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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Lockwood, Associate Professor Implementation Science, JBI, University of Adelaide Early COVID-19 images of swabbing from Wuhan, China, looked more like an Ebola news story — health-care workers fully encased in personal protective equipment (PPE), inserting swabs so deeply that brain injury seemed imminent. As COVID-19 (and ... <a title="Goodbye, brain scrapers. COVID-19 tests now use gentler nose swabs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/goodbye-brain-scrapers-covid-19-tests-now-use-gentler-nose-swabs-144416/" aria-label="Read more about Goodbye, brain scrapers. COVID-19 tests now use gentler nose swabs">Read more</a>
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August 20, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Sparkes, Senior Lecturer (Media Studies and Production), University of Southern Queensland Ten years on from its release, and hitting cinemas again, Christopher Nolan’s Inception still puzzles and intrigues. It is one of those films in which you discover something new each time you watch it. Or, ... <a title="10 years on, Inception remains Christopher Nolan’s most complex and intellectual film" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/20/10-years-on-inception-remains-christopher-nolans-most-complex-and-intellectual-film-144664/" aria-label="Read more about 10 years on, Inception remains Christopher Nolan’s most complex and intellectual film">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Louise Flanagan, Infectious Diseases Specialist and Clinical Professor, University of Tasmania Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Wednesday the Australian government has signed a letter of intent to procure the University of Oxford’s vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and to provide it free ... <a title="The Oxford deal is welcome, but remember the vaccine hasn’t been proven to work yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/the-oxford-deal-is-welcome-but-remember-the-vaccine-hasnt-been-proven-to-work-yet-144726/" aria-label="Read more about The Oxford deal is welcome, but remember the vaccine hasn’t been proven to work yet">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra With the withdrawal of the international market, and the stresses of delivering education virtually, the university sector has been hit especially hard by COVID-19. The sector, which in the 2018-2019 financial year contributed $37.6 billion in export income to the ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Barney Glover on the bleak years ahead for higher education" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/politics-with-michelle-grattan-professor-barney-glover-on-the-bleak-years-ahead-for-higher-education-144736/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Professor Barney Glover on the bleak years ahead for higher education">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Douglass Rovinsky, PhD Candidate, Monash University Until it was hunted to extinction, the thylacine – also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf – was the world’s largest marsupial predator. However, our new research shows it was in fact only about half as large as previously ... <a title="The Tasmanian tiger was hunted to extinction as a ‘large predator’ – but it was only half as heavy as we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/the-tasmanian-tiger-was-hunted-to-extinction-as-a-large-predator-but-it-was-only-half-as-heavy-as-we-thought-144599/" aria-label="Read more about The Tasmanian tiger was hunted to extinction as a ‘large predator’ – but it was only half as heavy as we thought">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Laura Glitsos, Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University We know Instagram is the most influential app when it comes to lifestyle and beauty trends. But recent research shows increasing numbers of people are also going to Instagram for their news. A report by the ... <a title="Instagram is the home of pretty pictures. Why are people flocking to it for news?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/instagram-is-the-home-of-pretty-pictures-why-are-people-flocking-to-it-for-news-144079/" aria-label="Read more about Instagram is the home of pretty pictures. Why are people flocking to it for news?">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yves Rees, Lecturer in History, La Trobe University In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. In her 2017 book Living a Feminist Life, Sara Ahmed advocates the necessity of a “feminist killjoy survival ... <a title="Secret Feminist Agenda — a treasured item in my ‘feminist killjoy survival kit’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/secret-feminist-agenda-a-treasured-item-in-my-feminist-killjoy-survival-kit-143451/" aria-label="Read more about Secret Feminist Agenda — a treasured item in my ‘feminist killjoy survival kit’">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Zaphir, Researcher for the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland It’s after work and you’ve gone to the supermarket to grab some ingredients for dinner. You’re tired, anxious and pretty hungry. Plus you have to put on a mask because a thousand ... <a title="With rights come responsibilities: how coronavirus is a pandemic of hypocrisy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/with-rights-come-responsibilities-how-coronavirus-is-a-pandemic-of-hypocrisy-144270/" aria-label="Read more about With rights come responsibilities: how coronavirus is a pandemic of hypocrisy">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Douglass Rovinsky, PhD Candidate, Monash University Until it was hunted to extinction, the thylacine – also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf – was the world’s largest marsupial predator. However, our new research shows it was in fact only about half as large as previously ... <a title="Tassie tiddler? The thylacine was hunted to extinction as a ‘large predator’ – but it was only half as heavy as we thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/tassie-tiddler-the-thylacine-was-hunted-to-extinction-as-a-large-predator-but-it-was-only-half-as-heavy-as-we-thought-144599/" aria-label="Read more about Tassie tiddler? The thylacine was hunted to extinction as a ‘large predator’ – but it was only half as heavy as we thought">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Ireland, Research Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre., CSIRO Many attempts to develop artificial intelligence are powered by powerful systems of mathematical logic. They tend to produce results that make logical sense to a computer program — but the result is not very human. In ... <a title="Aristotle and the chatbot: how ancient rules of logic could make artificial intelligence more human" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/aristotle-and-the-chatbot-how-ancient-rules-of-logic-could-make-artificial-intelligence-more-human-142811/" aria-label="Read more about Aristotle and the chatbot: how ancient rules of logic could make artificial intelligence more human">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato There is no death penalty in New Zealand, unlike the United States. But Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, due for sentencing next week, will be going to jail for a very long time. A minimum of 17 years is required ... <a title="Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost New Zealand millions. A prisoner swap with Australia would solve more than one problem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/jailing-the-christchurch-terrorist-will-cost-new-zealand-millions-a-prisoner-swap-with-australia-would-solve-more-than-one-problem-144199/" aria-label="Read more about Jailing the Christchurch terrorist will cost New Zealand millions. A prisoner swap with Australia would solve more than one problem">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Cross, Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Law, Cybersecurity Cooperative Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Fraudsters are ruthless and will use any means necessary to gain financial advantage. Earlier this year, as Australians were battling the devastating bushfires, fraudsters were tailoring their approaches to exploit the ... <a title="Fake COVID-19 testing kits and lockdown puppy scams: how to protect yourself from fraud in a pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/19/fake-covid-19-testing-kits-and-lockdown-puppy-scams-how-to-protect-yourself-from-fraud-in-a-pandemic-144060/" aria-label="Read more about Fake COVID-19 testing kits and lockdown puppy scams: how to protect yourself from fraud in a pandemic">Read more</a>
