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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University As we head into the colder weather, many of us might be afflicted with the irritating ailment of dry and chapped lips. People have been trying to figure out how to fix dry lips for centuries. Using ... <a title="What causes dry lips, and how can you treat them? Does lip balm actually help?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/what-causes-dry-lips-and-how-can-you-treat-them-does-lip-balm-actually-help-161264/" aria-label="Read more about What causes dry lips, and how can you treat them? Does lip balm actually help?">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Micaela Sahhar, Lecturer, History of Ideas, Trinity College, The University of Melbourne When videos of George Floyd’s killing in the US went viral last year, something world-changing happened: a movement fighting against structural injustice became internationally visible. While statistics in America and Australia have long shown disproportionate ... <a title="How Black Lives Matter is changing the conversation on Palestine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/how-black-lives-matter-is-changing-the-conversation-on-palestine-161429/" aria-label="Read more about How Black Lives Matter is changing the conversation on Palestine">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meryl Larkin, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University When we think of Australia’s threatened corals, the Great Barrier Reef probably springs to mind. But elsewhere, coral species are also struggling – including a rare type known as “cauliflower soft coral” which is, sadly, on the brink of extinction. ... <a title="Beautiful, rare ‘purple cauliflower’ coral off NSW coast may be extinct within 10 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/beautiful-rare-purple-cauliflower-coral-off-nsw-coast-may-be-extinct-within-10-years-160184/" aria-label="Read more about Beautiful, rare ‘purple cauliflower’ coral off NSW coast may be extinct within 10 years">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meryl Larkin, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University When we think of Australia’s threatened corals, the Great Barrier Reef probably springs to mind. But elsewhere, coral species are also struggling – including a rare type known as “cauliflower soft coral” which is, sadly, on the brink of extinction. ... <a title="Beautiful, rare ‘purple cauliflower’ coral off NSW may be extinct within 10 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/beautiful-rare-purple-cauliflower-coral-off-nsw-may-be-extinct-within-10-years-160184/" aria-label="Read more about Beautiful, rare ‘purple cauliflower’ coral off NSW may be extinct within 10 years">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Lee, Senior Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies, Curtin University Last week, the trailer dropped for what will be the 26th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise: Eternals, directed by Chloé Zhao. Opening with a dreamy, misty shoreline, we hear Skeeter Davis’s The End of ... <a title="‘I didn’t have a superhero that looked like me’: Marvel’s new female, culturally diverse and queer protagonists mirror our times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/i-didnt-have-a-superhero-that-looked-like-me-marvels-new-female-culturally-diverse-and-queer-protagonists-mirror-our-times-160917/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I didn’t have a superhero that looked like me’: Marvel’s new female, culturally diverse and queer protagonists mirror our times">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Bean, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland The United States National Security Agency — the country’s premier signals intelligence organisation — recently declassified a Cold War-era document about code-breaking. The 1977 book, written by cryptologist Lambros Callimahos, is the last in a trilogy called Military Cryptanalytics. ... <a title="Declassified Cold War code-breaking manual has lessons for solving ‘impossible’ puzzles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/declassified-cold-war-code-breaking-manual-has-lessons-for-solving-impossible-puzzles-161595/" aria-label="Read more about Declassified Cold War code-breaking manual has lessons for solving ‘impossible’ puzzles">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is adamant the Tokyo Olympics will begin as scheduled on July 23, followed by the Paralympic Games on August 24. Polls indicate the Japanese public is equally adamant that ... <a title="Can the Olympics still be cancelled? Yes, but the legal and financial fallout would be staggering" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/can-the-olympics-still-be-cancelled-yes-but-the-legal-and-financial-fallout-would-be-staggering-161739/" aria-label="Read more about Can the Olympics still be cancelled? Yes, but the legal and financial fallout would be staggering">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Russell, Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist, The University of Melbourne In the face of changing eligibility for the AstraZeneca vaccine, new variants of the coronavirus and supply constraints, many people are wondering whether they can “mix and match” COVID-19 vaccines. This means, for ... <a title="Can I get AstraZeneca now and Pfizer later? Why mixing and matching COVID vaccines could help solve many rollout problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/can-i-get-astrazeneca-now-and-pfizer-later-why-mixing-and-matching-covid-vaccines-could-help-solve-many-rollout-problems-161404/" aria-label="Read more about Can I get AstraZeneca now and Pfizer later? Why mixing and matching COVID vaccines could help solve many rollout problems">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Environmental and Climate Law, The University of Melbourne Three global fossil fuel giants have just suffered embarrassing rebukes over their inadequate action on climate change. Collectively, the developments show how courts, and frustrated investors, are increasingly willing to force companies to reduce their ... <a title="Four seismic climate wins show Big Oil, Gas and Coal are running out of places to hide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/four-seismic-climate-wins-show-big-oil-gas-and-coal-are-running-out-of-places-to-hide-161741/" aria-label="Read more about Four seismic climate wins show Big Oil, Gas and Coal are running out of places to hide">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Silvia Griselda, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne Boys perform better than girls in tests made up of multiple-choice questions. Multiple-choice questions are considered objective and easy to mark. But my research shows they give an advantage to males. I compared around 500,000 test results of ... <a title="Multiple-choice exams favour boys over girls, worsening the maths gender gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/multiple-choice-exams-favour-boys-over-girls-worsening-the-maths-gender-gap-160724/" aria-label="Read more about Multiple-choice exams favour boys over girls, worsening the maths gender gap">Read more</a>
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May 31, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Australia should not target skills shortages when it selects workers for permanent residency. That’s the firm conclusion from our new Grattan Institute report released this morning entitled Rethinking permanent skilled migration after the pandemic. At present, the government allocates ... <a title="Selecting what matters: skill shortages are no basis for picking permanent migrants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/31/selecting-what-matters-skill-shortages-are-no-basis-for-picking-permanent-migrants-161579/" aria-label="Read more about Selecting what matters: skill shortages are no basis for picking permanent migrants">Read more</a>
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May 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Rebel federal backbencher Joel Fitzgibbon says Labor should scrap the rank and file’s role in electing the leader, returning all the power to the caucus. Fitzgibbon, speaking on Sky, said introducing the system that divides power in electing the leader ... <a title="Joel Fitzgibbon says rank and file ballots for Labor leader should be scrapped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/30/joel-fitzgibbon-says-rank-and-file-ballots-for-labor-leader-should-be-scrapped-161790/" aria-label="Read more about Joel Fitzgibbon says rank and file ballots for Labor leader should be scrapped">Read more</a>
