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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University Yesterday at 9pm Australian Eastern standard time, the Ingenuity helicopter — which landed on Mars with the Perseverance rover in February — took off from the Martian surface. More importantly, it hovered for about 30 seconds, three metres above ... <a title="So a helicopter flew on Mars for the first time. A space physicist explains why that’s such a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/so-a-helicopter-flew-on-mars-for-the-first-time-a-space-physicist-explains-why-thats-such-a-big-deal-159334/" aria-label="Read more about So a helicopter flew on Mars for the first time. A space physicist explains why that’s such a big deal">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Kayis-Kumar, Associate Professor, UNSW When Debbie (not her real name) lost her main client and was left without a reliable income, the sole trader sold her home and adjoining investment unit to pay off her debts and ensure she had the means to support her daughter ... <a title="Sometimes people can do with a break: 3 ways tax debt relief rules are too tough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/sometimes-people-can-do-with-a-break-3-ways-tax-debt-relief-rules-are-too-tough-156948/" aria-label="Read more about Sometimes people can do with a break: 3 ways tax debt relief rules are too tough">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University Yesterday at 9pm Australian Eastern standard time, the Ingenuity helicopter — which landed on Mars with the Perseverance rover in February — took off from the Martian surface. More importantly, it hovered for about 30 seconds, 3 metres above ... <a title="A helicopter flew on Mars for the first time. A space physicist explains why that’s such a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/a-helicopter-flew-on-mars-for-the-first-time-a-space-physicist-explains-why-thats-such-a-big-deal-159334/" aria-label="Read more about A helicopter flew on Mars for the first time. A space physicist explains why that’s such a big deal">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have ... <a title="Climate explained: what was the Medieval warm period?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/climate-explained-what-was-the-medieval-warm-period-155294/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: what was the Medieval warm period?">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Of all the weak targets ever adopted by Australian governments, one of the weakest has to have been an unemployment rate “comfortably below six per cent” in last year’s budget. At the time the budget ... <a title="Men have been hit harder by the COVID recession than women. What matters now is what we do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/men-have-been-hit-harder-by-the-covid-recession-than-women-what-matters-now-is-what-we-do-about-it-159202/" aria-label="Read more about Men have been hit harder by the COVID recession than women. What matters now is what we do about it">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards Speculation about the National Party’s leadership has died down, after a fortnight of rumours and overt positioning by supposed challengers to Judith Collins. She lives on as leader for a bit longer, and Christopher Luxon and Simon Bridges have been put in their place. National now desperately needs to focus on ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National has bigger problems than its leadership" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-national-has-bigger-problems-than-its-leadership/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National has bigger problems than its leadership">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Porter, Senior Fellow (Indigenous Programs), The University of Melbourne Cultural warning: This article contains names and images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This article also contains links to graphic footage of police violence. This month marks 30 years since the final report of ... <a title="Not criminals or passive victims: Reframing the media’s representation of Aboriginal deaths in custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/not-criminals-or-passive-victims-reframing-the-medias-representation-of-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-158561/" aria-label="Read more about Not criminals or passive victims: Reframing the media’s representation of Aboriginal deaths in custody">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Howarth, Senior lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The Alpine Fault marks the boundary between the Pacific and Australian plates in the South Island of New Zealand. Author provided The chances of New Zealand’s Alpine Fault rupturing in a damaging earthquake in the ... <a title="NZ’s next large Alpine Fault quake is likely coming sooner than we thought, study shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/nzs-next-large-alpine-fault-quake-is-likely-coming-sooner-than-we-thought-study-shows-159223/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s next large Alpine Fault quake is likely coming sooner than we thought, study shows">Read more</a>
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April 20, 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 NZ-China relations: Mahuta Speech Tim Watkin (Pundit): Taniwha New Zealand shows its foreign policy teeth to the world. But ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 20 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-20-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 20 2021">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Reid, DECRA Research Fellow, Macquarie University Army ants (Eciton burchellii) are known for their vast foraging raids. Hundreds of thousands of ants flow like a river from their nest site, scouring the jungle as they prey on anything unable to escape the swarm. These raids are ... <a title="Bridges, highways, scaffolds: how the amazing engineering of army ants can make us smarter creators" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/bridges-highways-scaffolds-how-the-amazing-engineering-of-army-ants-can-make-us-smarter-creators-158326/" aria-label="Read more about Bridges, highways, scaffolds: how the amazing engineering of army ants can make us smarter creators">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Kewley, Director, ARC Centre for Excellence in All-Sky Astrophysics in 3D, Australian National University It will take until at least 2080 before women make up just one-third of Australia’s professional astronomers, unless there is a significant boost to how we nurture female researchers’ careers. Over the ... <a title="Looking at the stars, or falling by the wayside? How astronomy is failing female scientists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/looking-at-the-stars-or-falling-by-the-wayside-how-astronomy-is-failing-female-scientists-159139/" aria-label="Read more about Looking at the stars, or falling by the wayside? How astronomy is failing female scientists">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University Forget last week’s healthy 5.6% unemployment rate. It might be “comfortably below” the Coalition’s 6% threshold for commencing “fiscal repair” (another term for unpopular spending cuts), but the government is under unforeseen political pressure and is anything but ... <a title="Forget JobKeeper — what the government and the country need now is a JabMaker plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/forget-jobkeeper-what-the-government-and-the-country-need-now-is-a-jabmaker-plan-159209/" aria-label="Read more about Forget JobKeeper — what the government and the country need now is a JabMaker plan">Read more</a>
