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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julaine Allan, Senior research fellow, Charles Sturt University Around 16,700 Australians stay in residential rehabilitation centres each year, most commonly for problems with alcohol, amphetamines and opiates. Rehab is a structured, drug- and alcohol-free environment. Residents participate in the same daily and weekly routines and activities, including ... <a title="How rehab helps heavy drug and alcohol users think differently" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/how-rehab-helps-heavy-drug-and-alcohol-users-think-differently-118822/" aria-label="Read more about How rehab helps heavy drug and alcohol users think differently">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leon Gettler, PhD student, RMIT University As newspapers around the world struggle with revenue, News Corp Australia’s Melbourne tabloid the Herald Sun is trialling a bold idea to lure more readers over its paywall. The plan is to give its reporters bonuses of $10 to $50 based ... <a title="Bonuses for clicks: the Herald Sun model can’t be the future of journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/bonuses-for-clicks-the-herald-sun-model-cant-be-the-future-of-journalism-119638/" aria-label="Read more about Bonuses for clicks: the Herald Sun model can’t be the future of journalism">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Manu Saunders, Research fellow, University of New England Have you ever seen a fairy? They exist, and may very well be in your garden. But you would need a high-powered microscope to spot the dainty creatures. Fairy wasps (family Mymaridae) are tiny, feathery-winged parasitoid wasps. They’re often ... <a title="The real Tinkerbell: don’t mess with these tiny fairy wasps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/the-real-tinkerbell-dont-mess-with-these-tiny-fairy-wasps-109796/" aria-label="Read more about The real Tinkerbell: don’t mess with these tiny fairy wasps">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elinor Hortle, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Last week I read an article about CRISPR, the latest tool scientists are using to edit DNA. It was a great piece – well researched, beautifully written, factually accurate. It covered some of the amazing projects scientist are working on ... <a title="Why the ‘molecular scissors’ metaphor for understanding CRISPR is misleading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/why-the-molecular-scissors-metaphor-for-understanding-crispr-is-misleading-119812/" aria-label="Read more about Why the ‘molecular scissors’ metaphor for understanding CRISPR is misleading">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill John Swannie, Lecturer in College of Law and Justice, Victoria University Under Australian law, a person can be jailed or fined for criticising a court or a judge, an action that is known as “scandalising the court.” This type of contempt has been described as “dangerous” ... <a title="In Australia, criticising a judge can land you in jail. This is a danger for democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/in-australia-criticising-a-judge-can-land-you-in-jail-this-is-a-danger-for-democracy-119296/" aria-label="Read more about In Australia, criticising a judge can land you in jail. This is a danger for democracy">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Carson, Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University When he founded the blog CapitalWeather.com 15 years ago in Washington DC, Jason Samenow was working for the US government as a climate change analyst. A full-time media career was ... <a title="Media Files: Washington Post weather editor Jason Samenow on how weather coverage is evolving – and building audience growth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/media-files-washington-post-weather-editor-jason-samenow-on-how-weather-coverage-is-evolving-and-building-audience-growth-119811/" aria-label="Read more about Media Files: Washington Post weather editor Jason Samenow on how weather coverage is evolving – and building audience growth">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will finish the first week of the new parliament with its election centrepiece – the $158 billion, three-stage tax package – passed into law. The first stage of the tax relief – in the form of an ... <a title="Morrison’s $158 billion tax plan set to sail through Senate after deals with crossbenchers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/morrisons-158-billion-tax-plan-set-to-sail-through-senate-after-deals-with-crossbenchers-119873/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison’s $158 billion tax plan set to sail through Senate after deals with crossbenchers">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thuong Hoang, Lecturer in Virtual and Augmented Reality, Deakin University If you’ve ever participated in a virtual reality (VR) experience, you might have found yourself navigating the virtual world as an avatar. If you haven’t, you probably recognise the experience from its portrayal in film and on ... <a title="Using virtual reality could make you a better person in real life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/using-virtual-reality-could-make-you-a-better-person-in-real-life-119301/" aria-label="Read more about Using virtual reality could make you a better person in real life">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Fox guarding the henhouse; poacher in charge of the game-keeping. Choose your idiom, but appointing the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security to inquire into press freedom is guaranteed to get the ... <a title="Parliamentary press freedom inquiry: letting the fox guard the henhouse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/parliamentary-press-freedom-inquiry-letting-the-fox-guard-the-henhouse-119820/" aria-label="Read more about Parliamentary press freedom inquiry: letting the fox guard the henhouse">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney Smoking rates in Australia are at an all-time low. And yet, nearly 11,500 people are hospitalised from smoking-related cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) disease each year, while almost 6,500 die as a result. And it’s not just ... <a title="Smoking at record low in Australia, but the grim harvest of preventable heart disease continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/smoking-at-record-low-in-australia-but-the-grim-harvest-of-preventable-heart-disease-continues-119169/" aria-label="Read more about Smoking at record low in Australia, but the grim harvest of preventable heart disease continues">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dustin Marshall, Professor, Marine Evolutionary Ecology, Monash University One hectare of ocean in which fishing is not allowed (a marine protected area) produces at least five times the amount of fish as an equivalent unprotected hectare, according to new research published today. This outsized effect means marine ... <a title="No-take marine areas help fishers (and fish) far more than we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/no-take-marine-areas-help-fishers-and-fish-far-more-than-we-thought-119659/" aria-label="Read more about No-take marine areas help fishers (and fish) far more than we thought">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martino Malerba, Postdoctoral Fellow, Monash University About half of the coastline of Europe, the United States and Australasia is modified by artificial structures. In newly published research, we identified a new effect of marine urbanisation that has so far gone unrecognised. When we build marinas, ports, jetties ... <a title="Daylight robbery: how human-built structures leave coastal ecosystems in the shadows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/04/daylight-robbery-how-human-built-structures-leave-coastal-ecosystems-in-the-shadows-118690/" aria-label="Read more about Daylight robbery: how human-built structures leave coastal ecosystems in the shadows">Read more</a>
