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A View from Afar - In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss two issues: the evolution of new generation attack drones; and the COP26 meeting in Glasgow this week. Specifically, Buchanan and Manning unpack: Whether Geopolitics has railroaded a broad-based consensus of climate interventionism; Why Russia and China abandoned the Cop26 multilateral forum?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Di Yu, Professor of Immunology, The University of Queensland Shutterstock After COVID emerged, it didn’t take long for clinicians and scientists to notice the SARS-CoV-2 virus affects children and adults very differently. One of the earliest studies, from March 2020, reported 40–50% of infected children suffered cough ... <a title="Multisystem inflammatory syndrome after COVID in children is rare but makes the body fight itself" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/multisystem-inflammatory-syndrome-after-covid-in-children-is-rare-but-makes-the-body-fight-itself-166822/" aria-label="Read more about Multisystem inflammatory syndrome after COVID in children is rare but makes the body fight itself">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandre Wadih Raffoul, PhD Candidate, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Uppsala University Young people across the world have taken to the streets again, demanding decision-makers at COP26 listen to the science. But if science is to live up to these expectations, a fundamental rethinking of research ... <a title="The climate crisis gives science a new role. Here’s how research ethics must change too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/the-climate-crisis-gives-science-a-new-role-heres-how-research-ethics-must-change-too-171201/" aria-label="Read more about The climate crisis gives science a new role. Here’s how research ethics must change too">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Terry Hughes, Distinguished Professor, James Cook University Just 2% of the Great Barrier Reef remains untouched by bleaching since 1998 and 80% of individual reefs have bleached severely once, twice or three times since 2016, our new study reveals today. We measured the impacts of five marine ... <a title="5 major heatwaves in 30 years has turned the Great Barrier Reef into a bleached checkerboard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/5-major-heatwaves-in-30-years-has-turned-the-great-barrier-reef-into-a-bleached-checkerboard-170719/" aria-label="Read more about 5 major heatwaves in 30 years has turned the Great Barrier Reef into a bleached checkerboard">Read more</a>
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato Fiona Goodall/Getty Images Several times this week, protesters have forced Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to abandon events aimed to support the COVID vaccination rollout. Over the past few weeks, thousands have gathered, in breach of COVID restrictions and public ... <a title="Protesting during a pandemic: New Zealand’s balancing act between a long tradition of protests and COVID rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/protesting-during-a-pandemic-new-zealands-balancing-act-between-a-long-tradition-of-protests-and-covid-rules-171104/" aria-label="Read more about Protesting during a pandemic: New Zealand’s balancing act between a long tradition of protests and COVID rules">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grayson Cooke, Associate Professor, Chair of Creative Arts, Southern Cross University Grayson Cooke, Author provided Clouds have been objects of reverie and wonder throughout human history, inspiring art and imagination, and of course warning of extreme weather events. Clouds are also central players in Earth’s climate. They ... <a title="Clouds in a new light: rejected satellite data gives a fresh view of our floating companions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/clouds-in-a-new-light-rejected-satellite-data-gives-a-fresh-view-of-our-floating-companions-168373/" aria-label="Read more about Clouds in a new light: rejected satellite data gives a fresh view of our floating companions">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Cunneen, Senior Lecturer in English and Literacy Education, Student Success and LANTITE coordinator, University of Canberra Shutterstock At the start of each university year, we ask first-year students a question: how many have been told by their secondary teachers not to use Wikipedia? Without fail, nearly ... <a title="Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it’s a trustworthy source" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/students-are-told-not-to-use-wikipedia-for-research-but-its-a-trustworthy-source-168834/" aria-label="Read more about Students are told not to use Wikipedia for research. But it’s a trustworthy source">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Jennifer Wallace/Shutterstock Here’s a story from the Bible. As far as I know, it’s the first reported instance of the branch of economics known as “implementation theory”. It’s from the First Book of Kings, Chapter 3, starting at Verse 16. Two ... <a title="Vital Signs: Borrowing from King Solomon, economists are getting closer to working out how good leaders can make good decisions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/vital-signs-borrowing-from-king-solomon-economists-are-getting-closer-to-working-out-how-good-leaders-can-make-good-decisions-171106/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Borrowing from King Solomon, economists are getting closer to working out how good leaders can make good decisions">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University Rapper Lil Nas X in a Cinderalla-style, toile-inspired gown designed by Andrea Grossi Jordan Strauss/AP More famous men are wearing dresses: from actor Billy Porter on the red carpet to singer-songwriter Harry Styles on the cover of Vogue. They have ... <a title="Friday essay: will the perfect men’s dress ever exist – and would men wear it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/friday-essay-will-the-perfect-mens-dress-ever-exist-and-would-men-wear-it-170112/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: will the perfect men’s dress ever exist – and would men wear it?">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Alex Ellinghausen/The Age/SMH When Scott Morrison fronted the travelling media at a stopover in Dubai on his way home, he looked drained. Here was a man in need of a steaming hot bath, and a big political reset. He’s presumably ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: If the government is re-elected it may be in spite of Scott Morrison rather than because of him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/05/grattan-on-friday-if-the-government-is-re-elected-it-may-be-in-spite-of-scott-morrison-rather-than-because-of-him-171213/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: If the government is re-elected it may be in spite of Scott Morrison rather than because of him">Read more</a>
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne AAP/Dan Himbrechts So the Parrot, as H. G. Nelson called him, has been pushed off his perch, Sky News having refused to renew his contract. Over 36 years, Alan Jones became one of the ... <a title="The last squawk? Alan Jones finally seems to have nowhere to go" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/04/the-last-squawk-alan-jones-finally-seems-to-have-nowhere-to-go-171212/" aria-label="Read more about The last squawk? Alan Jones finally seems to have nowhere to go">Read more</a>