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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Keating, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Oceanography, UNSW Sydney NASA Want to go to space? It could cost you. This month, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will make the first fully-private, crewed flight to the International Space Station. The going price for a seat is US$55 ... <a title="Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/tiny-satellites-are-changing-the-way-we-explore-our-planet-and-beyond-179667/" aria-label="Read more about Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Victoria Fielding, Lecturer, University of Adelaide Several months ago, Australia’s Murdoch media news outlets launched a new climate change campaign advocating a path toward net-zero emissions by 2050. The launch included a 16-page wraparound supplement in all of its tabloids supporting the need for climate action. We ... <a title="Is News Corp following through on its climate change backflip? My analysis of its flood coverage suggests not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/is-news-corp-following-through-on-its-climate-change-backflip-my-analysis-of-its-flood-coverage-suggests-not-179468/" aria-label="Read more about Is News Corp following through on its climate change backflip? My analysis of its flood coverage suggests not">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alex Polyakov, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences., The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and overwhelming destruction of property and loss of innocent lives, a number of western companies – from McDonalds to Apple – stopped or ... <a title="Western pharma companies should supply only essential medicines to Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/western-pharma-companies-should-supply-only-essential-medicines-to-russia-179658/" aria-label="Read more about Western pharma companies should supply only essential medicines to Russia">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karly Burch, Research Fellow, University of Otago Satellite image/Maxar Technologies – via Getty Images At least seven forest fires continue to burn around the Russian-held Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine, raising fears radionuclides could spread from the defunct facility. Earlier this week, the Ukrainian parliament issued a ... <a title="The Russian takeover of the defunct Chernobyl site challenges the ‘peaceful, safe and sustainable’ branding of nuclear energy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/the-russian-takeover-of-the-defunct-chernobyl-site-challenges-the-peaceful-safe-and-sustainable-branding-of-nuclear-energy-179299/" aria-label="Read more about The Russian takeover of the defunct Chernobyl site challenges the ‘peaceful, safe and sustainable’ branding of nuclear energy">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania The summer of 2021-22 will be remembered for the extraordinarily destructive flooding across eastern Australia. At the same time, however, western Tasmania was experiencing extreme drought, with some areas receiving their lowest rainfall on record. This ... <a title="Tasmania’s forests are burning more as climate change dries them out. Our old tools can’t fight these new fires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/tasmanias-forests-are-burning-more-as-climate-change-dries-them-out-our-old-tools-cant-fight-these-new-fires-179833/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania’s forests are burning more as climate change dries them out. Our old tools can’t fight these new fires">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjy Marks, Lecturer in Geomechanics, University of Sydney Shutterstock You’re driving slowly along a street, looking for a place to park. You come across a long stretch of parallel parking. But to your frustration, the spaces left by other people’s parking efforts are not quite long enough ... <a title="What’s the best way to parallel park your car? Engineers have the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/whats-the-best-way-to-parallel-park-your-car-engineers-have-the-answer-179378/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the best way to parallel park your car? Engineers have the answer">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia There were some extraordinary films released in 2021: Ninja Thyberg’s Pleasure, an electric neon romp through the porn world, Ildikó Enyedi’s period epic, The Story of My Wife, Paul Verhoeven’s nun-film, Benedetta. It should come ... <a title="From Dune to The Power of the Dog: our predictions for the Oscars 2022 best picture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/from-dune-to-the-power-of-the-dog-our-predictions-for-the-oscars-2022-best-picture-179660/" aria-label="Read more about From Dune to The Power of the Dog: our predictions for the Oscars 2022 best picture">Read more</a>
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March 25, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Political observers hang out for when the prime minister will announce the election date, marking the start of the “campaign”. This year, it hardly seems to matter, and not just because we know the election now must be on one ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: what comes after this grinding election campaign passes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/25/grattan-on-friday-what-comes-after-this-grinding-election-campaign-passes-179959/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: what comes after this grinding election campaign passes?">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Analysis by Keith Rankin. These charts each compare, for the second year of the covid pandemic, a country with comparatively low mortality with another country with higher pandemic-related mortality. Each chart is to the same scale. And for each country, I will note its mask-mandate levels through the pandemic. USA and France France has performed ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Deaths and Facemasks: some rich countries compared" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-deaths-and-facemasks-some-rich-countries-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19 Deaths and Facemasks: some rich countries compared">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Overwhelmingly, Australia’s top economists would rather the budget funds measures to cut carbon emissions than cuts income tax or company tax. They are also dead against rumoured cuts to petrol ... <a title="Cut emissions, not petrol tax; fund childcare, not beer. What economists want from next week’s budget" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/cut-emissions-not-petrol-tax-fund-childcare-not-beer-what-economists-want-from-next-weeks-budget-179837/" aria-label="Read more about Cut emissions, not petrol tax; fund childcare, not beer. What economists want from next week’s budget">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Bell, Professor and Commissioner, Yoorrook Justice Commission, Monash University Formal hearings of the Yoorrook Justice Commission began today in Melbourne. This is timely because March 24 is the International Day for the Right to the Truth. Yoorrook is a royal commission to establish an official public ... <a title="First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/first-peoples-in-victoria-have-a-right-to-the-truth-about-the-impact-of-colonisation-178398/" aria-label="Read more about First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation">Read more</a>
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March 24, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Bell, Professor and Commissioner, Yoorrook Justice Commission, Monash University Formal hearings of the Yoorrook Justice Commission began today in Melbourne. This is timely because March 24 is the International Day for the Right to the Truth. Yoorrook is a royal commission to establish an official public ... <a title="The right to the truth about the impact of colonisation on First Peoples in Victoria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/24/the-right-to-the-truth-about-the-impact-of-colonisation-on-first-peoples-in-victoria-178398/" aria-label="Read more about The right to the truth about the impact of colonisation on First Peoples in Victoria">Read more</a>
