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November 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University The election of Joe Biden represents not only a repudiation of Donald Trump and his divisiveness, but an embrace of centrism and a mainstream approach to government ... <a title="Biden will place Asia back at the centre of foreign policy – but will his old-school diplomacy still work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/11/biden-will-place-asia-back-at-the-centre-of-foreign-policy-but-will-his-old-school-diplomacy-still-work-148095/" aria-label="Read more about Biden will place Asia back at the centre of foreign policy – but will his old-school diplomacy still work?">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Nelson, Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University It’s been a busy couple of months in global energy and climate policy. Australia’s largest trading partners – China, South Korea and Japan – have all announced they will reach net-zero emissions by about mid-century. In the United States, ... <a title="NSW has joined China, South Korea and Japan as climate leaders. Now it’s time for the rest of Australia to follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/11/nsw-has-joined-china-south-korea-and-japan-as-climate-leaders-now-its-time-for-the-rest-of-australia-to-follow-149731/" aria-label="Read more about NSW has joined China, South Korea and Japan as climate leaders. Now it’s time for the rest of Australia to follow">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Potter, Hazard and Risk Management Researcher, GNS Science November 12 marks the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Bhola, the deadliest weather event on modern record. When this storm made landfall over Bangladesh, it coincided with a lunar high tide. The subsequent storm surge killed at least 300,000 ... <a title="New cyclone forecasts: why impacts should be the focus of hazardous weather warnings" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/11/new-cyclone-forecasts-why-impacts-should-be-the-focus-of-hazardous-weather-warnings-149358/" aria-label="Read more about New cyclone forecasts: why impacts should be the focus of hazardous weather warnings">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Linda Galligan, Associate professor, University of Southern Queensland A recent New South Wales report showed about one quarter of Year 12 students did not take any Higher School Certificate (HSC) maths courses over the last decade. This was compared to around 6% students who opted out of ... <a title="Fewer Australians are taking advanced maths in Year 12. We can learn from countries doing it better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/11/fewer-australians-are-taking-advanced-maths-in-year-12-we-can-learn-from-countries-doing-it-better-149148/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer Australians are taking advanced maths in Year 12. We can learn from countries doing it better">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roberto Minunno, Research Fellow in Sustainability Buildings, Curtin University Designing buildings so they can easily be taken apart and the materials reused provides a feasible and commercial pathway for minimising waste and greenhouse gas emissions. Our research shows one such Curtin University building, the Legacy Living Lab ... <a title="A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one’s designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/11/a-third-of-our-waste-comes-from-buildings-this-ones-designed-for-reuse-and-cuts-emissions-by-88-147455/" aria-label="Read more about A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one’s designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Flavio Romero Macau, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Global Logistics, Edith Cowan University Santa Claus is the ultimate global logistics worker, magically delivering gifts all over the world in a single night. The rest of us have to rely on more mundane delivery systems to ... <a title="When to buy Christmas gifts online to get them in time? The answer is now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/11/when-to-buy-christmas-gifts-online-to-get-them-in-time-the-answer-is-now-149157/" aria-label="Read more about When to buy Christmas gifts online to get them in time? The answer is now">Read more</a>
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November 11, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra It’s quite a moment, when the country’s first law officer is asked on his home town radio station, “So you don’t think you’re a sleazebag or womaniser or someone who’s drunk in public too much now?” Overnight, Christian Porter had ... <a title="View from The Hill: When Australia’s first law officer is in the dock of public opinion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/11/view-from-the-hill-when-australias-first-law-officer-is-in-the-dock-of-public-opinion-149841/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: When Australia’s first law officer is in the dock of public opinion">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Al-Wassiti, Bioengineer and Research Fellow, Monash University German biotech company BioNTech and US pharmaceutical Pfizer announced on Monday promising early results from their phase 3 clinical trial for a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. These early results are what is known as an ... <a title="90% efficacy for Pfizer’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is striking. But we need to wait for the full data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/90-efficacy-for-pfizers-covid-19-mrna-vaccine-is-striking-but-we-need-to-wait-for-the-full-data-149818/" aria-label="Read more about 90% efficacy for Pfizer’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is striking. But we need to wait for the full data">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal government will extend the JobSeeker Coronavirus supplement for an extra three months, to the end of March, at a cost of $3.2 billion. The supplement, which is currently $250 a fortnight, will be at a reduced rate of ... <a title="JobSeeker supplement extended to end-March, at lower rate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/jobseeker-supplement-extended-to-end-march-at-lower-rate-149829/" aria-label="Read more about JobSeeker supplement extended to end-March, at lower rate">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kyla Johnstone, PhD candidate, University of Sydney Rodents such as house mice (Mus musculus) aren’t just pests at home, they can cause serious damage to native ecosystems. Lord Howe Island, for example, harboured up to 150,000 introduced rats and 210,000 introduced mice that wrought havoc on the ... <a title="Shy rodents may be better at surviving eradications, but do they pass those traits to their offspring?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/shy-rodents-may-be-better-at-surviving-eradications-but-do-they-pass-those-traits-to-their-offspring-146924/" aria-label="Read more about Shy rodents may be better at surviving eradications, but do they pass those traits to their offspring?">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Senior Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question ... <a title="Climate explained: why do humans instinctively reject evidence contrary to their beliefs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/climate-explained-why-do-humans-instinctively-reject-evidence-contrary-to-their-beliefs-149436/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why do humans instinctively reject evidence contrary to their beliefs?">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dimitri Perrin, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Genetic engineering has already cemented itself as an invaluable tool for studying gene functions in organisms. Our new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, now demonstrates how gene editing can be used to pinpoint ... <a title="Gene editing is revealing how corals respond to warming waters. It could transform how we manage our reefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/gene-editing-is-revealing-how-corals-respond-to-warming-waters-it-could-transform-how-we-manage-our-reefs-143444/" aria-label="Read more about Gene editing is revealing how corals respond to warming waters. It could transform how we manage our reefs">Read more</a>
