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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University This week, US health authorities recommended pausing the rollout of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine while investigations into exceptionally rare blood clots take place. Six women suffered blood clots out of nearly ... <a title="Is it the adenovirus vaccine technology, used by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, causing blood clots? There’s no evidence yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/is-it-the-adenovirus-vaccine-technology-used-by-astrazeneca-and-johnson-and-johnson-causing-blood-clots-theres-no-evidence-yet-158944/" aria-label="Read more about Is it the adenovirus vaccine technology, used by AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, causing blood clots? There’s no evidence yet">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sujeet Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University India is witnessing a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases after months of declining numbers had given the country hope it had made it through the worst of the pandemic relatively unscathed. ... <a title="As India’s COVID crisis worsens, leaders play the blame game while the poor suffer once again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/as-indias-covid-crisis-worsens-leaders-play-the-blame-game-while-the-poor-suffer-once-again-158531/" aria-label="Read more about As India’s COVID crisis worsens, leaders play the blame game while the poor suffer once again">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Some weeks ago, a nine-year-old macaque monkey called Pager successfully played a game of Pong with its mind. While it may sound like science fiction, the demonstration by Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink is an example ... <a title="Neuralink’s monkey can play Pong with its mind. Imagine what humans could do with the same technology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/neuralinks-monkey-can-play-pong-with-its-mind-imagine-what-humans-could-do-with-the-same-technology-158787/" aria-label="Read more about Neuralink’s monkey can play Pong with its mind. Imagine what humans could do with the same technology">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Stewart, Professor at Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Last week, the federal government changed its recommendation for COVID-19 vaccines. The Pfizer vaccine is now the “preferred” jab for adults under 50. Amid the political fallout and worries about what it means for Australia’s COVID recovery, ... <a title="Doctors do not face a greater legal risk if they give AstraZeneca to younger Australians — here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/doctors-do-not-face-a-greater-legal-risk-if-they-give-astrazeneca-to-younger-australians-heres-why-158789/" aria-label="Read more about Doctors do not face a greater legal risk if they give AstraZeneca to younger Australians — here’s why">Read more</a>
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April 14, 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 crisis Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing bonus: National say councils should be given $50,000 for every new house built Claire Trevett (Herald): National puts ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 14 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-14-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 14 2021">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eric Jorden Raes, Postdoctoral researcher Ocean Frontier Institute, Dalhousie University Aboard an Australian research vessel, the RV Investigator, we sailed for 63 days from Antarctica’s ice edge to the warm equator in the South Pacific and collected 387 water samples. Our goal? To determine how the genetic ... <a title="Like the ocean’s ‘gut flora’: we sailed from Antarctica to the equator to learn how bacteria affect ocean health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/like-the-oceans-gut-flora-we-sailed-from-antarctica-to-the-equator-to-learn-how-bacteria-affect-ocean-health-155478/" aria-label="Read more about Like the ocean’s ‘gut flora’: we sailed from Antarctica to the equator to learn how bacteria affect ocean health">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Notley, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media, Western Sydney University For most of us, it’s hard to imagine a media-free day. Understanding what’s happening in the world, maintaining our social media profiles, staying in touch with family, being entertained, making new friends, engaging with governments, and with ... <a title="Less than half of Australian adults know how to identify misinformation online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/less-than-half-of-australian-adults-know-how-to-identify-misinformation-online-156124/" aria-label="Read more about Less than half of Australian adults know how to identify misinformation online">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Bagnall, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Tasmania Chinese Australian history is primarily told as a history of men. Population figures suggest why — in 1901, there were almost 30,000 Chinese men in Australia, yet fewer than 500 women. But despite their small numbers, emerging research ... <a title="‘Your government makes us go’: the hidden history of Chinese Australian women at a time of anti-Asian immigration laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/your-government-makes-us-go-the-hidden-history-of-chinese-australian-women-at-a-time-of-anti-asian-immigration-laws-154821/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Your government makes us go’: the hidden history of Chinese Australian women at a time of anti-Asian immigration laws">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Scofield, Adjunct professor, University of Canterbury The flightless kiwi is an iconic bird for New Zealanders, but all five species are threatened by habitat loss and introduced predators. Recent genomic analysis focused on one species, the South Island brown kiwi or tokoeka, suggests several as yet ... <a title="Forensics and ship logs solve a 200-year mystery about where the first kiwi specimen was collected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/forensics-and-ship-logs-solve-a-200-year-mystery-about-where-the-first-kiwi-specimen-was-collected-158410/" aria-label="Read more about Forensics and ship logs solve a 200-year mystery about where the first kiwi specimen was collected">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lueck, Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology By this time next week flights between New Zealand and Australia will have been taking off and landing for roughly 48 hours. The quarantine-free trans-Tasman travel bubble, beginning April 19, will finally be more than a promise. For ... <a title="With the trans-Tasman travel bubble about to open, how much should the tourism industry get its hopes up?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/with-the-trans-tasman-travel-bubble-about-to-open-how-much-should-the-tourism-industry-get-its-hopes-up-158418/" aria-label="Read more about With the trans-Tasman travel bubble about to open, how much should the tourism industry get its hopes up?">Read more</a>
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April 14, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will hold twice-weekly meetings of the national cabinet for the “foreseeable future”, as the government battles to get its slow and problem-laden vaccine rollout back on course. The Prime Minister says he has asked national cabinet and health ... <a title="National cabinet to meet twice weekly in Morrison’s effort to get vaccination rollout ‘back on track’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/14/national-cabinet-to-meet-twice-weekly-in-morrisons-effort-to-get-vaccination-rollout-back-on-track-158911/" aria-label="Read more about National cabinet to meet twice weekly in Morrison’s effort to get vaccination rollout ‘back on track’">Read more</a>
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April 13, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A wronged woman with a razor-sharp mind and meticulous records is a dangerous creature. Especially when delivering a counter punch to a prime minister who’d denounced her in the bully pit of parliament when he was ill-informed, angry and driven ... <a title="View from The Hill: Christine Holgate presents a compelling story of Morrison’s bullying" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/13/view-from-the-hill-christine-holgate-presents-a-compelling-story-of-morrisons-bullying-158895/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Christine Holgate presents a compelling story of Morrison’s bullying">Read more</a>
