26/how-to-pick-the-right-sunscreen-when-youre-blinded-by-choice-125881/" aria-label="Read more about How to pick the right sunscreen when you’re blinded by choice">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gisela Kaplan, Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England How do magpies detect worms and other food sources underground? I often see them look or listen, then rapidly hop across the ground and start digging with their beak and extract a worm or bug from ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do magpies detect worms and other food underground?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/26/curious-kids-how-do-magpies-detect-worms-and-other-food-underground-125713/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do magpies detect worms and other food underground?">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annie Yuan Cih Wu, PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Sydney A wedding is one of the biggest expenses in Timor. The bulk of the cost comes from the “barlake”, a Tetum word which can be translated as “dowry”, or “bride price”, even though the exchanges are ... <a title="Dili wedding. How Australian farm work nudges up Timor’s marriage rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/26/dili-wedding-how-australian-farm-work-nudges-up-timors-marriage-rate-126771/" aria-label="Read more about Dili wedding. How Australian farm work nudges up Timor’s marriage rate">Read more</a>
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December 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Hunn, Lecturer, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University Traditionally, Boxing Day is a great day to go to the cinema in Australia. This year’s offerings include Hitler comedy Jojo Rabbit, Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You and Cannes Film Festival hit Portrait ... <a title="The 5 best films for cat lovers (that aren’t the movie Cats)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/26/the-5-best-films-for-cat-lovers-that-arent-the-movie-cats-128128/" aria-label="Read more about The 5 best films for cat lovers (that aren’t the movie Cats)">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University There are so many stories flying around about the horrors already being wrought by climate change, you’re probably struggling to keep up. The warnings have been there for decades but still there ... <a title="Nine things you love that are being wrecked by climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/25/nine-things-you-love-that-are-being-wrecked-by-climate-change-127099/" aria-label="Read more about Nine things you love that are being wrecked by climate change">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Henry Reese, Research Assistant, University of Melbourne The 1927 Tariff Board inquiry into the import duty on gramophone records coming into Australia was about more than industry protection. In fact the piano roll industry, which might be expected to be the one most concerned about the impact ... <a title="Protecting Australian women from American jazz: the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/25/protecting-australian-women-from-american-jazz-the-hidden-aim-of-the-1927-tariff-inquiry-127522/" aria-label="Read more about Protecting Australian women from American jazz: the hidden aim of the 1927 tariff inquiry">Read more</a>
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December 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Rossiter, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University From the smell of chlorine to water bombing and a mixing of cultures – just some of reminiscences of 28 Australians in the book, The Memory Pool: Australian stories of summer, sun and swimming compiled ... <a title="Take a plunge into the memories of Australia’s favourite swimming pools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/25/take-a-plunge-into-the-memories-of-australias-favourite-swimming-pools-128928/" aria-label="Read more about Take a plunge into the memories of Australia’s favourite swimming pools">Read more</a>
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December 24, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rheanna Mainzer, Melbourne Early Career Academic Fellow (Statistics Tutor), University of Melbourne Last Christmas, my family gathered to organise our Kris Kringle. My sister drew her husband, but they were already buying presents for each other, so we decided to draw again. No one in my family ... <a title="Merry Christmaths: the statistics of Secret Santa" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/12/24/merry-christmaths-the-statistics-of-secret-santa-127730/" aria-label="Read more about Merry Christmaths: the statistics of Secret Santa">Read more</a>
