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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shazia Sadiq, Professor, The University of Queensland Headway/Unsplash.com, CC BY-SA Digital technologies are now at the heart of our everyday lives, as anyone who has swapped their office for a videoconferencing screen, or downloaded a contact-tracing app, knows only too well. This trend is set to continue ... <a title="Digital tech is the future, but a new report shows Australia risks being left in the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/digital-tech-is-the-future-but-a-new-report-shows-australia-risks-being-left-in-the-past-168250/" aria-label="Read more about Digital tech is the future, but a new report shows Australia risks being left in the past">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Scanlon, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Deakin University Mick Tsikas/AAP Which federal MP spends the most on Facebook advertising? If you guessed Prime Minister Scott Morrison or Labor leader Anthony Albanese — or even headline-grabbing backbenchers Craig Kelly or Andrew Laming — you would be wrong. Way ... <a title="Which federal MP is spending the most on Facebook advertising? (Hint: it is not Craig Kelly)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/which-federal-mp-is-spending-the-most-on-facebook-advertising-hint-it-is-not-craig-kelly-168197/" aria-label="Read more about Which federal MP is spending the most on Facebook advertising? (Hint: it is not Craig Kelly)">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock A therapy for infants showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of the child meeting diagnostic criteria for autism at three years of age. That’s according to our new research, published ... <a title="Therapy for babies showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of clinical diagnosis at age 3" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/therapy-for-babies-showing-early-signs-of-autism-reduces-the-chance-of-clinical-diagnosis-at-age-3-167146/" aria-label="Read more about Therapy for babies showing early signs of autism reduces the chance of clinical diagnosis at age 3">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Croucher, Professor and Head of School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing, Massey University Fiona Goodall/Getty Images After five weeks in the strictest lockdown, Auckland will move to level 3 restrictions from midnight on Tuesday, for at least two weeks. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the decision ... <a title="New Zealand has ramped up vaccination rates, but too many people remain concerned about vaccine safety" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/new-zealand-has-ramped-up-vaccination-rates-but-too-many-people-remain-concerned-about-vaccine-safety-167984/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand has ramped up vaccination rates, but too many people remain concerned about vaccine safety">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Helene Nolan, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University One year following the 2019/20 fires, this forest has been slow to recover. Rachael Nolan, CC BY-NC-ND Green shoots emerging from black tree trunks is an iconic image in the days following bushfires, thanks to the remarkable ability ... <a title="Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea lilies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/climate-change-is-testing-the-resilience-of-native-plants-to-fire-from-ash-forests-to-gymea-lilies-167367/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is testing the resilience of native plants to fire, from ash forests to gymea lilies">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chen Zhao, Research associate, University of Tasmania The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest mass of ice in the world, holding around 60% of the world’s fresh water. If it all melted, global average sea levels would rise by 58 metres. But scientists are grappling with exactly ... <a title="Scientists still don’t know how far melting in Antarctica will go – or the sea level rise it will unleash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/scientists-still-dont-know-how-far-melting-in-antarctica-will-go-or-the-sea-level-rise-it-will-unleash-166677/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists still don’t know how far melting in Antarctica will go – or the sea level rise it will unleash">Read more</a>
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September 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Davie, Lecturer in Piano, School of Music, Australian National University Kent G Becker/flickr, CC BY-SA On June 25 1910, Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird opened to acclaim at the Paris Opéra. The success propelled its composer, then aged 28, to international prominence, a position of influence ... <a title="Decoding the music masterpieces: Stravinsky’s The Firebird" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/21/decoding-the-music-masterpieces-stravinskys-the-firebird-161582/" aria-label="Read more about Decoding the music masterpieces: Stravinsky’s The Firebird">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury Fiona Goodall/Getty Images The decision to move Auckland to alert level 3 from midnight on Tuesday is a calculated risk by the government. New daily cases in Auckland have stayed stubbornly high over the past week, a period ... <a title="New Zealand government takes a calculated risk to relax Auckland’s lockdown while new cases continue to appear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/new-zealand-government-takes-a-calculated-risk-to-relax-aucklands-lockdown-while-new-cases-continue-to-appear-168269/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand government takes a calculated risk to relax Auckland’s lockdown while new cases continue to appear">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University Most people are wondering when and how the COVID pandemic will end and there are still no easy answers. The word “endemic” is regularly mentioned, especially among public health leaders and experts as they discuss potential ... <a title="COVID will likely shift from pandemic to endemic — but what does that mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/covid-will-likely-shift-from-pandemic-to-endemic-but-what-does-that-mean-167782/" aria-label="Read more about COVID will likely shift from pandemic to endemic — but what does that mean?">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer King, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney Shutterstock We’ve all done done a quick “just in case” wee before heading out or because we’re passing the bathroom. If you’re a parent, you might have also told the kids to “do a wee now so we don’t ... <a title="Why you shouldn’t make a habit of doing a ‘just in case’ wee — and don’t tell your kids to either" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/why-you-shouldnt-make-a-habit-of-doing-a-just-in-case-wee-and-dont-tell-your-kids-to-either-167628/" aria-label="Read more about Why you shouldn’t make a habit of doing a ‘just in case’ wee — and don’t tell your kids to either">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania The announcement of a new strategic alliance between Australia, the US and UK (AUKUS) has caught many by surprise. Besides France, which reacted with fury over Australia’s scrapping of a major submarine deal with a French company, few ... <a title="Why is southeast Asia so concerned about AUKUS and Australia’s plans for nuclear submarines?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/why-is-southeast-asia-so-concerned-about-aukus-and-australias-plans-for-nuclear-submarines-168260/" aria-label="Read more about Why is southeast Asia so concerned about AUKUS and Australia’s plans for nuclear submarines?">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Joel Carrett This week’s Newspoll, conducted September 15-18 from a sample a little over 1,500, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary ... <a title="Coalition gains a point in Newspoll, but Morrison slides back into net negative ratings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/20/coalition-gains-a-point-in-newspoll-but-morrison-slides-back-into-net-negative-ratings-168076/" aria-label="Read more about Coalition gains a point in Newspoll, but Morrison slides back into net negative ratings">Read more</a>
