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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Associate Professor/ Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University The year 2020 came with big expectations for researchers, myself included. Last year I was successful in the first round of the National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grants scheme. Six years since completing my PhD, I ... <a title="Antarctic endeavours, primary health care research and dark matter exploration – the coronavirus casualties you haven’t heard of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/antarctic-endeavours-primary-health-care-research-and-dark-matter-exploration-the-coronavirus-casualties-you-havent-heard-of-136390/" aria-label="Read more about Antarctic endeavours, primary health care research and dark matter exploration – the coronavirus casualties you haven’t heard of">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Abela Mahimbo, Lecturer in Public Health, University of Technology Sydney SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes COVID-19, has infected almost 2.5 million people around the world and claimed 170,000 lives. But some people don’t even get symptoms. Recent studies suggest as many as 80% or more of those ... <a title="Why do some people with coronavirus get symptoms while others don’t?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/why-do-some-people-with-coronavirus-get-symptoms-while-others-dont-135546/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some people with coronavirus get symptoms while others don’t?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia Few people can fault the government’s zeal in staring down the coronavirus and steering a path for Australia to emerge on the other side ready to do business again. Unlike the crowds amassing in ... <a title="Is the government’s coronavirus app a risk to privacy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/is-the-governments-coronavirus-app-a-risk-to-privacy-136719/" aria-label="Read more about Is the government’s coronavirus app a risk to privacy?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, La Trobe University Patents and related intellectual property rights can present formidable barriers to procuring medicines, vaccines, diagnostic tests and medical devices. They can cost lives, particularly during a public health emergency. Two examples from the United States illustrate the ... <a title="Three simple things Australia should do to secure access to treatments, vaccines, tests and devices during the coronavirus crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/three-simple-things-australia-should-do-to-secure-access-to-treatments-vaccines-tests-and-devices-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-136052/" aria-label="Read more about Three simple things Australia should do to secure access to treatments, vaccines, tests and devices during the coronavirus crisis">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Stephen Wolfram is a cult figure in programming and mathematics. He is the brains behind Wolfram Alpha, a website that tries to answer questions by using algorithms to sift through a massive database of information. He is also responsible for ... <a title="A new kind of physics? Stephen Wolfram has a radical plan to build the universe from dots and lines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/a-new-kind-of-physics-stephen-wolfram-has-a-radical-plan-to-build-the-universe-from-dots-and-lines-136830/" aria-label="Read more about A new kind of physics? Stephen Wolfram has a radical plan to build the universe from dots and lines">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elaine Reese, Professor of Psychology, University of Otago Humans are innately social creatures. But as we stay home to limit the spread of COVID-19, video calls only go so far to satisfy our need for connection. The good news is the relationships we have with fictional characters ... <a title="Missing your friends? Rereading Harry Potter might be the next best thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/missing-your-friends-rereading-harry-potter-might-be-the-next-best-thing-136236/" aria-label="Read more about Missing your friends? Rereading Harry Potter might be the next best thing">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lyn Craig, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Melbourne The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down. Amidst the upheavals, it has laid bare how little we normally pay for “women’s work”. Australia has very low gender equality when it comes to remuneration, ranking ... <a title="COVID-19 has laid bare how much we value women’s work, and how little we pay for it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/covid-19-has-laid-bare-how-much-we-value-womens-work-and-how-little-we-pay-for-it-136042/" aria-label="Read more about COVID-19 has laid bare how much we value women’s work, and how little we pay for it">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Phillips, Public policy researcher, University of Oxford As the COVID-19 curve starts to flatten in Australia and New Zealand, people are rightly wondering how we will roll back current lockdown policies. Australia’s federal health minister Greg Hunt says Australia is looking to South Korea, Japan and ... <a title="It’s time to admit our COVID-19 ‘exit strategy’ might just look like a more flexible version of lockdown" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/its-time-to-admit-our-covid-19-exit-strategy-might-just-look-like-a-more-flexible-version-of-lockdown-136491/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time to admit our COVID-19 ‘exit strategy’ might just look like a more flexible version of lockdown">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin Today’s chart looks back to the years 1917 to 1920, using a sampling device I call the ‘Smithometer’. I have counted the weekly deaths of all people named Smith, from the beginning of 1917 to the end of 1920. At that time New Zealand was a country of 1.2 million people. ... <a title="Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – The Smithometer: New Zealand’s mortality during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/keith-rankins-chart-analysis-the-smithometer-new-zealands-mortality-during-the-1918-influenza-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin’s Chart Analysis – The Smithometer: New Zealand’s mortality during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University Protests are increasingly breaking out around the world as people begin to chafe against lockdown restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In the US, President Donald Trump is ... <a title="Is protesting during the pandemic an ‘essential’ right that should be protected?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/is-protesting-during-the-pandemic-an-essential-right-that-should-be-protected-136512/" aria-label="Read more about Is protesting during the pandemic an ‘essential’ right that should be protected?">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zacchary Larkin, Postdoctoral Researcher in Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University Inland Australia’s complex system of winding rivers, extensive wetlands, ancient waterholes and seemingly endless parched floodplains are rarely given more than a passing thought by many Australians who live on the coastal fringes. Yet these waterways are lifelines ... <a title="Australia’s inland rivers are the pulse of the outback. By 2070, they’ll be unrecognisable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/australias-inland-rivers-are-the-pulse-of-the-outback-by-2070-theyll-be-unrecognisable-136492/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s inland rivers are the pulse of the outback. By 2070, they’ll be unrecognisable">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Taylor, Assistant Researcher, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne Spending time at the beach or taking a walk in the park can help us recover from the mental and physical impacts of life’s stresses. But physical distancing measures to contain COVID-19 have included ... <a title="3 ways nature in the city can do you good, even in self-isolation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/21/3-ways-nature-in-the-city-can-do-you-good-even-in-self-isolation-133150/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways nature in the city can do you good, even in self-isolation">Read more</a>
