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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>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition resources spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon has quit the frontbench, accusing Labor of talking too much about issues like climate change and not enough about the needs of its traditional base. Fitzgibbon told a news conference Labor should wait for Prime ... <a title="Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/joel-fitzgibbon-quits-labor-frontbench-but-not-his-fight-over-the-partys-climate-policy-149825/" aria-label="Read more about Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate policy">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Opposition resources spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon has quit the frontbench, accusing Labor of talking too much about issues like climate change and not enough about the needs of its traditional base. Fitzgibbon told a news conference Labor should wait for Prime ... <a title="Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate polcy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/joel-fitzgibbon-quits-labor-frontbench-but-not-his-fight-over-the-partys-climate-polcy-149825/" aria-label="Read more about Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench but not his fight over the party’s climate polcy">Read more</a>
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November 10, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alwyn Louw, Vice Chancellor, Torrens University Australia The importance of higher education for the growth and development of society is generally accepted. But openness and access to education for all is essential to maximise its benefits. Leaders in higher education must be ready to examine what it ... <a title="Open access to higher education is about much more than axing ATARs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/10/open-access-to-higher-education-is-about-much-more-than-axing-atars-147447/" aria-label="Read more about Open access to higher education is about much more than axing ATARs">Read more</a>
