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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Having a baby brings enough stress and uncertainty without having to deal with a pandemic. Added to that is the difficult decision to have a recently developed vaccine or not. ... <a title="Should pregnant women have a COVID vaccine? The evidence says it’s safe and effective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/should-pregnant-women-have-a-covid-vaccine-the-evidence-says-its-safe-and-effective-165192/" aria-label="Read more about Should pregnant women have a COVID vaccine? The evidence says it’s safe and effective">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Norris, Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University ESO Can we find alien technology? That is the ambitious goal of the Galileo Project, launched this week by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb with substantial private financial backing. The project is far from the first attempt to detect ... <a title="Is the truth out there? How the Harvard-based Galileo Project will search the skies for alien technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/is-the-truth-out-there-how-the-harvard-based-galileo-project-will-search-the-skies-for-alien-technology-165237/" aria-label="Read more about Is the truth out there? How the Harvard-based Galileo Project will search the skies for alien technology">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar with a deep-dive into cyber-attacks and hybrid warfare - Especially how 2021 has witnessed a Cold War II styled stand-off between global powers.
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dominic O’Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology and Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University GettyImages The arrest of nine Fijian opposition politicians, including party leaders and two former prime ministers, once again exposes Fijian democracy’s fragility. The intimidation doesn’t ... <a title="Fiji’s other crisis: away from the COVID emergency, political dissent can still get you arrested" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/fijis-other-crisis-away-from-the-covid-emergency-political-dissent-can-still-get-you-arrested-165238/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s other crisis: away from the COVID emergency, political dissent can still get you arrested">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janine Mohamed, Distinguished Fellow, George Institute for Global Health The 2021 Close the Gap report declared the national agreement on Closing the Gap “a game changer” that sets a new standard for how governments work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities. The national agreement ... <a title="How can the new Closing the Gap dashboard highlight what indicators and targets are on track?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/how-can-the-new-closing-the-gap-dashboard-highlight-what-indicators-and-targets-are-on-track-163809/" aria-label="Read more about How can the new Closing the Gap dashboard highlight what indicators and targets are on track?">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Soutphommasane, Professor of Practice (Sociology and Political Theory) Director, Culture Strategy, University of Sydney DAN HIMBRECHTS/AAP It’s four more weeks of lockdown for Sydneysiders, with no end yet in sight. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is still to outline a roadmap out. Sydney feels like it is ... <a title="Zero-COVID is no longer an effective strategy. We need to learn from other countries how to adapt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/zero-covid-is-no-longer-an-effective-strategy-we-need-to-learn-from-other-countries-how-to-adapt-165241/" aria-label="Read more about Zero-COVID is no longer an effective strategy. We need to learn from other countries how to adapt">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Heather Sharp, Associate Professor, History and Curriculum Studies, University of Newcastle Temple of Edfu temple, Egypt. Shutterstock This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. History is for students curious about the world. It involves ... <a title="History made the world we live in: here’s what you’ll learn if you choose it in years 11 and 12" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/history-made-the-world-we-live-in-heres-what-youll-learn-if-you-choose-it-in-years-11-and-12-163366/" aria-label="Read more about History made the world we live in: here’s what you’ll learn if you choose it in years 11 and 12">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Toland, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, University of Technology Sydney alice kang/Unsplash In 2014, a Florida real estate group began advertising its latest in a series of luxury condominiums designed by global “starchitects”. The ads featured photorealistic computer-generated imagery inhabited by rich and beautiful people lounging ... <a title="‘I don’t want realism. I want magic’: behind the fantasy fuelling our real estate voyeurism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/i-dont-want-realism-i-want-magic-behind-the-fantasy-fuelling-our-real-estate-voyeurism-164708/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I don’t want realism. I want magic’: behind the fantasy fuelling our real estate voyeurism">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Grimmer, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Have you been vaccinated yet? And if you have, are you one of a growing number of people who posted a selfie on social media afterwards? At a time when many people distrust government advertising, vaccine selfies ... <a title="Vaccine selfies may seem trivial, but they show people doing their civic duty — and probably encourage others too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/vaccine-selfies-may-seem-trivial-but-they-show-people-doing-their-civic-duty-and-probably-encourage-others-too-164950/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine selfies may seem trivial, but they show people doing their civic duty — and probably encourage others too">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Nolan, Associate Professor – Communication and Media, University of Canberra Everyone knows 2020 was a weird year. But was news coverage atypical too, or did it perform as per usual? To find out, researchers at the University of Canberra worked with media monitoring company Streem to ... <a title="Australian media showed their best in covering the COVID pandemic — at least for the first few months" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/australian-media-showed-their-best-in-covering-the-covid-pandemic-at-least-for-the-first-few-months-164772/" aria-label="Read more about Australian media showed their best in covering the COVID pandemic — at least for the first few months">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Yates, Assistant Professor, General Practice, Bond University Shutterstock If you are 18 or older, and in an area where there is a COVID-19 outbreak, the best vaccine for you is the one you can get right now. That possibly means you should get the AstraZeneca vaccine, ... <a title="Over 18 and considering the AstraZeneca vaccine? This may help you decide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/over-18-and-considering-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-this-may-help-you-decide-165085/" aria-label="Read more about Over 18 and considering the AstraZeneca vaccine? This may help you decide">Read more</a>
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July 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jodi Rowley, Curator, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology, UNSW, Australian Museum Green Tree Frog Jodi Rowley, Author provided Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a flurry of emails from concerned people who’ve seen sick and dead frogs across eastern Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. One ... <a title="Dead, shrivelled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia. We need your help to find out why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/29/dead-shrivelled-frogs-are-unexpectedly-turning-up-across-eastern-australia-we-need-your-help-to-find-out-why-165176/" aria-label="Read more about Dead, shrivelled frogs are unexpectedly turning up across eastern Australia. We need your help to find out why">Read more</a>
