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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sacks, Associate Professor, Deakin University This year’s Australian of the Year, Dr James Muecke, is an eye specialist with a clear vision. He wants to change the way the world looks at sugar and the debilitating consequences of diabetes, which include blindness. Muecke is pushing for ... <a title="Don’t believe the myths – taxing sugary drinks makes us drink less of it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/dont-believe-the-myths-taxing-sugary-drinks-makes-us-drink-less-of-it-130694/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t believe the myths – taxing sugary drinks makes us drink less of it">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Fabri Blacklock, UNSW The Versace fashion house recently announced it had stopped using kangaroo skins in its fashion collections after coming under pressure from animal rights group LAV. Kangaroo meat and skin has an annual production value of around A$174 million, with skins used in the ... <a title="Riding on the kangaroo’s back: animal skin fashion, exports and ethical trade" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/riding-on-the-kangaroos-back-animal-skin-fashion-exports-and-ethical-trade-130207/" aria-label="Read more about Riding on the kangaroo’s back: animal skin fashion, exports and ethical trade">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Cohen, Associate Professor, Western Sydney University It appears we have missed another close call between two satellites – but how close did we really come to a catastrophic event in space? It all began with a series of tweets from LeoLabs, a company that uses radar ... <a title="Two satellites just avoided a head-on smash. How close did they come to disaster?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/two-satellites-just-avoided-a-head-on-smash-how-close-did-they-come-to-disaster-130794/" aria-label="Read more about Two satellites just avoided a head-on smash. How close did they come to disaster?">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University US President Donald Trump’s “vision” for Israelis and Palestinians is not a realistic peace plan to end a decades-old conflict. Rather, it’s more like a real estate deal in which one side is a recipient of a ... <a title="Trump’s Middle East ‘vision’ is a disaster that will only make things worse" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/trumps-middle-east-vision-is-a-disaster-that-will-only-make-things-worse-130697/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s Middle East ‘vision’ is a disaster that will only make things worse">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Video report by RNZ Pacific. RNZ Pacific’s Jamie Tahana reports In the Pacific, where several countries are already dealing with epidemics, some countries have taken extreme measures to try and halt the spread of the new coronavirus. While authorities say the risk of an outbreak remains low, little is being left to chance – especially ... <a title="Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/coronavirus-pacific-islands-fighting-a-war-on-epidemics/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus: Pacific Islands ‘fighting a war’ on epidemics">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
By RNZ News New Zealanders evacuated from Wuhan amid the coronavirus outbreak will be quarantined in Aotearoa – not on Christmas Island like the Australians. As efforts to co-ordinate evacuations continue, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said New Zealanders would be brought back home, but where to remained a question to be answered. “We are ... <a title="NZ coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to be quarantined at unknown location" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/nz-coronavirus-evacuees-from-wuhan-to-be-quarantined-at-unknown-location/" aria-label="Read more about NZ coronavirus evacuees from Wuhan to be quarantined at unknown location">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, RMIT University Understanding how humans learn is one key to improving teaching practices and advancing education. Does everybody learn in the same way, or do different people need different teaching styles? The question may sound straightforward, but assessing and interpreting learning performance remains ... <a title="Bees learn better when they can explore. Humans might work the same way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/bees-learn-better-when-they-can-explore-humans-might-work-the-same-way-129439/" aria-label="Read more about Bees learn better when they can explore. Humans might work the same way">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Greste, Professor of Journalism and Communications, The University of Queensland Diplomacy and hostage negotiation are both subtle businesses. The training, culture and professional instincts of diplomats and negotiators make them inclined to operate behind the scenes to solve problems. Better to work relationships to sort things ... <a title="The Australian government needs to step up its fight to free Kylie Moore-Gilbert from prison in Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/the-australian-government-needs-to-step-up-its-fight-to-free-kylie-moore-gilbert-from-prison-in-iran-130591/" aria-label="Read more about The Australian government needs to step up its fight to free Kylie Moore-Gilbert from prison in Iran">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Schneider, DECRA fellow, Australian National University Climate change and bushfire may exacerbate recent mercury pollution and increase exposure to the poisonous neurotoxin, according to our study published in the Journal of Paleolimnology. Mercury stored in plants is released during bushfires, suggesting Australia is particularly at risk. ... <a title="Plants safely store toxic mercury. Bushfires and climate change bring it back into our environment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/plants-safely-store-toxic-mercury-bushfires-and-climate-change-bring-it-back-into-our-environment-129788/" aria-label="Read more about Plants safely store toxic mercury. Bushfires and climate change bring it back into our environment">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew J. Martin, Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Last year there was substantial hand-wringing over Australia’s declining results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests. Ideas for how to reverse this decline were coming from far and wide, thick and fast. Federal ... <a title="Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/kids-learn-best-when-you-add-a-problem-solving-boost-to-back-to-basics-instruction-129008/" aria-label="Read more about Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instruction">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW Bushfires have killed 33 people and destroyed nearly 3,000 houses across Australia so far this fire season. Canberra is under threat right now. It isn’t only houses. Significant commercial buildings have been destroyed, among them Kangaroo Island’s iconic Southern Ocean ... <a title="Building standards give us false hope. There’s no such thing as a fireproof house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/building-standards-give-us-false-hope-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-fireproof-house-130165/" aria-label="Read more about Building standards give us false hope. There’s no such thing as a fireproof house">Read more</a>
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January 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Duncan Cook, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Australian Catholic University Disastrous fires, ongoing drought, and heat extremes have refocused Australians’ attention on the human contribution to climate change. For decades experts have known (and warned) of the consequences for Australia, but for many, there is a realisation ... <a title="How the term ‘Anthropocene’ jumped from geoscience to hashtags – before most of us knew what it meant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/30/how-the-term-anthropocene-jumped-from-geoscience-to-hashtags-before-most-of-us-knew-what-it-meant-130130/" aria-label="Read more about How the term ‘Anthropocene’ jumped from geoscience to hashtags – before most of us knew what it meant">Read more</a>
