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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Cross, Research Fellow, Curtin University Sign up to the Beating Around the Bush newsletter here, and suggest a plant we should cover at batb@theconversation.edu.au. On a warm evening in early 1802, Robert Brown sat aboard the HMS Investigator describing several plant specimens collected that day. Brown ... <a title="The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you’re an ant)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/the-albany-pitcher-plant-will-straight-up-eat-you-if-youre-an-ant-120767/" aria-label="Read more about The Albany pitcher plant will straight up eat you (if you’re an ant)">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendon O’Connor, Associate Professor in American Politics at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney According to much of the early commentary, Robert Mueller’s testimony on Wednesday before two US congressional committees was a disappointment. Democrats are frustrated the special counsel did not make a clear-cut ... <a title="Mueller testimony does not produce smoking gun, but the issues it raised are far from resolved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/mueller-testimony-does-not-produce-smoking-gun-but-the-issues-it-raised-are-far-from-resolved-120781/" aria-label="Read more about Mueller testimony does not produce smoking gun, but the issues it raised are far from resolved">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Professor Deep Saini and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including progress the Federal Parliament has made this week, Albanese’s opposition’s new tactics in question time, Scott Morrison’s announcement of his ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the opposition’s tactics in question time – and Morrison’s views on the public service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-oppositions-tactics-in-question-time-and-morrisons-views-on-the-public-service-121042/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the opposition’s tactics in question time – and Morrison’s views on the public service">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Russ Babcock, Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO If you think climate change is only gradually affecting our natural systems, think again. Our research, published yesterday in Frontiers in Marine Science, looked at the large-scale impacts of a series of extreme climate events on coastal marine habitats around ... <a title="Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia’s coastal habitat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/extreme-weather-caused-by-climate-change-has-damaged-45-of-australias-coastal-habitat-120671/" aria-label="Read more about Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia’s coastal habitat">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alessandro Ossola, Research Coordinator Centre for Smart Green Cities, Macquarie University We need trees in our lives. This past summer, Adelaide experienced the hottest temperature ever recorded in an Australian state capital, hitting 46.6 degrees on January 24. Trees beautify otherwise grey cities and cool our suburbs ... <a title="Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won’t survive climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/our-cities-need-more-trees-but-some-commonly-planted-ones-wont-survive-climate-change-120493/" aria-label="Read more about Our cities need more trees, but some commonly planted ones won’t survive climate change">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Axel Bruns, Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology As a social media platform, Twitter does not have the most glowing reputation. If you just rely on what you hear about it, you might think Twitter is no more than a hotbed for raging politics and viral ... <a title="Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/twitter-isnt-just-for-political-hashtag-warriors-many-still-use-the-social-network-to-just-hang-out-120505/" aria-label="Read more about Twitter isn’t just for political hashtag warriors. Many still use the social network to just hang out">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pamela Laird, Senior Respiratory Physiotherapsit & Researcher, Telethon Kids Institute As respiratory clinicians, we have been conducting outreach clinics to the Kimberley, in northern Western Australia, for about ten years, treating children with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung disease in which the breathing tubes in the lungs are ... <a title="A wet cough for four weeks means it’s time to get it checked out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/a-wet-cough-for-four-weeks-means-its-time-to-get-it-checked-out-118828/" aria-label="Read more about A wet cough for four weeks means it’s time to get it checked out">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gerhard Hambusch, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney On July 1, the banking industry got yet another code of conduct – its fifth since 1993 – and although it is voluntary, all of the retail banks have signed up. In the promotional video, Australian Banking Association chairman ... <a title="The new banking code looks impressive, but what will it achieve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/the-new-banking-code-looks-impressive-but-what-will-it-achieve-120582/" aria-label="Read more about The new banking code looks impressive, but what will it achieve?">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. Ten images of a woman screaming with theatrical rage, pasted onto board, decorated with glitter paint. ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Pat Larter, pioneering ‘femail’ artist who gave men the Playboy treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/hidden-women-of-history-pat-larter-pioneering-femail-artist-who-gave-men-the-playboy-treatment-119804/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Pat Larter, pioneering ‘femail’ artist who gave men the Playboy treatment">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison is a command-and-control kind of guy, as he sought to show this week. He told his backbench to keep their opinions in line or internal, appointed a man he’s personally close to as his new head of the ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison finds some cats defy herding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/26/grattan-on-friday-morrison-finds-some-cats-defy-herding-120984/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison finds some cats defy herding">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. I. Brown, Associate professor in astronomy, Monash University A 100-metre-wide asteroid passed just 70,000km from Earth on Thursday, Australian time. It was discovered by the Brazilian SONEAR survey just days ago, and its presence was announced mere hours before it zoomed past our planet. The ... <a title="An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/an-asteroid-just-buzzed-past-earth-and-we-barely-noticed-in-time-120972/" aria-label="Read more about An asteroid just buzzed past Earth, and we barely noticed in time">Read more</a>
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July 25, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By G. Gregory Haff, Professor of Strength and Conditioning, Edith Cowan University The world swimming championships currently taking place in South Korea have been attracting global attention not so much for the performances in the pool as the protests over alleged doping taking place on the podium. The ... <a title="Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/25/snubbing-chinese-swimmer-sun-yang-ignores-the-flaws-in-the-anti-doping-system-120895/" aria-label="Read more about Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system">Read more</a>
