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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Westaway, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Gilberto Olimpio/Unsplash, CC BY Plans are underway to rebury the remains of more than 100 Aboriginal people, including the remains of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, arguably the two most important ... <a title="Mungo ancestral remains reburial proposal disrespects the Elders’ original vision" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/mungo-ancestral-remains-reburial-proposal-disrespects-the-elders-original-vision-164854/" aria-label="Read more about Mungo ancestral remains reburial proposal disrespects the Elders’ original vision">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lachlan Van Schaik, PhD candidate, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, La Trobe University Shutterstock Research Checks interrogate newly published studies and how they’re reported in the media. The analysis is undertaken by one or more academics not involved with the study, and reviewed by another, to ... <a title="Could drinking 6 cups of coffee a day shrink your brain and increase dementia risk?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/could-drinking-6-cups-of-coffee-a-day-shrink-your-brain-and-increase-dementia-risk-165181/" aria-label="Read more about Could drinking 6 cups of coffee a day shrink your brain and increase dementia risk?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alanna Kamp, Lecturer in Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University Shutterstock It’s not “new” news that Asian Australians are experiencing high rates of racism during the pandemic. However, existing data under-represent the true extent of COVID-related racism. The vast majority of cases aren’t being formally reported ... <a title="‘I don’t think the police would do much’: new research shows racism during COVID is rarely reported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/i-dont-think-the-police-would-do-much-new-research-shows-racism-during-covid-is-rarely-reported-165312/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I don’t think the police would do much’: new research shows racism during COVID is rarely reported">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Norris, Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University Jayanne English/EMU/Dark Energy Survey Scanning through data fresh off the telescope, we saw two ghosts dancing deep in the cosmos. We had never seen anything like it before, and we had no idea what they were. Several weeks ... <a title="‘Dancing ghosts’: a new, deeper scan of the sky throws up surprises for astronomers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/dancing-ghosts-a-new-deeper-scan-of-the-sky-throws-up-surprises-for-astronomers-165239/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dancing ghosts’: a new, deeper scan of the sky throws up surprises for astronomers">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Halpin, Ecologist, Monash University Giant bird-eating centipedes may sound like something out of a science-fiction film — but they’re not. On tiny Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific’s Norfolk Island group, the Phillip Island centipede (Cormocephalus coynei) population can kill and eat up to 3,700 ... <a title="Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/giant-bird-eating-centipedes-exist-and-theyre-surprisingly-important-for-their-ecosystem-161744/" aria-label="Read more about Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. The supermarket sector is finally about to receive some serious government intervention. Following a scathing report from the Commerce Commission, it’s now almost inevitable that the Labour Government is going to have to introduce some major changes to this vital but uncompetitive retail sector. And these moves are likely to be ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Radical reform coming to a supermarket near you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-radical-reform-coming-to-a-supermarket-near-you/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Radical reform coming to a supermarket near you">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Housing Bernard Hickey: Here’s all the levers the Govt is not pulling to fix our housing catastrophe Chloe Swarbrick ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 4 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-4-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 4 2021">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Ellis Hayes, Senior Lecturer in Space Research & Law / In training as Suborbital Spaceflight PoSSUM Astronaut Candidate Graduate, Swinburne University of Technology Me (top, third from right) with others from the International Space University, in front of the Shuttle Atlantis at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. ... <a title="I’m training to become Australia’s first woman astronaut. Here’s what it takes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/im-training-to-become-australias-first-woman-astronaut-heres-what-it-takes-163173/" aria-label="Read more about I’m training to become Australia’s first woman astronaut. Here’s what it takes">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Visiting Fellow, School of History, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University Fiji now heads the grim list of Pacific nations counting their dead from coronavirus, having just passed Papua New Guinea’s toll. So far, 254 Fijians have died from ... <a title="Pacific nations grapple with COVID’s terrible toll and the desperate need for vaccines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/pacific-nations-grapple-with-covids-terrible-toll-and-the-desperate-need-for-vaccines-164769/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations grapple with COVID’s terrible toll and the desperate need for vaccines">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Moynihan, Assistant Professor, Bond University Elsa Olofsson/Unsplash Just weeks before the first COVID-19 cases emerged, Gallup published its latest poll on America’s views about business. At the bottom of the list of 25 sectors was the pharmaceutical industry. Below advertising. Below oil and gas. Below the ... <a title="COVID vaccines offer the pharma industry a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset its reputation. But it’s after decades of big profits and scandals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/covid-vaccines-offer-the-pharma-industry-a-once-in-a-generation-opportunity-to-reset-its-reputation-but-its-after-decades-of-big-profits-and-scandals-165082/" aria-label="Read more about COVID vaccines offer the pharma industry a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset its reputation. But it’s after decades of big profits and scandals">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ya-Yen Sun, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In a non-COVID year, Australia’s vineyards host more than eight million wine tourists. While these visitors benefit wine producers and regional communities, they also generate a substantial amount of greenhouse gases. If fact, our recent research showed tourist ... <a title="Vineyard tourism is a big source of carbon emissions. Want to help? Then buy more wine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/vineyard-tourism-is-a-big-source-of-carbon-emissions-want-to-help-then-buy-more-wine-164600/" aria-label="Read more about Vineyard tourism is a big source of carbon emissions. Want to help? Then buy more wine">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Hartley, Honorary Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland XIV Crows (からす) by Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi, 1972 Courtesy the Maruki Gallery On August 6, 1945, the US military obliterated Hiroshima with the world’s first deployed nuclear bomb. Several days later, artist Maruki Iri arrived in ... <a title="The Hiroshima Panels are a remarkable artistic exploration of trauma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/the-hiroshima-panels-are-a-remarkable-artistic-exploration-of-trauma-164333/" aria-label="Read more about The Hiroshima Panels are a remarkable artistic exploration of trauma">Read more</a>
