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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Roger, Sector Lead, CSIRO Geoff Pegg, Author provided Every weekend, thousands of citizen scientists head into the great outdoors. If they see an unusual animal, plant or fungi, they take a photo and upload it. This simple act by bushwalkers with smartphones is, in aggregate, increasingly ... <a title="Myrtle rust is lethal to Australian plants. Could citizen scientists help track its spread?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/myrtle-rust-is-lethal-to-australian-plants-could-citizen-scientists-help-track-its-spread-225681/" aria-label="Read more about Myrtle rust is lethal to Australian plants. Could citizen scientists help track its spread?">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Gordon, Professor of Statistics and Director, Statistical Consulting Centre, The University of Melbourne Monstera Production/ Pexels , CC BY Imagine if you enrolled your child in swimming lessons but instead of a qualified swimming instructor, they were taught freestyle technique by a soccer coach. Something similar ... <a title="How do we solve the maths teacher shortage? We can start by training more existing teachers to teach maths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/how-do-we-solve-the-maths-teacher-shortage-we-can-start-by-training-more-existing-teachers-to-teach-maths-226725/" aria-label="Read more about How do we solve the maths teacher shortage? We can start by training more existing teachers to teach maths">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis Altman, VC Fellow, La Trobe University The Conversation/Stan/IMDB As the weather begins to cool, you might be spending a few more nights in front of the television on the couch (or on your laptop in bed), looking for a new show to lead you into autumn. ... <a title="Searing glory holes, a shapeshifting cat and outback UFO tours: what we’re streaming this April" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/searing-glory-holes-a-shapeshifting-cat-and-outback-ufo-tours-what-were-streaming-this-april-226605/" aria-label="Read more about Searing glory holes, a shapeshifting cat and outback UFO tours: what we’re streaming this April">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allan Fels, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne Australian authorities have never had the power to break up big businesses that behave badly. It’s a power available to courts in the United States and elsewhere, but not here – at least not unless the Greens succeed with ... <a title="It’s time to give Australian courts the power to break up big firms that behave badly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/02/its-time-to-give-australian-courts-the-power-to-break-up-big-firms-that-behave-badly-226726/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to give Australian courts the power to break up big firms that behave badly">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Derek Arnold, Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland Max4e Photo/Shutterstock Look at these pictures. Can you see a cube on the left and a face on the right? What do you see? Derek Arnold / Adobe Stock Can you imagine seeing things in your mind? ... <a title="‘A blind and deaf mind’: what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/a-blind-and-deaf-mind-what-its-like-to-have-no-visual-imagination-or-inner-voice-226134/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A blind and deaf mind’: what it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Being second in line for leadership of the most powerful country in the world is not an easy job. But for Mike Pence, vice president under Donald Trump, things were even harder than ... <a title="Who will Trump pick as his running mate? In 2024, the ‘Veepstakes’ are higher than usual" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/who-will-trump-pick-as-his-running-mate-in-2024-the-veepstakes-are-higher-than-usual-226510/" aria-label="Read more about Who will Trump pick as his running mate? In 2024, the ‘Veepstakes’ are higher than usual">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erika Penney, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Technology Sydney Photo by cottonbro studio/Pexels So Mum or Dad has died, or moved to aged care, and now you’ve got to pack up their house. It’s a huge job and you’re dreading it. It’s normal to feel grief, ... <a title="How to look after your mental health while packing up Mum or Dad’s home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/how-to-look-after-your-mental-health-while-packing-up-mum-or-dads-home-223956/" aria-label="Read more about How to look after your mental health while packing up Mum or Dad’s home">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University Michael Smith ITWP, Shutterstock Thousands of bus-sized humpback whales are currently on their way to Australian waters. They’ve spent the summer feeding in the cold waters of Antarctica before heading north to breed and calve. You can see ... <a title="Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/sex-birth-and-whalesong-life-on-the-humpback-highway-225580/" aria-label="Read more about Sex, birth and whalesong: life on the humpback highway">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Menzies, Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of the Sunshine Coast Have you ever met someone, been handed a business card, and found yourself without one to hand back? Perhaps you offered an alternative, saying “let’s connect on LinkedIn”, or displayed a scannable QR code on ... <a title="Despite appearances, digital networking hasn’t killed the business card – yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/despite-appearances-digital-networking-hasnt-killed-the-business-card-yet-223858/" aria-label="Read more about Despite appearances, digital networking hasn’t killed the business card – yet">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca J. Collie, Scientia Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney Research shows that students who are confident about their ability to succeed at school tend to be more academically successful. Researchers call the thoughts, actions and emotions behind this confidence “academic agency”. Essentially, it is about ... <a title="How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/how-do-we-help-students-from-disadvantaged-backgrounds-feel-confident-about-school-222895/" aria-label="Read more about How do we help students from disadvantaged backgrounds feel confident about school?">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology Burger King France/YouTube/Screenshot This morning, breakfast television shows will be reporting obscure, although mildly believable, announcements from organisations and brands about new products, services or discoveries. Social media platforms will also be awash with similar ... <a title="Will you be this year’s ‘April fish’? Businesses have a long history of using April Fools’ Day to try and prank us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/01/will-you-be-this-years-april-fish-businesses-have-a-long-history-of-using-april-fools-day-to-try-and-prank-us-all-224861/" aria-label="Read more about Will you be this year’s ‘April fish’? Businesses have a long history of using April Fools’ Day to try and prank us all">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jocelyn Jones, Research Associate in Justice Health and Social Issues, Curtin University The 1997 Bringing Them Home report into the removal of Aboriginal children from their families was a turning point in Australia’s history. The inquiry rejected past government policies of assimilation and endorsed the importance of ... <a title="What is kinship care? Why is it favoured for Aboriginal children over foster care?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/03/30/what-is-kinship-care-why-is-it-favoured-for-aboriginal-children-over-foster-care-219115/" aria-label="Read more about What is kinship care? Why is it favoured for Aboriginal children over foster care?">Read more</a>
