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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Blaskovich, Senior Research Officer, The University of Queensland Artistic depictions of several chemical elements feature in a new exhibition from today as part of Australia’s celebrations for the International Year of the Periodic Table. They are the work of artists Damon Kowarsky and Hyunju Kim, who ... <a title="When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/when-an-artist-looks-at-a-chemical-element-what-do-they-see-117906/" aria-label="Read more about When an artist looks at a chemical element, what do they see?">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Hopkins, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University In 2017, a small group of male prisoners participated in an eight-week yoga program at the Alexander Maconochie Centre(AMC), which houses all adult prisoners in Canberra. While prison yoga programs have been evaluated in other countries, this yoga program was ... <a title="First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/first-ever-australian-study-shows-how-yoga-can-improve-the-lives-of-prisoners-120226/" aria-label="Read more about First-ever Australian study shows how yoga can improve the lives of prisoners">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ramon Zenel Shaban, Clinical Chair and Professor of Infection Prevention and Disease Control at the University of Sydney, University of Sydney “Travel safe, travel far, travel wide, and travel often,” says Nomadic Matt, the American who quit his job to travel the world, write about it and ... <a title="Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/air-travel-spreads-infections-globally-but-health-advice-from-inflight-magazines-can-limit-that-120283/" aria-label="Read more about Air travel spreads infections globally, but health advice from inflight magazines can limit that">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Con Doolan, Professor, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown made headlines this week after he objected to a proposed wind farm on Tasmania’s Robbins Island. The development would see 200 towers built, each standing 270 metres from base to the ... <a title="Taller, faster, better, stronger: wind towers are only getting bigger" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/taller-faster-better-stronger-wind-towers-are-only-getting-bigger-120492/" aria-label="Read more about Taller, faster, better, stronger: wind towers are only getting bigger">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Bone, Lecturer, Massey University A majority of academic staff at some of Australia’s top universities work in casual or fixed-term positions. This reflects a trend towards casualisation in academia, and other industries, in Australia and New Zealand. Fixed-term employment is also a form of precarious employment. ... <a title="Dependent and vulnerable: the experiences of academics on casual and insecure contracts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/dependent-and-vulnerable-the-experiences-of-academics-on-casual-and-insecure-contracts-118608/" aria-label="Read more about Dependent and vulnerable: the experiences of academics on casual and insecure contracts">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Smith, Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape in south-west Victoria is the first Indigenous Australian landscape to be gazetted on the World Heritage List purely for its cultural values. This listing breaks an invisible barrier: ... <a title="Budj Bim’s world heritage listing is an Australian first – what other Indigenous cultural sites could be next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/budj-bims-world-heritage-listing-is-an-australian-first-what-other-indigenous-cultural-sites-could-be-next-120097/" aria-label="Read more about Budj Bim’s world heritage listing is an Australian first – what other Indigenous cultural sites could be next?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Paul Fisher, Head of Directing, Department of Film, Screen and Creative Media, Bond University Something incredible might be happening to James Bond: a separation, a personal Brexit of sorts. According to the Daily Mail, while Daniel Craig will return as Bond in the next film, Bond ... <a title="A black, female 007? As a lifelong James Bond fan, I say bring it on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/a-black-female-007-as-a-lifelong-james-bond-fan-i-say-bring-it-on-120419/" aria-label="Read more about A black, female 007? As a lifelong James Bond fan, I say bring it on">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University A freedom of information request has revealed Adani sought the names of CSIRO and Geoscience Australia scientists involved in reviewing groundwater management plans related to its proposed Carmichael mine. Adani ... <a title="Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists’ names" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/adani-has-set-a-dangerous-precedent-in-requesting-scientists-names-120487/" aria-label="Read more about Adani has set a dangerous precedent in requesting scientists’ names">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melissa Kang, Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney I Need to Know is an ongoing series for teens in search of reliable, confidential advice about life’s tricky questions. If you’re a teen, send us your questions about sex, drugs, health and relationships and we’ll ask an expert ... <a title="‘How do I increase my libido?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/how-do-i-increase-my-libido-118341/" aria-label="Read more about ‘How do I increase my libido?’">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katarina Miljkovic, ARC DECRA fellow, Curtin University Look up on a clear night and you can see some circular formations on the face of our lunar neighbour. These are impact craters, circular depressions found on planetary surfaces. About a century ago, they were suspected to exist on ... <a title="Why the Moon is such a cratered place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/why-the-moon-is-such-a-cratered-place-118842/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Moon is such a cratered place">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident senior fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney The past three days in US politics have been very difficult – and ugly. President Donald Trump chosen to exploit divisions inside the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives – generational and ideological – ... <a title="US House of Representatives condemns racist tweets in another heady week under President Donald Trump" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/us-house-of-representatives-condemns-racist-tweets-in-another-heady-week-under-president-donald-trump-120425/" aria-label="Read more about US House of Representatives condemns racist tweets in another heady week under President Donald Trump">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sumeet Walia, Senior Lecturer and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, RMIT University What better way to build smarter computer chips than to mimic nature’s most perfect computer – the human brain? Being able to store, delete and process information is crucial for computing, and the brain does this extremely ... <a title="An electronic chip that makes ‘memories’ is a step towards creating bionic brains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/17/an-electronic-chip-that-makes-memories-is-a-step-towards-creating-bionic-brains-119741/" aria-label="Read more about An electronic chip that makes ‘memories’ is a step towards creating bionic brains">Read more</a>
