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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerstin Bilgmann, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, Macquarie University If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Which is smarter: blue whales or orcas? – Prasaad, age 6. There’s no simple answer. We don’t know for sure which one is smarter, ... <a title="Curious Kids: which is smarter – a blue whale or an orca?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/curious-kids-which-is-smarter-a-blue-whale-or-an-orca-122789/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: which is smarter – a blue whale or an orca?">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryoni Trezise, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies, UNSW The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes, directed by Bruce Gladwin, Back to Back Theatre In 2009 I wrote an email to the artistic director of Back to Back Theatre, Bruce Gladwin, gushing about what I could ... <a title="The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes review: Back to Back Theatre’s exciting reframing of disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/the-shadow-whose-prey-the-hunter-becomes-review-back-to-back-theatres-exciting-reframing-of-disability-124003/" aria-label="Read more about The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes review: Back to Back Theatre’s exciting reframing of disability">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carl Douglas, Lecturer in Spatial Design, Auckland University of Technology There’s a difference between a road and a street. Roads take you from one place to another, but streets are more than functional channels. They are public spaces. The streets of downtown Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, ... <a title="How to turn Auckland’s inner city streets into public spaces people can enjoy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/how-to-turn-aucklands-inner-city-streets-into-public-spaces-people-can-enjoy-122396/" aria-label="Read more about How to turn Auckland’s inner city streets into public spaces people can enjoy">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Green, Principal Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Daylight saving will begin this weekend across most of Australia, signalling warmer weather, longer days and new opportunities for children to make the most of time outside. It can also mark the start of a rough patch in the ... <a title="6 ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child’s sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/6-ways-to-stop-daylight-saving-derailing-your-childs-sleep-123871/" aria-label="Read more about 6 ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child’s sleep">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Ann Cobb-Clark, Professor of Economics, University of Sydney Australians like to think we live in a country of the fair go, where anyone with the talent and willingness to work hard can succeed. But the evidence show success is still partly inherited. Children with poor parents ... <a title="Disability and single parenthood still loom large in inherited poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/disability-and-single-parenthood-still-loom-large-in-inherited-poverty-123086/" aria-label="Read more about Disability and single parenthood still loom large in inherited poverty">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Swan, Assistant Research Fellow, University of Otago The relentless supply of movies about superheroes and supervillains is difficult to ignore. Some people can’t get enough. Others hope to avoid them. But psychological researchers see a cultural phenomenon worthy of study. Fictional characters with supernatural powers are ... <a title="What fictional superheroes can tell us about devotion and why we believe in gods" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/what-fictional-superheroes-can-tell-us-about-devotion-and-why-we-believe-in-gods-123860/" aria-label="Read more about What fictional superheroes can tell us about devotion and why we believe in gods">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo, PhD candidate, University of Sydney This week’s United Nations climate summit may go down in history – but not for the reasons intended. It was not the tipping point for action on global warming that organisers hoped it would be. It will instead ... <a title="‘We will never forgive you’: youth is not wasted on the young who fight for climate justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/we-will-never-forgive-you-youth-is-not-wasted-on-the-young-who-fight-for-climate-justice-123985/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We will never forgive you’: youth is not wasted on the young who fight for climate justice">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Harris, Senior Lecturer, School of Justice; Crime, Justice and Social Democracy Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Crime prevention initiatives targeting sexual violence are by no means new. But as technology advances and costs decrease, we are seeing an abundance of digital and technological strategies emerge. ... <a title="Anti-rape devices may have their uses, but they don’t address the ultimate problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/anti-rape-devices-may-have-their-uses-but-they-dont-address-the-ultimate-problem-123011/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-rape devices may have their uses, but they don’t address the ultimate problem">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola McGarrity, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW In late September, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton introduced a new bill that would give him stronger powers to strip the Australian citizenship off dual nationals convicted of terror-related offences or who engage in related activities. In response to ... <a title="Australia has enacted 82 anti-terror laws since 2001. But tough laws alone won’t make us safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/australia-has-enacted-82-anti-terror-laws-since-2001-but-tough-laws-alone-wont-make-us-safer-123521/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has enacted 82 anti-terror laws since 2001. But tough laws alone won’t make us safer">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lee-Fay Low, Associate Professor in Ageing and Health, University of Sydney If you’ve read the headlines about poor standards in Australia’s nursing homes, it’s only natural to be concerned about your own family or friends in residential aged care. For instance, there was news in recent weeks ... <a title="How to check if your mum or dad’s nursing home is up to scratch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/how-to-check-if-your-mum-or-dads-nursing-home-is-up-to-scratch-123449/" aria-label="Read more about How to check if your mum or dad’s nursing home is up to scratch">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ly Tran, ARC Future Fellow, Deakin University The number of international students who stay in Australia after graduating on the temporary graduate visa – often referred to as the 485 visa – is growing fast. There were nearly 92,000 temporary graduate visa holders in Australia as of ... <a title="Australia’s temporary graduate visa attracts international students, but many find it hard to get work in their field" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/australias-temporary-graduate-visa-attracts-international-students-but-many-find-it-hard-to-get-work-in-their-field-123997/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s temporary graduate visa attracts international students, but many find it hard to get work in their field">Read more</a>
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September 30, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Hilferty, Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW The number of homeless defence veterans in Australia is far bigger than previously thought, according to a new study. Our research puts the figure at almost 5,800 veterans experiencing homelessness in a 12 month period. Veterans are ... <a title="5,800 defence veterans homeless in Australia, that’s more than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/30/5-800-defence-veterans-homeless-in-australia-thats-more-than-we-thought-123695/" aria-label="Read more about 5,800 defence veterans homeless in Australia, that’s more than we thought">Read more</a>
