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March 3, 2022
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>
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March 3, 2022
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>
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March 3, 2022
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>
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March 3, 2022
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>
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March 3, 2022
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>
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March 3, 2022
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>
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March 3, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lynette Russell, ARC Laureate Fellow, Monash University, and Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash University State Library New South Wales Every year, tens of thousands of New South Wales State Library patrons walk past a stunning mosaic replica of ... <a title="A tale of subterfuge, rivalry, Napoleon and snakes: how the NSW State Library came to own the map of Abel Tasman’s voyages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/a-tale-of-subterfuge-rivalry-napoleon-and-snakes-how-the-nsw-state-library-came-to-own-the-map-of-abel-tasmans-voyages-177069/" aria-label="Read more about A tale of subterfuge, rivalry, Napoleon and snakes: how the NSW State Library came to own the map of Abel Tasman’s voyages">Read more</a>
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March 3, 2022
RNZ News The area around New Zealand’s Parliament has today been the scene of a full-day ordeal of violence as police removed protesters whose behaviour prompted the Prime Minister to say there were “words I cannot use in this environment for what I saw”. Early this morning, police launched an operation at Parliament and the ... <a title="NZ Parliament grounds ‘reclaimed’: Police operation ends 23-day protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/03/nz-parliament-grounds-reclaimed-police-operation-ends-23-day-protest/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Parliament grounds ‘reclaimed’: Police operation ends 23-day protest">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is saddened and angered by protesters’ actions today, and that the New Zealand Parliament’s grounds have been “desecrated”. Ardern addressed media after an afternoon that saw fires lit, explosions and objects thrown at police as an anti-covid public health protest sparked violent scenes. There have been multiple ... <a title="PM Ardern denounces violence, ‘desecration’ outside Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/pm-ardern-denounces-violence-desecration-outside-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about PM Ardern denounces violence, ‘desecration’ outside Parliament">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will 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? We ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday: Buchanan + Manning on why Putin has exhausted the support of his natural allies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-on-why-putin-has-exhausted-the-support-of-his-natural-allies/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday: Buchanan + Manning on why Putin has exhausted the support of his natural allies">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Australia’s economy bounced back a welcome 3.4% in the December quarter of 2021, more than reversing the 1.9% lockdown-related decline in the September quarter. It was the sixth-biggest increase in the ... <a title="Wednesday’s GDP numbers are impressive, but they are for the December quarter, when we were bouncing back from Delta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/wednesdays-gdp-numbers-are-impressive-but-they-are-for-the-december-quarter-when-we-were-bouncing-back-from-delta-177821/" aria-label="Read more about Wednesday’s GDP numbers are impressive, but they are for the December quarter, when we were bouncing back from Delta">Read more</a>
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March 2, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Cook, Lecturer in History, University of the Sunshine Coast As a historian, I spend many hours at the State Library of Queensland looking out the large glass panels gazing at the Brisbane River. Its tranquil brown water quietly meanders past, offering an ideal place to watch ... <a title="Brisbane floods: pondering the wisdom of placing our major galleries, libraries and theatres on the banks of a flood-prone river" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/02/brisbane-floods-pondering-the-wisdom-of-placing-our-major-galleries-libraries-and-theatres-on-the-banks-of-a-flood-prone-river-178156/" aria-label="Read more about Brisbane floods: pondering the wisdom of placing our major galleries, libraries and theatres on the banks of a flood-prone river">Read more</a>
