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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Hartley, Honorary Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland XIV Crows (からす) by Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi, 1972 Courtesy the Maruki Gallery On August 6, 1945, the US military obliterated Hiroshima with the world’s first deployed nuclear bomb. Several days later, artist Maruki Iri arrived in ... <a title="The Hiroshima Panels are a remarkable artistic exploration of trauma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/the-hiroshima-panels-are-a-remarkable-artistic-exploration-of-trauma-164333/" aria-label="Read more about The Hiroshima Panels are a remarkable artistic exploration of trauma">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Parke, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Auckland www.shutterstock.com Responding to the recent controversy over mātauranga Māori and the letter he co-authored titled “In defence of science”, Emeritus Professor Michael Corballis said: “We don’t know any Māori who knows what mātauranga is.” This immediately made us ... <a title="Let’s choose our words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/lets-choose-our-words-more-carefully-when-discussing-matauranga-maori-and-science-165465/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s choose our words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lamar, PhD Researcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Rudmer Zwerver New Zealand’s endemic tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) are the sole survivors of an ancient reptile order called Rhynchocephalia. Once widespread across New Zealand, tuatara survive in only a fraction of their historic range, on ... <a title="Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/tuatara-are-ancient-slow-and-endangered-but-their-super-speedy-sperm-could-boost-conservation-efforts-165173/" aria-label="Read more about Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is set to tweak its vaccination timetable to accelerate jabs for those aged 30 to 39, after Doherty Institute modelling showing it is vital to get younger adults quickly vaccinated, because they are high COVID transmitters. Those in ... <a title="Accelerated jabs for younger people after Doherty modelling shows it’s vital to vaccinate them quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/accelerated-jabs-for-younger-people-after-doherty-modelling-shows-its-vital-to-vaccinate-them-quickly-165555/" aria-label="Read more about Accelerated jabs for younger people after Doherty modelling shows it’s vital to vaccinate them quickly">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversations’s politics team. In this episode, politics + society editor Amanda Dunn ... <a title="Podcast with Michelle Grattan: a four-stage plan and a $300 payment to get vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/podcast-with-michelle-grattan-a-four-stage-plan-and-a-300-payment-to-get-vaccinated-165542/" aria-label="Read more about Podcast with Michelle Grattan: a four-stage plan and a $300 payment to get vaccinated">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lien Duong, Senior Lecturer in School Accounting of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Curtin University The A$39 billion (US$29 billion) that Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s digital payments company Square is paying to acquire Australian upstart payments outfit Afterpay is the biggest takeover deal in Australian corporate history. It ... <a title="Why Jack Dorsey’s Square paid a record $39 billion for Afterpay" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/why-jack-dorseys-square-paid-a-record-39-billion-for-afterpay-165528/" aria-label="Read more about Why Jack Dorsey’s Square paid a record $39 billion for Afterpay">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geraldine Moses, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland Shutterstock One reason dietary supplements are so popular is the perception they’re harmless. But like all drugs, there are many potential dangers from taking vitamins and minerals. The problem is that, unlike conventional medicines, dietary ... <a title="Vitamins and minerals aren’t risk-free. Here are 6 ways they can cause harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/vitamins-and-minerals-arent-risk-free-here-are-6-ways-they-can-cause-harm-165399/" aria-label="Read more about Vitamins and minerals aren’t risk-free. Here are 6 ways they can cause harm">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugo Temby, Doctoral Researcher, Battery Storage and Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Even after A$4,000 in repairs, Heather’s $18,000 rooftop solar and battery system is still not working. Heather worked as a nurse until a workplace accident caused her to leave the workforce. She put most ... <a title="Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/complicated-costly-and-downright-frustrating-aussies-keen-to-cut-emissions-with-clean-energy-at-home-get-little-support-161682/" aria-label="Read more about Complicated, costly and downright frustrating: Aussies keen to cut emissions with clean energy at home get little support">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Dimitris Barletis/Shutterstock I reckon Albo’s on the right track. The opposition leader wants to pay A$300 to every Australian who is fully vaccinated by December 1. The Grattan Institute is on a similar theme. It ... <a title="Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/paying-australians-300-to-get-fully-vaccinated-would-be-value-for-money-165520/" aria-label="Read more about Paying Australians $300 to get fully vaccinated would be value for money">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Intifar Chowdhury, PhD Candidate/Data Archivist, Australian National University Joel Carrett/AAP The 2019 federal election saw the lowest voter turnout since compulsory voting was introduced in 1924. Only 91% of Australians voted, amid reports young people “turned their back on democracy”. In some seats, less than three-quarters of ... <a title="Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/young-australians-are-supposedly-turning-their-backs-on-democracy-but-are-they-any-different-from-older-voters-163891/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians are supposedly ‘turning their backs’ on democracy, but are they any different from older voters?">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tama Leaver, Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University Shutterstock Facebook recently announced significant changes to Instagram for users aged under 16. New accounts will be private by default, and advertisers will be limited in how they can reach young people. The new changes are long overdue and ... <a title="Instagram’s privacy updates for kids are positive. But plans for an under-13s app means profits still take precedence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/instagrams-privacy-updates-for-kids-are-positive-but-plans-for-an-under-13s-app-means-profits-still-take-precedence-165323/" aria-label="Read more about Instagram’s privacy updates for kids are positive. But plans for an under-13s app means profits still take precedence">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Hocking, Emeritus Professor, Monash University Lord Mountbatten, Ghandi and Lady Mountbatten in New Delhi in 1947. AP/AAP An immense trove of the most important royal historical material for decades has quietly been released in the United Kingdom. These are the diaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten and ... <a title="Secret history: the release of the Mountbatten archives and the fight to access royal diaries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/secret-history-the-release-of-the-mountbatten-archives-and-the-fight-to-access-royal-diaries-165380/" aria-label="Read more about Secret history: the release of the Mountbatten archives and the fight to access royal diaries">Read more</a>
