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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Strong team. More jobs. Better economy. So say the National Party’s campaign hoardings. Only thing is, last Sunday’s Newshub-Reid Research poll – which had support for the Labour Party at 60.9% and for National at 25.1% – suggests the team ... <a title="Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in New Zealand politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/rogue-poll-or-not-all-the-signs-point-to-a-tectonic-shift-in-new-zealand-politics-143529/" aria-label="Read more about Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in New Zealand politics">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Lucas, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Australian National University How does the Sun help your body make vitamin D? Wesley, aged 7 Thanks for this great question, Wesley. Vitamin D is created when the chemicals in our skin react to an invisible type of light from the ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does the Sun help your body make vitamin D?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/curious-kids-how-does-the-sun-help-your-body-make-vitamin-d-139670/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does the Sun help your body make vitamin D?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nanda Jarosz, PhD Candidate, University of Sydney When the ashes from Australia’s last bushfire season cooled, we were left with a few mind-boggling numbers: 34 human lives lost, more than a billion animals dead, and 18.6 million hectares of land burned. But those figures don’t necessarily help ... <a title="Humans see just 4.7km into the distance. So how can we truly understand what the bushfires destroyed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/humans-see-just-4-7km-into-the-distance-so-how-can-we-truly-understand-what-the-bushfires-destroyed-128539/" aria-label="Read more about Humans see just 4.7km into the distance. So how can we truly understand what the bushfires destroyed?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jen Webb, Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. If anyone can express the particularities of distress, it is surely the artists; and they are surely needed ... <a title="Listening to Songs of Leonard Cohen: singing sadness to sadness in these anxious times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/listening-to-songs-of-leonard-cohen-singing-sadness-to-sadness-in-these-anxious-times-142661/" aria-label="Read more about Listening to Songs of Leonard Cohen: singing sadness to sadness in these anxious times">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kaz Ross, Lecturer in Humanities (Asian Studies), University of Tasmania You might have seen articles or comments on social media lately alluding to “sovereign citizens”, or “SovCits” for short, with some reports suggesting COVID-19 government restrictions have driven a surge of interest in this movement. So, who ... <a title="‘Living people’: who are the sovereign citizens, or SovCits, and why do they believe they have immunity from the law?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/living-people-who-are-the-sovereign-citizens-or-sovcits-and-why-do-they-believe-they-have-immunity-from-the-law-143438/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Living people’: who are the sovereign citizens, or SovCits, and why do they believe they have immunity from the law?">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content Newshub-Reid Research poll Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Voters trust Jacinda Ardern far more than Judith Collins Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research Poll: Kiwis trust Labour more than National to run the ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 28 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-july-28-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – July 28 2020">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Crystal Abidin, Senior Research Fellow & ARC DECRA, Internet Studies, Curtin University, Curtin University Memes might seem like they emerge “naturally”, circulated by like-minded social media users and independently generating momentum. But successful memes often don’t happen by accident. I’ve spent the past two years studying the ... <a title="Pivot to coronavirus: how meme factories are crafting public health messaging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/pivot-to-coronavirus-how-meme-factories-are-crafting-public-health-messaging-135557/" aria-label="Read more about Pivot to coronavirus: how meme factories are crafting public health messaging">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Virginia Barbour, Director, Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, Queensland University of Technology Scientific publishing is not known for moving rapidly. In normal times, publishing new research can take months, if not years. Researchers prepare a first version of a paper on new findings and submit it to ... <a title="Science publishing has opened up during the coronavirus pandemic. It won’t be easy to keep it that way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/science-publishing-has-opened-up-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-it-wont-be-easy-to-keep-it-that-way-142984/" aria-label="Read more about Science publishing has opened up during the coronavirus pandemic. It won’t be easy to keep it that way">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thalia Anthony, Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney The intensification of the Black Lives Matter movement in the US in recent months has led to radical reform and action. The police officers responsible for the killing of George Floyd were all charged with serious offences, including ... <a title="Instead of demonising Black Lives Matter protesters, leaders must act on their calls for racial justice" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/instead-of-demonising-black-lives-matter-protesters-leaders-must-act-on-their-calls-for-racial-justice-143269/" aria-label="Read more about Instead of demonising Black Lives Matter protesters, leaders must act on their calls for racial justice">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David King, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland We’re told to stay home if we feel unwell during the COVID-19 pandemic. But what if your sniffles, sore throat or cough aren’t infectious? What if they’re caused by hayfever or another allergic reaction? You may ... <a title="Sniffles, sneezing and cough? How to tell if it’s a simple allergy rather than The Virus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/sniffles-sneezing-and-cough-how-to-tell-if-its-a-simple-allergy-rather-than-the-virus-139657/" aria-label="Read more about Sniffles, sneezing and cough? How to tell if it’s a simple allergy rather than The Virus">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John French, Atmospheric physicist, University of Tasmania While greenhouse gases are warming Earth’s surface, they’re also causing rapid cooling far above us, at the edge of space. In fact, the upper atmosphere about 90km above Antarctica is cooling at a rate ten times faster than the average ... <a title="Carbon emissions are chilling the atmosphere 90km above Antarctica, at the edge of space" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/carbon-emissions-are-chilling-the-atmosphere-90km-above-antarctica-at-the-edge-of-space-143271/" aria-label="Read more about Carbon emissions are chilling the atmosphere 90km above Antarctica, at the edge of space">Read more</a>
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July 28, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marilyn Campbell, Professor Faculty of Education, School of Cultural and Professional Learning, Queensland University of Technology How would you answer the following question? At what age can a child be fined or imprisoned for their actions in Australia? Any age, if she/he can differentiate right from wrong ... <a title="More than 90% of Year 10 teachers don’t know the age of criminal responsibility in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/07/28/more-than-90-of-year-10-teachers-dont-know-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-in-australia-132855/" aria-label="Read more about More than 90% of Year 10 teachers don’t know the age of criminal responsibility in Australia">Read more</a>
