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A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss the ongoing Russian attacks against Ukraine, including: Whether the Russian Federation’s president Vladimir Putin has lost the support of significant leaders of allied nations, and if so what does this mean for Russia as a global power?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marianne Hanson, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Russian forces in Ukraine may have used thermobaric weapons and cluster bombs, according to reports from the Ukraine government and human rights groups. If true, this represents an escalation in brutality that should alarm us all. ... <a title="What are thermobaric weapons? And why should they be banned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/what-are-thermobaric-weapons-and-why-should-they-be-banned-178289/" aria-label="Read more about What are thermobaric weapons? And why should they be banned?">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Wilson, Associate Professor in Education, University of Sydney You may think “not another article on school funding”. But this important story has to be told and the book, Waiting For Gonski: how Australia failed its schools, should be read by every parent, economist and Australian committed ... <a title="Still ‘Waiting for Gonski’ – a great book about the sorry tale of school funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/still-waiting-for-gonski-a-great-book-about-the-sorry-tale-of-school-funding-178016/" aria-label="Read more about Still ‘Waiting for Gonski’ – a great book about the sorry tale of school funding">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philippa Higgins, PhD candidate, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock The Northern Territory has some of the most pristine rivers in the world. But amid the big push to develop northern Australia, industries are lining up to take water from these wild waterways. The agriculture industry – and in particular, ... <a title="As industry lines up to take water from a wild Top End river, trees tell the story of a much drier past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/as-industry-lines-up-to-take-water-from-a-wild-top-end-river-trees-tell-the-story-of-a-much-drier-past-177221/" aria-label="Read more about As industry lines up to take water from a wild Top End river, trees tell the story of a much drier past">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Phelan, Associate Professor of Communication, Massey University GettyImages One striking feature of the “freedom convoy” protests in Ottawa, Wellington and elsewhere has been the intense antagonism towards “mainstream media” (MSM). These antagonisms are expressed not only in now familiar descriptions of MSM journalists as sinister agents ... <a title="Why legitimate criticism of the ‘mainstream’ media is in danger of being hijacked by anti-vax and ‘freedom’ movements" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/why-legitimate-criticism-of-the-mainstream-media-is-in-danger-of-being-hijacked-by-anti-vax-and-freedom-movements-178166/" aria-label="Read more about Why legitimate criticism of the ‘mainstream’ media is in danger of being hijacked by anti-vax and ‘freedom’ movements">Read more</a>
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marianne Hanson, Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland Russian forces in Ukraine may have used thermobaric weapons and cluster bombs, according to reports from the Ukraine government and human rights groups. If true, this represents an escalation in brutality that should alarm us all. ... <a title="What are thermobaric bombs? And why should they be banned?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/what-are-thermobaric-bombs-and-why-should-they-be-banned-178289/" aria-label="Read more about What are thermobaric bombs? And why should they be banned?">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephan Rachel, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Melbourne IBM You probably know what a crystal is. We’ve all seen one, held one in our hands, and even tasted one on our tongue (for instance sodium chloride crystals, also known as “salt”). But what ... <a title="‘An ever-ticking clock’: we made a ‘time crystal’ inside a quantum computer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/an-ever-ticking-clock-we-made-a-time-crystal-inside-a-quantum-computer-178164/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An ever-ticking clock’: we made a ‘time crystal’ inside a quantum computer">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University Both sides in this war have plundered history. Vladimir Putin claims to be replaying the second world war by “denazifying” Ukraine, while his forces desecrate the Holocaust site of Babyn Yar. Putin’s opponents have their own analogies. Putin is ... <a title="Remembering the past, looking to the future: how the war in Ukraine is changing Europe" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/remembering-the-past-looking-to-the-future-how-the-war-in-ukraine-is-changing-europe-178151/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering the past, looking to the future: how the war in Ukraine is changing Europe">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Seale, Associate professor, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Claims you can “devaccinate” yourself have been circulating on social media, another example of extreme and dangerous misinformation about COVID vaccines. Methods said to remove COVID vaccines from the body include using snake venom extractors or a type of traditional ... <a title="No, you cannot ‘devaccinate’ yourself with snake venom kits, bleach or cupping" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/no-you-cannot-devaccinate-yourself-with-snake-venom-kits-bleach-or-cupping-177439/" aria-label="Read more about No, you cannot ‘devaccinate’ yourself with snake venom kits, bleach or cupping">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Laura de Zwaan, Lecturer, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University Shutterstock How we can improve the teaching of financial literacy in high school? And why is it important? Financial Basics Foundation People need a basic understanding of financial concepts to make good financial decisions. Our ... <a title="Many students don’t know how to manage their money. Here are 6 ways to improve financial literacy education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/many-students-dont-know-how-to-manage-their-money-here-are-6-ways-to-improve-financial-literacy-education-177918/" aria-label="Read more about Many students don’t know how to manage their money. Here are 6 ways to improve financial literacy education">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antonia Settle, Academic (McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow), The University of Melbourne The floods affecting Australia’s eastern seaboard are a “1 in 1,000-year event”, according to New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet. But that’s not what science, or the insurance industry, suggests. Throughout Australia in areas prone to ... <a title="After the floods comes the disaster of underinsurance: we need a better plan" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/after-the-floods-comes-the-disaster-of-underinsurance-we-need-a-better-plan-178143/" aria-label="Read more about After the floods comes the disaster of underinsurance: we need a better plan">Read more</a>