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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Libby Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University What if you never had to return to work? Never had to return to work at the office, that is. You’d be able to juggle kids on school holidays. You wouldn’t need to navigate traffic ... <a title="It’s not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/its-not-just-the-isolation-working-from-home-has-surprising-downsides-107140/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides">Read more</a>
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January 15, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Stenberg, Lecturer in Chinese Studies, University of Sydney The Water Margin, also known in English as Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers, is one of the most powerful narratives to emerge from China. The book, conventionally attributed to an otherwise obscure Yuan dynasty ... <a title="Guide to the classics: The Water Margin, China’s outlaw novel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/15/guide-to-the-classics-the-water-margin-chinas-outlaw-novel-99835/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: The Water Margin, China’s outlaw novel">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Senior lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wrapped-up in Las Vegas last week. The annual event gives enthusiasts a taste of the latest gadgets and devices on the horizon of consumer technology. This year, we saw advances in digital health, ... <a title="Roll-up screens and 8K resolution: what the future of television looks like" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/roll-up-screens-and-8k-resolution-what-the-future-of-television-looks-like-109512/" aria-label="Read more about Roll-up screens and 8K resolution: what the future of television looks like">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Calcino, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question 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 Curious Kids. Why has nobody found any life ... <a title="Curious Kids: why has nobody found any life outside of Earth?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/curious-kids-why-has-nobody-found-any-life-outside-of-earth-105128/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why has nobody found any life outside of Earth?">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University The serve is arguably the most important component of the modern tennis game – and the faster, the better. But when broken down to very simplistic scientific considerations, the speeds we routinely see top players reach when they deliver ... <a title="Fast serves don’t make sense – unless you factor in physics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/fast-serves-dont-make-sense-unless-you-factor-in-physics-106937/" aria-label="Read more about Fast serves don’t make sense – unless you factor in physics">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoltan Szabo, Cellist and musicologist, University of Sydney Review: La Passion de Simone, Sydney Festival 2019 It is striking that the cosmopolitan, culturally vibrant city of Sydney, with its covetous interest in a broad spectrum of recent (contemporary is such a loaded term!) literature, theatre, jazz and ... <a title="La Passion de Simone brings Simone Weil’s sufferings to life, but the movements feel static" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/la-passion-de-simone-brings-simone-weils-sufferings-to-life-but-the-movements-feel-static-109794/" aria-label="Read more about La Passion de Simone brings Simone Weil’s sufferings to life, but the movements feel static">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stuart Khan, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UNSW A million fish have died in the Murray Darling basin, as oxygen levels plummet due to major algal blooms. Experts have warned we could see more mass deaths this week. Read more: Explainer: what causes algal blooms, and ... <a title="How is oxygen ‘sucked out’ of our waterways?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/how-is-oxygen-sucked-out-of-our-waterways-109795/" aria-label="Read more about How is oxygen ‘sucked out’ of our waterways?">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Fleming, Professor, University of Technology Sydney The sleazy “sugar baby” scandal involving Australian politician Andrew Broad, exposed for his reported cringy attempts to hook up with a woman almost half his age, might look like just another case of a politician caught in flagrante delicto. The ... <a title="Sugar daddy capitalism: even the world’s oldest profession is being uberised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/sugar-daddy-capitalism-even-the-worlds-oldest-profession-is-being-uberised-109426/" aria-label="Read more about Sugar daddy capitalism: even the world’s oldest profession is being uberised">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University The serve is arguably the most important component of the modern tennis game – and the faster, the better. But when broken down to very simplistic scientific considerations, the speeds we routinely see top players reach when they deliver ... <a title="Fast serves don’t make sense – unless you factor in physics and ‘cheating’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/fast-serves-dont-make-sense-unless-you-factor-in-physics-and-cheating-106937/" aria-label="Read more about Fast serves don’t make sense – unless you factor in physics and ‘cheating’">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ron Levy, Associate professor, Australian National University Many commentators have been alarmed at the electoral wins of ultra conservative leaders around the world, as well as policy decisions such as Brexit made by a popular referendum. They see these as signs of a rising populism. In its ... <a title="Populism’s problems can be fixed by getting the public better-informed. And that’s actually possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/populisms-problems-can-be-fixed-by-getting-the-public-better-informed-and-thats-actually-possible-109720/" aria-label="Read more about Populism’s problems can be fixed by getting the public better-informed. And that’s actually possible">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alyce Wilson, Senior Research Officer at Burnet Institute, Lecturer at Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Medical Doctor at Royal Women’s Hospital, Burnet Institute More than 90% of Australian women start breastfeeding soon after the birth of their baby, but only 15% are ... <a title="Want to breastfeed? These five things will make it easier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/want-to-breastfeed-these-five-things-will-make-it-easier-109507/" aria-label="Read more about Want to breastfeed? These five things will make it easier">Read more</a>
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January 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwyn Orr, Veterinarian and PhD candidate, University of Sydney Australia’s wildlife is unique and endearing, with many species found nowhere else in the world. Unfortunately, it isn’t rare to encounter sick or injured wildlife around your home or by the side of the road. My research, recently ... <a title="What happens after you take injured wildlife to the vet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/01/14/what-happens-after-you-take-injured-wildlife-to-the-vet-109084/" aria-label="Read more about What happens after you take injured wildlife to the vet?">Read more</a>
