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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Abbey, Professor of Physics, La Trobe University Author provided When we look at biological cells under a microscope, they’re usually not very colourful. Normally, to visualise them we have to artificially add colour — typically by staining. By doing so, we can see their shape and ... <a title="We created a microscope slide that could improve cancer diagnosis, by revealing the ‘colour’ of cancer cells" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/we-created-a-microscope-slide-that-could-improve-cancer-diagnosis-by-revealing-the-colour-of-cancer-cells-169262/" aria-label="Read more about We created a microscope slide that could improve cancer diagnosis, by revealing the ‘colour’ of cancer cells">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard McLellan, PhD candidate, Charles Sturt University Richard McLellan, Author provided The sweet, earthy fragrance of sandalwood oil has made it immensely popular in incense sticks, candles and perfumes. But its beautiful scent may also be its downfall – Australian sandalwood (Santalum spicatum) is facing extinction in ... <a title="Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/loved-to-death-australian-sandalwood-is-facing-extinction-in-the-wild-167281/" aria-label="Read more about Loved to death: Australian sandalwood is facing extinction in the wild">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca English, Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock With nearly half of Australia’s population in lockdown, a lot of children and young people are still not attending face-to-face school. In Melbourne students in year 12 go back to the classroom this week, and there ... <a title="Parents, studies show most kids have done just fine in remote schooling. Here’s how to survive the home stretch" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/parents-studies-show-most-kids-have-done-just-fine-in-remote-schooling-heres-how-to-survive-the-home-stretch-167969/" aria-label="Read more about Parents, studies show most kids have done just fine in remote schooling. Here’s how to survive the home stretch">Read more</a>
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October 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donna Mazza, Senior Lecturer in Creative Arts, Edith Cowan University Ruth Hollick collection. State Library of Victoria Recent television series Creamerie, a dark comedy from New Zealand where a pandemic quickly kills (almost) all men and male animals, revives the concept of an all-female society with a ... <a title="Guide to the classics: written in 1915, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland imagines society without men" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/07/guide-to-the-classics-written-in-1915-charlotte-perkins-gilmans-herland-imagines-society-without-men-166962/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: written in 1915, Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland imagines society without men">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gary Sturgess, Professor of Public Service Delivery, Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Bianca de Marchi/AAP Gary Sturgess was director-general of NSW Premier Nick Greiner’s cabinet office in 1988 and the “architect” of ICAC. There has been a great deal of commentary about the NSW ... <a title="A federal ICAC must end the confusion between integrity questions and corruption" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/a-federal-icac-must-end-the-confusion-between-integrity-questions-and-corruption-169360/" aria-label="Read more about A federal ICAC must end the confusion between integrity questions and corruption">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney On Wednesday the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority wrote to each of Australia’s home lenders asking them to make it just a little bit harder for Australians to get mortgage. The letter, addressed to so-called authorised deposit-taking institutions, asked them ... <a title="Thanks to APRA, it’s about to become harder to get a mortgage. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/thanks-to-apra-its-about-to-become-harder-to-get-a-mortgage-heres-why-169346/" aria-label="Read more about Thanks to APRA, it’s about to become harder to get a mortgage. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney The Australian government has pre-purchased 300,000 courses of an experimental antiviral oral drug called molnupiravir. Interim results announced by the company, US pharmaceutical Merck, show the drug halved the number of patients who ended up ... <a title="Take-at-home COVID drug molnupiravir may be on its way — but vaccination is still our first line of defence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/take-at-home-covid-drug-molnupiravir-may-be-on-its-way-but-vaccination-is-still-our-first-line-of-defence-169246/" aria-label="Read more about Take-at-home COVID drug molnupiravir may be on its way — but vaccination is still our first line of defence">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roman Lanis, Associate Professor, Accounting, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is in the process of working through another mountain of documents showing how the rich and powerful use the global financial system to hide their wealth and avoid taxes. Those ... <a title="The next Pandora Papers exposé is inevitable – unless governments do more on two key reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/the-next-pandora-papers-expose-is-inevitable-unless-governments-do-more-on-two-key-reforms-169357/" aria-label="Read more about The next Pandora Papers exposé is inevitable – unless governments do more on two key reforms">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cecilia Leong-Salobir, Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia An 1817 painting by Joseph Lycett, depicting First Nation peoples cooking and eating whale meat. National Library of Australia, Author provided Review: True to the Land: A History of Food in Australia by Paul van Reyk (Reaktion ... <a title="True to the Land: a new history of food in Australia begins 65,000 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/true-to-the-land-a-new-history-of-food-in-australia-begins-65-000-years-ago-166965/" aria-label="Read more about True to the Land: a new history of food in Australia begins 65,000 years ago">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Poole, Associate Professor in Physiology, UNSW Nick Moore/Unsplash, CC BY-SA We have more than five senses. What you might think of as your sense of “touch” is actually a range of different sensory pathways that allow you to distinguish various types of mechanical forces, to detect ... <a title="How do you feel? Your ‘sense of touch’ is several different senses rolled into one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/how-do-you-feel-your-sense-of-touch-is-several-different-senses-rolled-into-one-169344/" aria-label="Read more about How do you feel? Your ‘sense of touch’ is several different senses rolled into one">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The first thing to note – some good news – is that the sixth wave of Covid19 is on the wane. For the first wave, see https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/. In particular, look at ‘Active Cases’ in China. For the following five waves of Covid19, see https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/. In particular, look at World ‘Daily Deaths’. ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Global Clusters at the end of September 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-global-clusters-at-the-end-of-september-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Global Clusters at the end of September 2021">Read more</a>
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October 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bean, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Hopping on your bike when it’s raining, or snowing, might seem unappealing. But our research has found inclement weather conditions deter some cyclists more than others. In the first analysis of its kind, we captured eight years of ... <a title="We analysed 100 million bike trips to reveal where in the world cyclists are most likely to brave rain and cold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/06/we-analysed-100-million-bike-trips-to-reveal-where-in-the-world-cyclists-are-most-likely-to-brave-rain-and-cold-166894/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed 100 million bike trips to reveal where in the world cyclists are most likely to brave rain and cold">Read more</a>
