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July 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gery Karantzas, Associate professor in Social Psychology / Relationship Science, Deakin University If you listen to any number of love songs, dating “experts”, or plunge head first into a romance novel, you’re likely to think it’s in our destiny to find that special someone – your soul-mate. ... <a title="Have you found ‘the one’? How mindsets about destiny affect our romantic relationships" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/have-you-found-the-one-how-mindsets-about-destiny-affect-our-romantic-relationships-117177/" aria-label="Read more about Have you found ‘the one’? How mindsets about destiny affect our romantic relationships">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Petty, Honorary Fellow in Criminology, University of Melbourne Last week, Victoria Police arrested seven people who were alleged members of a professional begging “syndicate”. They were flown in from China on tourist visas. In reporting this story, Australian media generated a considerable amount of public outrage. ... <a title="Begging ‘professionally’ doesn’t make their poverty and vulnerability any less legitimate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/begging-professionally-doesnt-make-their-poverty-and-vulnerability-any-less-legitimate-120010/" aria-label="Read more about Begging ‘professionally’ doesn’t make their poverty and vulnerability any less legitimate">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Jarvis, Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology The islands of New Zealand are only the visible part of a much larger submerged continent, known as Te Riu a Māui or Zealandia. Most of New Zealand’s sovereign territory, around 96%, is under water – and this means ... <a title="Study identifies nine research priorities to better understand NZ’s vast marine area" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/study-identifies-nine-research-priorities-to-better-understand-nzs-vast-marine-area-119547/" aria-label="Read more about Study identifies nine research priorities to better understand NZ’s vast marine area">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anir Kumar Upadhyay, Lecturer in Built Environment, UNSW Australian houses use significantly more electricity to stay warm or cool than estimated during the design stage. To design a new house in Australia, the building needs to meet the national construction code. One way to do this is ... <a title="Houses for a warmer future are currently restricted by Australia’s building code" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/houses-for-a-warmer-future-are-currently-restricted-by-australias-building-code-120072/" aria-label="Read more about Houses for a warmer future are currently restricted by Australia’s building code">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeff Wilks, Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University Australia prides itself on being a safe travel destination. And feeling safe is one of the leading considerations for international students when choosing to study here. So, a spate of robberies and physical attacks targeting international students in Melbourne in ... <a title="Recent campus attacks show universities need to do more to protect international students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/recent-campus-attacks-show-universities-need-to-do-more-to-protect-international-students-120082/" aria-label="Read more about Recent campus attacks show universities need to do more to protect international students">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute Compulsory superannuation was sold to Australians on the basis that it would make us better off. But as the government prepares for an independent inquiry into retirement incomes, new Grattan Institute research finds that increasing compulsory contributions from 9.5% ... <a title="Super shock: more compulsory super would make Middle Australia poorer, not richer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/super-shock-more-compulsory-super-would-make-middle-australia-poorer-not-richer-120002/" aria-label="Read more about Super shock: more compulsory super would make Middle Australia poorer, not richer">Read more</a>
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July 10, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlin Vincent, Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of Melbourne In the first act of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s musical A Little Night Music, the long-suffering Countess Charlotte Malcolm mentions her younger sister, noting, “Dear Marta has renounced men and is teaching gymnastics in a school for ... <a title="Opera is stuck in a racist, sexist past, while many in the audience have moved on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/10/opera-is-stuck-in-a-racist-sexist-past-while-many-in-the-audience-have-moved-on-120073/" aria-label="Read more about Opera is stuck in a racist, sexist past, while many in the audience have moved on">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Sevior, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Melbourne Iranian officials this week revealed that the country’s nuclear program will break the limit for uranium enrichment, set under the terms of the deal struck in 2015 between Iran and world powers including the United States under former ... <a title="Iran’s nuclear program breaches limits for uranium enrichment: 4 key questions answered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/irans-nuclear-program-breaches-limits-for-uranium-enrichment-4-key-questions-answered-119992/" aria-label="Read more about Iran’s nuclear program breaches limits for uranium enrichment: 4 key questions answered">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Daly, Professor of Exercise and Ageing, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Deakin University As we grow older, the size and strength of our muscles progressively deteriorates. This can affect our capacity to perform everyday activities like standing up from a chair, climbing stairs ... <a title="The muscle-wasting condition ‘sarcopenia’ is now a recognised disease. But we can all protect ourselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/the-muscle-wasting-condition-sarcopenia-is-now-a-recognised-disease-but-we-can-all-protect-ourselves-119458/" aria-label="Read more about The muscle-wasting condition ‘sarcopenia’ is now a recognised disease. But we can all protect ourselves">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University The Lowy Institute has launched a three-year study on gender representation in Australia’s diplomatic, defence and intelligence services, and the findings are critical: gender diversity lags significantly behind Australia’s public service and corporate sector, ... <a title="Diplomacy and defence remain a boys’ club, but women are making inroads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/diplomacy-and-defence-remain-a-boys-club-but-women-are-making-inroads-119984/" aria-label="Read more about Diplomacy and defence remain a boys’ club, but women are making inroads">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stewart, Marine Physicist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research The ocean that surrounds Antarctica plays a crucial role in regulating the mass balance of the continent’s ice cover. We now know that the thinning of ice that affects nearly a quarter of the West Antarctic ... <a title="How solar heat drives rapid melting of parts of Antarctica’s largest ice shelf" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/how-solar-heat-drives-rapid-melting-of-parts-of-antarcticas-largest-ice-shelf-118835/" aria-label="Read more about How solar heat drives rapid melting of parts of Antarctica’s largest ice shelf">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sherif Abbas, Research Fellow, RMIT University Curious Kids is a series for children. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does electricity work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/curious-kids-how-does-electricity-work-118686/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does electricity work?">Read more</a>
