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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Quigley, Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, University of Melbourne A 7.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Saturday night, injuring around 100 people, closing roads and trains, and leaving almost a million people without electricity overnight. It came ... <a title="The Fukushima quake may be an echo of the 2011 disaster — and a warning for the future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/the-fukushima-quake-may-be-an-echo-of-the-2011-disaster-and-a-warning-for-the-future-155293/" aria-label="Read more about The Fukushima quake may be an echo of the 2011 disaster — and a warning for the future">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Agathe Lise-Pronovost, McKenzie Research Fellow in Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne About 41,000 years ago, something remarkable happened: Earth’s magnetic field flipped and, for a temporary period, magnetic north was south and magnetic south was north. Palaeomagnetists refer to this as a geomagnetic excursion. This event, which ... <a title="We found the first Australian evidence of a major shift in Earth’s magnetic poles. It may help us predict the next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/we-found-the-first-australian-evidence-of-a-major-shift-in-earths-magnetic-poles-it-may-help-us-predict-the-next-155040/" aria-label="Read more about We found the first Australian evidence of a major shift in Earth’s magnetic poles. It may help us predict the next">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury New Zealand’s latest community cases, the first to be infected with the more infectious B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19, have a plausible link to the border through one person’s workplace at LSG Sky Chefs, a business that deals with ... <a title="Close contact test results will be crucial to whether Auckland’s level 3 lockdown is extended beyond three days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/close-contact-test-results-will-be-crucial-to-whether-aucklands-level-3-lockdown-is-extended-beyond-three-days-155289/" aria-label="Read more about Close contact test results will be crucial to whether Auckland’s level 3 lockdown is extended beyond three days">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Southerton, Postdoctoral Fellow, Vitalities Lab, UNSW In countries like Australia where infection rates remain relatively low, contact tracing is a crucial defence in our fight against COVID-19. We’ve seen this recently in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, and now we’re seeing it in Melbourne as Victorian health ... <a title="10am brunch, 1pm Kmart: when the media pokes fun at someone’s lifestyle, it’s harder for the next person to get COVID tested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/10am-brunch-1pm-kmart-when-the-media-pokes-fun-at-someones-lifestyle-its-harder-for-the-next-person-to-get-covid-tested-155141/" aria-label="Read more about 10am brunch, 1pm Kmart: when the media pokes fun at someone’s lifestyle, it’s harder for the next person to get COVID tested">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Professor, Auckland University of Technology Plants use their leaves to make food from the sun’s energy and carbon dioxide. With very few exceptions of parasitic plants, no tree is known to grow without green foliage — or to be more precise, no tree can start ... <a title="The mysterious existence of a leafless kauri stump, kept alive by its forest neighbours" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/the-mysterious-existence-of-a-leafless-kauri-stump-kept-alive-by-its-forest-neighbours-121804/" aria-label="Read more about The mysterious existence of a leafless kauri stump, kept alive by its forest neighbours">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise D’Arcens, Professor of English, Macquarie University In 1939, a 7th century Saxon ship was uncovered at Sutton Hoo, the Suffolk property of Edith Pretty. The discovery of this ship would transform modern understandings of early medieval England, shedding light on the sophistication of its funerary practices, ... <a title="The Dig’s romanticisation of an Anglo-Saxon past reveals it is a film for post-Brexit UK" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/the-digs-romanticisation-of-an-anglo-saxon-past-reveals-it-is-a-film-for-post-brexit-uk-154827/" aria-label="Read more about The Dig’s romanticisation of an Anglo-Saxon past reveals it is a film for post-Brexit UK">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Last Thursday I walked the Tongariro (Alpine) Crossing with my partner. Actually, it was my third time, having also enjoyed that beautiful volcanic walk in 1979 and 1990. This was my first time with a mobile phone in my pocket. My phone assured me that the 19½ kilometre walk took me ... <a title="Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/keith-rankin-on-taking-39000-steps/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on taking 39,000 Steps">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brock Bergseth, Postdoctoral research fellow, James Cook University There’s a useful concept from psychology that helps explain why good people do things that harm the environment: the false consensus effect. That’s where we overestimate how acceptable and prevalent our own behaviour is in society. Put simply, if ... <a title="‘Everyone else does it, so I can too’: how the false consensus effect drives environmental damage" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/everyone-else-does-it-so-i-can-too-how-the-false-consensus-effect-drives-environmental-damage-153305/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everyone else does it, so I can too’: how the false consensus effect drives environmental damage">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Cervin, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Within days of serious allegations of physical and psychological abuse in New Zealand gymnastics emerging in late 2020, the sport’s governing body Gymnastics New Zealand commissioned an independent review. A series of media investigations had earlier painted a ... <a title="Gymnastics NZ has apologised for past abuses — now it must empower athletes to lead change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/gymnastics-nz-has-apologised-for-past-abuses-now-it-must-empower-athletes-to-lead-change-154183/" aria-label="Read more about Gymnastics NZ has apologised for past abuses — now it must empower athletes to lead change">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
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 Covid: New community outbreak Jo Moir (Newsroom): The border will never be unbreachable Audrey Young (Herald): The best place to judge Ardern’s lockdown is from a rear view mirror (paywalled) Josh Van Veen (Democracy Project): Ardern’s Year of ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-february-15-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2021">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Wallace, Associate Professor, 50/50 By 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra Federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s recent six-day tour of Queensland came not a minute too soon for Labor’s prospects in the possible election year of 2021. The old adage that ... <a title="Labor’s wicked problem: how to win back Queensland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/labors-wicked-problem-how-to-win-back-queensland-154951/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s wicked problem: how to win back Queensland">Read more</a>
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February 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoë Hyde, Epidemiologist, University of Western Australia In the past fortnight, two vaccine stories made headlines around the world. Novavax announced spectacular results for its phase 3 trial, while preliminary data suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine is ineffective against the South African variant. These two vaccines comprise the ... <a title="Herd immunity is the end game for the pandemic, but the AstraZeneca vaccine won’t get us there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/15/herd-immunity-is-the-end-game-for-the-pandemic-but-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-wont-get-us-there-155115/" aria-label="Read more about Herd immunity is the end game for the pandemic, but the AstraZeneca vaccine won’t get us there">Read more</a>
