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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alison Carroll, Senior Research Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne Review: Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia, National Gallery of Australia They talk of a family of nations, or families of nations. In Australia, the UK can still be referred to as the mother country, while the ... <a title="Indonesian art is fresh, energetic and lively. Why do we not see more of it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/indonesian-art-is-fresh-energetic-and-lively-why-do-we-not-see-more-of-it-119747/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian art is fresh, energetic and lively. Why do we not see more of it?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Onno van der Groen, Research Fellow in the school of medical and health sciences, Edith Cowan University Like to work in a noisy environment while your colleague prefers silence? It could be your brain is simply less “noisy” so this extra, external noise improves your cognitive functioning. ... <a title="Like to work with background noise? It could be boosting your performance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/like-to-work-with-background-noise-it-could-be-boosting-your-performance-119598/" aria-label="Read more about Like to work with background noise? It could be boosting your performance">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University In the not too distant past, players who suffered head injuries in professional contact sports quickly returned to the field of play, sometimes in the same game, seemingly able to shake off any concussion concerns. Australian professional sports ... <a title="Is the National Rugby League legally liable for the long-term impacts of concussions?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/is-the-national-rugby-league-legally-liable-for-the-long-term-impacts-of-concussions-119880/" aria-label="Read more about Is the National Rugby League legally liable for the long-term impacts of concussions?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katja Siefken, Lecturer, University of South Australia Inactivity in school children has been in the news again with the release of a study into the health of Australian 11-12 year olds from around the country. The 1,800 person study found most children were healthy. But there was ... <a title="Look up north. Here’s how Aussie kids can move more at school, Nordic style" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/look-up-north-heres-how-aussie-kids-can-move-more-at-school-nordic-style-112957/" aria-label="Read more about Look up north. Here’s how Aussie kids can move more at school, Nordic style">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graham Fulton, PhD student, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland 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 ... <a title="Curious Kids: where do swallows sleep?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/curious-kids-where-do-swallows-sleep-116658/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: where do swallows sleep?">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Alexandra, PhD candidate, RMIT University Greening our cities has become one of the great global imperatives of the 21st century including to tackle climate change. And Australia’s sprawling car-based cities are gradually changing to embrace green or living infrastructure. Green cities bring together elements of architectural ... <a title="For green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories and scale up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/for-green-cities-to-become-mainstream-we-need-to-learn-from-local-success-stories-and-scale-up-119933/" aria-label="Read more about For green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories and scale up">Read more</a>
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July 9, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Nations behave wisely, Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban observed five decades ago, “once they have exhausted all other alternatives”. One can only hope that proves the case with water policy in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, the nation’s largest ... <a title="Australia: The Murray-Darling Basin scandal: economists have seen it coming for decades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/09/the-murray-darling-basin-scandal-economists-have-seen-it-coming-for-decades-119989/" aria-label="Read more about Australia: The Murray-Darling Basin scandal: economists have seen it coming for decades">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Q J Wang, Professor, University of Melbourne Earlier this year, researchers suggested the amount of water returned to the Murray Darling Basin under a federal program has been “grossly exaggerated”, to the tune of hundreds of billions of litres. The report argued that government investment in irrigation ... <a title="Billions spent on Murray-Darling water infrastructure: here’s the result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/billions-spent-on-murray-darling-water-infrastructure-heres-the-result-119985/" aria-label="Read more about Billions spent on Murray-Darling water infrastructure: here’s the result">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Burch, Accredited Dietitian/Nutritionist & PhD Candidate, Griffith University Want to boost your immune system, reduce your physical signs of ageing, or cleanse your blood to get rid of toxins? Intravenous (IV) vitamin therapy, or vitamin drips, promise to help. Some claim they can even benefit serious ... <a title="Do vitamin drips really work? The evidence says ‘no’, so save your money and eat real food" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/do-vitamin-drips-really-work-the-evidence-says-no-so-save-your-money-and-eat-real-food-116823/" aria-label="Read more about Do vitamin drips really work? The evidence says ‘no’, so save your money and eat real food">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Priya Dev, Blockchain Researcher & Lecturer Data Analysis, Australian National University Amid the hype around Facebook’s plan to launch its own cryptocurrency, Libra, there’s one big question. How is the company going to profit from it? The project relies on developing blockchain technology. But blockchain’s whole raison ... <a title="All the hype around Libra is a red herring. Facebook’s main game is Calibra" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/all-the-hype-around-libra-is-a-red-herring-facebooks-main-game-is-calibra-119595/" aria-label="Read more about All the hype around Libra is a red herring. Facebook’s main game is Calibra">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Dalziell, Associate Professor, English and Literary Studies, University of Western Australia Fifty years after her death, Australian writer Charmian Clift is experiencing a renaissance. Born in 1923, Clift co-authored three novels with her husband George Johnston, wrote two under her own name, produced two travel memoirs, ... <a title="‘A woman ahead of her time’: remembering the Australian writer Charmian Clift, 50 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/a-woman-ahead-of-her-time-remembering-the-australian-writer-charmian-clift-50-years-on-117322/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A woman ahead of her time’: remembering the Australian writer Charmian Clift, 50 years on">Read more</a>
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July 8, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Sven Tuzovic, Senior Lecturer, QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology From the Fitbit to Apple’s smartwatch, wearable tech is becoming increasingly popular across the globe. Compared to other nations like US, which has seen higher adoption of fitness trackers, uptake in Australia is still less ... <a title="Treat or trick: we asked people how they feel about sharing fitness data with insurance companies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/08/treat-or-trick-we-asked-people-how-they-feel-about-sharing-fitness-data-with-insurance-companies-119806/" aria-label="Read more about Treat or trick: we asked people how they feel about sharing fitness data with insurance companies">Read more</a>
