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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Chinna, Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Review: Sunset, Perth Festival 2019 On a humid night with strong easterlies blowing across the river, the opening night audience for dance-theatre performance Sunset was ushered towards the Sunset Heritage Precinct, on the banks of the Swan ... <a title="Sunset, a danced evocation of love, loss, and rebirth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/sunset-a-danced-evocation-of-love-loss-and-rebirth-111531/" aria-label="Read more about Sunset, a danced evocation of love, loss, and rebirth">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Ransley, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney Optical illusions are cleverly designed to distort reality, but did you know that the same distortions occur frequently in everyday life? Our ability to see involves the brain moulding raw sensory data into a refined form. Some of the refinements ... <a title="Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/why-visual-illusions-appear-in-everyday-objects-from-nature-to-architecture-111178/" aria-label="Read more about Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University Climate change gets blamed for a lot of things these days: inundating small islands, fueling catastrophic fires, amping-up hurricanes and smashing Arctic sea ice. But a global review of insect research has found another casualty: 40% ... <a title="Climate change is killing off Earth’s little creatures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/climate-change-is-killing-off-earths-little-creatures-109719/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is killing off Earth’s little creatures">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
“King Faipopo”, as he appeared in a video sent to the Samoa Observer last year. Image: Samoa Observer Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Samoan anti-government blogger Malele Paulo has been arrested, reports RNZ Pacific. Malele, who uses the pseudonym “King Faipopo”, is being held in police custody. RNZ reported Malele had been charged with making threatening ... <a title="Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/samoan-police-arrest-anti-government-blogger-king-faipopo/" aria-label="Read more about Samoan police arrest anti-government blogger ‘King Faipopo’">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Anote’s Ark trailer By RNZ Pacific A Canadian film about climate change in Kiribati and the Pacific has won the top prize at the 16th Pacific Documentary Film Festival in French Polynesia. The film, Anote’s Ark by Matthieu Rytz, looked at the plight of Kiribati and former President Anote Tong who championed the Pacific human ... <a title="Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/climate-change-documentary-about-kiribati-wins-top-fifo-prize/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change documentary about Kiribati wins top FIFO prize">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mitchell Smith, Lecturer in Skill Acquisition and Motor Control, University of Newcastle Are you signing up your child to a recreational, representative or school sporting program for the new school year? You may be doing so under false assumptions – and risk undermining your child’s success or ... <a title="Five tips to help your kid succeed in sport – or maybe just enjoy it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/five-tips-to-help-your-kid-succeed-in-sport-or-maybe-just-enjoy-it-110785/" aria-label="Read more about Five tips to help your kid succeed in sport – or maybe just enjoy it">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asher Hirsch, PhD Candidate, Monash University The immigration department doesn’t keep a record of how many people apply for asylum at Australian airports, and how many are turned away. Documents released under Freedom of Information show a lack of accountability and oversight by Australian immigration officials with ... <a title="We don’t know how many asylum seekers are turned away at Australian airports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/we-dont-know-how-many-asylum-seekers-are-turned-away-at-australian-airports-111344/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t know how many asylum seekers are turned away at Australian airports">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Taylor, Adjunct academic, Flinders University As Townsville residents continue the clean-up following January’s flooding, microscopic fungi, commonly called mould, will be a concern for many. Homes and buildings affected by the floods will likely remain inaccessible for a period of time, and with relatively high ambient ... <a title="Fungi after the floods: how to get rid of mould to protect your health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/fungi-after-the-floods-how-to-get-rid-of-mould-to-protect-your-health-111341/" aria-label="Read more about Fungi after the floods: how to get rid of mould to protect your health">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kale Sniderman, Senior Research Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne As the planet warms, subtropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere, including parts of southern Australia and southern Africa, are drying. These trends include major drought events such as Cape Town’s “Day Zero” in 2018. Read ... <a title="Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/slowing-climate-change-could-reverse-drying-in-the-subtropics-111526/" aria-label="Read more about Slowing climate change could reverse drying in the subtropics">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University Just So You Know is an ongoing series for teens in search of reliable, confidential advice about life’s tricky questions. If you’re aged 12 to 18, send us your questions about sex, drugs, health and relationships, ... <a title="‘My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?’: advice from an expert" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/my-friend-is-using-ice-and-smoking-pot-what-do-i-do-advice-from-an-expert-111525/" aria-label="Read more about ‘My friend is using ice and smoking pot. What do I do?’: advice from an expert">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University This is the first of two articles looking at the increasing reliance of Australian cities on desalination to supply drinking water, with less emphasis on alternatives such as recycling and demand management. So what is the best ... <a title="Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/cities-turn-to-desalination-for-water-security-but-at-what-cost-110972/" aria-label="Read more about Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diana Kelly, Associate Professor, School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong Dillon Wu died alone inside a metal tank. It is believed he was asphyxiated by argon gas, used in arc-welding steel. He is the youngest employee to die in a recent run of deaths in ... <a title="Killed in the line of work duties: we need to fix dangerous loopholes in health and safety laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/killed-in-the-line-of-work-duties-we-need-to-fix-dangerous-loopholes-in-health-and-safety-laws-107355/" aria-label="Read more about Killed in the line of work duties: we need to fix dangerous loopholes in health and safety laws">Read more</a>
