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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claudia Vickers, Director, Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, CSIRO We need to revolutionise agriculture in the next 30 years. In 2050 we may have almost 10 billion people to feed. Farmland is already degraded by existing agriculture, and climate change is putting new pressure on crops and ... <a title="To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/to-feed-the-world-in-2050-we-need-to-build-the-plants-that-evolution-didnt-127316/" aria-label="Read more about To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn’t">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olga Kokshagina, Researcher – Innovation & Entrepreneurship, RMIT University For centuries, human beings have relied on patents to encourage and protect innovation. The electric light was patented, the phonograph, television, WiFi and Nespresso capsules. But many inventions were not: matches, vaccination, computers and the internet. Patents work ... <a title="Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/innovation-competitions-are-the-next-big-thing-here-are-8-ways-to-make-them-work-124898/" aria-label="Read more about Innovation competitions are the next big thing. Here are 8 ways to make them work">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Parry, Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, University of Winchester Rising Australian cricket star Will Pucovski has recently taken the surprising step of asking not to be considered for selection for the national men’s team ahead of the First Test against Pakistan, which starts on Thursday. Pucovski ... <a title="Big men do cry: cricketers are leading the charge for inclusive masculinity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/big-men-do-cry-cricketers-are-leading-the-charge-for-inclusive-masculinity-127108/" aria-label="Read more about Big men do cry: cricketers are leading the charge for inclusive masculinity">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor frontbencher Chris Bowen, who has previously been shadow treasurer and before that treasurer, wants the study of economics made “more sexy” to attract more students, especially women, to study it. And he thinks young people’s concerns about climate change ... <a title="Make the study of economics “more sexy”: Chris Bowen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/make-the-study-of-economics-more-sexy-chris-bowen-127360/" aria-label="Read more about Make the study of economics “more sexy”: Chris Bowen">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Cook, Lecturer, Computer and Security Science,Edith Cowan University, Edith Cowan University Fake videos and doctored photographs, often based on events such as the Moon landing and supposed UFO appearances, have been the subject of fascination for decades. Such imagery is often deep fake content, called so ... <a title="Instead of showing leadership, Twitter pays lip service to the dangers of deep fakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/instead-of-showing-leadership-twitter-pays-lip-service-to-the-dangers-of-deep-fakes-127027/" aria-label="Read more about Instead of showing leadership, Twitter pays lip service to the dangers of deep fakes">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evelyn Parr, Research Fellow in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University As an aesthetic society, we often demonise body fat and stigmatise people with lots of it. There’s often an assumption that people carrying excess weight don’t exercise and must ... <a title="If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it’s time to rethink your priorities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/if-weight-loss-is-your-only-goal-for-exercise-its-time-to-rethink-your-priorities-120083/" aria-label="Read more about If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it’s time to rethink your priorities">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Victoria University of Wellington CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, ... <a title="Climate explained: why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/climate-explained-why-coastal-floods-are-becoming-more-frequent-as-seas-rise-127202/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why coastal floods are becoming more frequent as seas rise">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa McLean Davies, Associate Professor Language and Literacy Education, University of Melbourne In recent weeks, Australian universities’ commitment to teaching Australian literature has come under scrutiny. This came amid revelations Sydney University has withdrawn funding from its Chair of Australian Literature – the nation’s first. Later news ... <a title="Old white men dominate school English booklists. It’s time more Australian schools taught Australian books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/old-white-men-dominate-school-english-booklists-its-time-more-australian-schools-taught-australian-books-127110/" aria-label="Read more about Old white men dominate school English booklists. It’s time more Australian schools taught Australian books">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Maund, PhD Candidate, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle The impacts of the bushfires that are overwhelming emergency services in New South Wales and Queensland suggest houses are being built in areas where the risks are high. We rely heavily on emergency services ... <a title="Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/putting-homes-in-high-risk-areas-is-asking-too-much-of-firefighters-127126/" aria-label="Read more about Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andreas Cebulla, Senior Research Fellow, South Australian Centre for Economic Studies, University of Adelaide In the past decade a 30-year trend to earlier retirement has been reversed. In OECD countries the average age at which people retire has risen by about one to two years. In Australia ... <a title="There’s a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/theres-a-yawning-gap-in-the-plan-to-keep-older-australians-working-119013/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gay Hawkins, Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Most of us will never see a platypus or a lyrebird in the wild, but it’s likely we’ve encountered them on television. Our new research looks at the vital role early ABC television played in making ... <a title="Natural history on TV: how the ABC took Australian animals to the people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/natural-history-on-tv-how-the-abc-took-australian-animals-to-the-people-125221/" aria-label="Read more about Natural history on TV: how the ABC took Australian animals to the people">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is responding to increasing concern about the faltering economy by bringing forward A$3.8 billion of infrastructure investment into the next four years, including $1.8 billion for the current and next financial years. Scott Morrison will outline the infrastructure ... <a title="Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/20/government-to-inject-economic-stimulus-by-accelerating-infrastructure-spend-127358/" aria-label="Read more about Government to inject economic stimulus by accelerating infrastructure spend">Read more</a>
