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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Fuller, Professor in Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Do you love spending time in nature? Or are you a city slicker, happier in the concrete jungle than the great outdoors? Back in 1986, the US biologist EO Wilson proposed that humans have an ... <a title="Why do we love the great outdoors? New research shows part of the answer is in our genes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/why-do-we-love-the-great-outdoors-new-research-shows-part-of-the-answer-is-in-our-genes-175995/" aria-label="Read more about Why do we love the great outdoors? New research shows part of the answer is in our genes">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olga Boichak, Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA Eight years since the Russian annexation of Crimea, Ukraine is facing another threat from its eastern neighbour. Russia has amassed an estimated 130,000 troops and military equipment along its borders in recent weeks. Ukraine is literally ... <a title="Why Ukrainians are ready to fight for their democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/why-ukrainians-are-ready-to-fight-for-their-democracy-175649/" aria-label="Read more about Why Ukrainians are ready to fight for their democracy">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liam Petterson, Deputy Editor, Health + Medicine, The Conversation Australia The requirement to show proof of two doses of a COVID vaccine to do things such as eat out, go to the pub and visit sporting events is still in place across parts of the country including ... <a title="Is it time to rethink vaccine mandates for dining, fitness and events? We asked 5 experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/is-it-time-to-rethink-vaccine-mandates-for-dining-fitness-and-events-we-asked-5-experts-176356/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time to rethink vaccine mandates for dining, fitness and events? We asked 5 experts">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Thomas-Maude, PhD Candidate, Massey University GettyImages New Zealand’s critical shortage of specialist nurses made headlines again this week, but it’s not the country’s only pressing medical need. The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists (ASMS) has estimated almost 3,000 more GPs and specialist doctors, and 12,000 more ... <a title="Critically understaffed and with Omicron looming, why isn’t NZ employing more of its foreign-trained doctors?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/critically-understaffed-and-with-omicron-looming-why-isnt-nz-employing-more-of-its-foreign-trained-doctors-175914/" aria-label="Read more about Critically understaffed and with Omicron looming, why isn’t NZ employing more of its foreign-trained doctors?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Webster, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland The only species of Australian bird which remains unphotographed. This is one of the most accurate illustrations of the species. John Keulemans published in Gregory Mathews ‘The Birds of Australia’ 1911, Author provided In humid savanna on Cape York ... <a title="Is the buff-breasted button-quail still alive? After years of searching, this century-old bird mystery has yet to be solved" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/is-the-buff-breasted-button-quail-still-alive-after-years-of-searching-this-century-old-bird-mystery-has-yet-to-be-solved-175647/" aria-label="Read more about Is the buff-breasted button-quail still alive? After years of searching, this century-old bird mystery has yet to be solved">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Getty Images The huge storms many Australians have experienced recently have damaged or toppled old trees which had withstood the vagaries of our weather for the past century or more. This is what we can expect as our ... <a title="What does lightning actually do to a tree?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/what-does-lightning-actually-do-to-a-tree-176353/" aria-label="Read more about What does lightning actually do to a tree?">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raewyn Connell, Professor Emerita (social science), University of Sydney Can we grieve not for a person but for an institution? Should we be angry over possibilities destroyed, young talents denied a chance to flourish? Is there any point in lamenting greed, short-sightedness, the brutality of power? As ... <a title="Remaking universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/remaking-universities-notes-from-the-sidelines-of-catastrophe-175920/" aria-label="Read more about Remaking universities: notes from the sidelines of catastrophe">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW shutterstock If you’re paying off a mortgage – or aspiring to – imagine if you didn’t have to worry so much about rising interest rates. That’s already the reality for US home buyers. Unlike in Australia, most mortgages in the US ... <a title="What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/whats-wrong-with-australian-mortgages-theyre-fixed-for-shareholders-not-home-owners-176234/" aria-label="Read more about What’s wrong with Australian mortgages? They’re fixed for shareholders, not home owners">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura Glitsos, Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University HBO The 2020s is the age of the reboot. Without a doubt, one of the most anticipated has been the revival of the iconic TV show Sex and The City, with the 10-episode mini-series And Just Like ... <a title="Frank, unapologetic, and female-oriented: the cultural legacy of Sex and the City, and the lure of the reboot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/frank-unapologetic-and-female-oriented-the-cultural-legacy-of-sex-and-the-city-and-the-lure-of-the-reboot-175061/" aria-label="Read more about Frank, unapologetic, and female-oriented: the cultural legacy of Sex and the City, and the lure of the reboot">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Censoring of Facebook in Papua New Guinea can be addressed by three mandated government agencies, says Chief Censor Jim Abani. He was responding to the Post-Courier on how his office was dealing with indecent content posted on Facebook in view of a controversy over a video of an alleged ... <a title="Three PNG government agencies have power to censor Facebook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/three-png-government-agencies-have-power-to-censor-facebook/" aria-label="Read more about Three PNG government agencies have power to censor Facebook">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison’s language was sharp, bordering on bullying. Asked on Wednesday about the preselection shambles in the NSW Liberal Party, his message was that recalcitrant party members should leave things to the professionals. “It’s time for those who […] don’t ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s boys are frontline players in the ‘childish’ factional games he condemns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/04/grattan-on-friday-morrisons-boys-are-frontline-players-in-the-childish-factional-games-he-condemns-176380/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s boys are frontline players in the ‘childish’ factional games he condemns">Read more</a>
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February 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron M. Lane, Senior Lecturer in Law, RMIT University Shutterstock News emerged overnight of the potential theft of more than US$326 million of Ethereum tokens from a blockchain bridge (which connects two blockchains so cryptocurrency can be exchanged between them). It’s no surprise. Crypto crime has been ... <a title="Crypto theft is on the rise. Here’s how the crimes are committed, and how you can protect yourself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/03/crypto-theft-is-on-the-rise-heres-how-the-crimes-are-committed-and-how-you-can-protect-yourself-176027/" aria-label="Read more about Crypto theft is on the rise. Here’s how the crimes are committed, and how you can protect yourself">Read more</a>
