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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Australians are divided over whether the nation’s universities have too many foreign students, according to the Australian National University’s ANUpoll, released Wednesday. In the polling, 52.8% said the mix between foreign and domestic students was about right, but 46.1% favoured ... <a title="Australians split on the level of foreign students: ANUpoll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/australians-split-on-the-level-of-foreign-students-anupoll-125658/" aria-label="Read more about Australians split on the level of foreign students: ANUpoll">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Gordon, PhD candidate. Sydney University Physics Education Research (SUPER) group, University of Sydney If you want to get good marks in your exams, there’s no substitute for study. So do past exams, go over your notes, read what you need to read, do the problems, ask ... <a title="3 things to help improve your exam results (besides studying)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/3-things-to-help-improve-your-exam-results-besides-studying-124178/" aria-label="Read more about 3 things to help improve your exam results (besides studying)">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Shine, Robinson Fellow, University of Sydney Have you ever sat down to complete your morning crossword or Sudoku and wondered about what’s happening in your brain? Somewhere in the activity of the billions of neurons in your brain lies the code that lets you remember a ... <a title="Your brain approaches tricky tasks in a surprisingly simple way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/your-brain-approaches-tricky-tasks-in-a-surprisingly-simple-way-124891/" aria-label="Read more about Your brain approaches tricky tasks in a surprisingly simple way">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University The five-day ceasefire negotiated by US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan ends today. Despite the ... <a title="The ‘ceasefire’ in Syria is ending – here’s what’s likely to happen now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/the-ceasefire-in-syria-is-ending-heres-whats-likely-to-happen-now-125492/" aria-label="Read more about The ‘ceasefire’ in Syria is ending – here’s what’s likely to happen now">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne The unprecedented blackout of front pages by Australia’s newspaper publishers this week is a highly significant event in Australian political and media history. It represents the completion of a deep rupture in the ... <a title="Australian governments have long been hostile to media freedom. That’s unlikely to change any time soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/australian-governments-have-long-been-hostile-to-media-freedom-thats-unlikely-to-change-any-time-soon-125565/" aria-label="Read more about Australian governments have long been hostile to media freedom. That’s unlikely to change any time soon">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Hansen, Chief of Staff, The Conversation In recent years coconut water has left the palm-treed shores of tropical islands where tourists on lounge chairs stick straws straight into the fruit, and exploded onto supermarket shelves – helped along by beverage giants such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. ... <a title="Is coconut water good for you? We asked five experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/is-coconut-water-good-for-you-we-asked-five-experts-123524/" aria-label="Read more about Is coconut water good for you? We asked five experts">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Petterson, Professor of Geology, Auckland University of Technology 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, please send ... <a title="Climate explained: how volcanoes influence climate and how their emissions compare to what we produce" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/climate-explained-how-volcanoes-influence-climate-and-how-their-emissions-compare-to-what-we-produce-125490/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: how volcanoes influence climate and how their emissions compare to what we produce">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University A Greenpeace video of me plugging a trackless tram that went viral with 4 million hits has caused a few eyebrows to be raised over whether I think light rail is dead. So let me be clear: light rail remains ... <a title="Trackless trams v light rail? It’s not a contest – both can improve our cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/trackless-trams-v-light-rail-its-not-a-contest-both-can-improve-our-cities-125134/" aria-label="Read more about Trackless trams v light rail? It’s not a contest – both can improve our cities">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Asher, Associate Professor, UNSW Here’s the boldest idea the government’s inquiry into retirement incomes should consider but might not: no longer exempting all of the value of each retiree’s home from the pension assets test. The test would merely exempt part of the value of retirees’ ... <a title="Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/postcode-by-postcode-a-clever-way-to-include-homes-in-the-age-pension-assets-test-125500/" aria-label="Read more about Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test">Read more</a>
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October 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tracey Sernack-Chee Quee, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building, University of Technology Sydney 1973 was a remarkable year for Sydney, with the opening of two major cultural icons. The first was the Sydney Opera House. The second, possibly more important opening, was Flamingo Park Frock ... <a title="Step into Paradise review: from koala jumpers to the Sydney Olympics, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson defined Australian fashion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/23/step-into-paradise-review-from-koala-jumpers-to-the-sydney-olympics-jenny-kee-and-linda-jackson-defined-australian-fashion-124985/" aria-label="Read more about Step into Paradise review: from koala jumpers to the Sydney Olympics, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson defined Australian fashion">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil McManus, Professor of Urban and Environmental Geography: Head of School of Geosciences, University of Sydney In the wake of a shocking ABC report on the dismal end of many racehorses’ lives in slaughterhouses, many Australians are questioning whether the horse racing industry can operate ethically. Some ... <a title="Horse racing must change, or the court of public opinion will bury it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/horse-racing-must-change-or-the-court-of-public-opinion-will-bury-it-125637/" aria-label="Read more about Horse racing must change, or the court of public opinion will bury it">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohiuddin Ahmed, Lecturer of Computing & Security, Edith Cowan University Machines and the internet are woven into the fabric of our society. A growing number of users, devices and applications work together to produce what we now call “big data”. And this data helps drive many of ... <a title="Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/22/data-lakes-where-big-businesses-dump-their-excess-data-and-hackers-have-a-field-day-123865/" aria-label="Read more about Data lakes: where big businesses dump their excess data, and hackers have a field day">Read more</a>
