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April 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarrod McKenna, PhD candidate and academic tutor, Monash University About 8–12% of couples of reproductive age suffer from infertility, and roughly 15% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. The underlying mechanisms of human pregnancy are still poorly understood. In part, this is because pregnancy works quite differently ... <a title="Meet the Egyptian spiny mouse: this menstruating rodent may help us understand human pregnancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/meet-the-egyptian-spiny-mouse-this-menstruating-rodent-may-help-us-understand-human-pregnancy-157889/" aria-label="Read more about Meet the Egyptian spiny mouse: this menstruating rodent may help us understand human pregnancy">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matteo Vergani, Senior research fellow, Deakin University This is the first in a series of two articles looking at antisemitism in Australia. Antisemitism — hatred towards Jews — can be expressed in many forms. It often takes the form of a hate crime, such as violence against ... <a title="We tracked antisemitic incidents in Australia over four years. This is when they are most likely to occur" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/we-tracked-antisemitic-incidents-in-australia-over-four-years-this-is-when-they-are-most-likely-to-occur-154728/" aria-label="Read more about We tracked antisemitic incidents in Australia over four years. This is when they are most likely to occur">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon O’Mara, PhD Candidate in Crime, Justice and Legal Studies, La Trobe University Thousands of women outlined stories of sexual harassment at private school parties in a petition launched by Chanel Contos recently. Contos is calling for better sexuality education at school, which includes more information about ... <a title="Sexuality education can counter what kids learn from porn, but some teachers fear backlash when tackling ‘risky’ topics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/sexuality-education-can-counter-what-kids-learn-from-porn-but-some-teachers-fear-backlash-when-tackling-risky-topics-158209/" aria-label="Read more about Sexuality education can counter what kids learn from porn, but some teachers fear backlash when tackling ‘risky’ topics">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Dumay, Professor – Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University Easter is the biggest chocolate-buying time of the year. But who’s really paying for the cost of that chocolate? The second annual report on the social and environmental performance of the world’s major chocolate makers ... <a title="Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/is-that-a-good-egg-how-chocolate-makers-rate-on-social-and-environmental-measures-158125/" aria-label="Read more about Is that a good egg? How chocolate makers rate on social and environmental measures">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW One of the biggest trends in economics over the past 40 years has been so-called “financialisation” – whereby an increasing proportion of GDP in advanced economies comes from the financial sector. This has involved the development of ever more sophisticated “financial ... <a title="Vital Signs: swaps, options and other derivatives aren’t just for the financial elite" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/vital-signs-swaps-options-and-other-derivatives-arent-just-for-the-financial-elite-158297/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: swaps, options and other derivatives aren’t just for the financial elite">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip C. Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland Easter celebrates the Christian belief that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. In so doing, he overcame sin and death on behalf of all of us. The resurrection of Jesus was a ... <a title="How will our bodies be put back together? What about those eaten by cannibals? A brief history of Christian resurrection beliefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/how-will-our-bodies-be-put-back-together-what-about-those-eaten-by-cannibals-a-brief-history-of-christian-resurrection-beliefs-157678/" aria-label="Read more about How will our bodies be put back together? What about those eaten by cannibals? A brief history of Christian resurrection beliefs">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne One afternoon in the late 1970s, my colleague and fellow student Helen Quirk handed me a brown, shrivelled fern frond. It appeared to be dead, and was so dry that when I crushed it between my fingers it ... <a title="It is risen: the story of resurrection ferns and my late colleague who helped discover them in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/02/it-is-risen-the-story-of-resurrection-ferns-and-my-late-colleague-who-helped-discover-them-in-australia-157775/" aria-label="Read more about It is risen: the story of resurrection ferns and my late colleague who helped discover them in Australia">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra COVID-19 has an evil sense of humour. Despite Australia being mostly free of community transmission, it managed to spoil Christmas for quite a few Sydneysiders and their families and now it’s struck just before the Easter holidays. The Brisbane lockdown ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Vaccine rollout has enough problems without ministers politicking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/grattan-on-friday-vaccine-rollout-has-enough-problems-without-ministers-politicking-158313/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Vaccine rollout has enough problems without ministers politicking">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards Jacinda Ardern can essentially say “kia kaha” as much as she wants to those at the bottom of the housing market, but it won’t help their plight. Eventually her government is going to have to take state housing seriously as a tool for helping solve the housing crisis – especially for ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Missing part of the Govt housing package – state builds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-missing-part-of-the-govt-housing-package-state-builds/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Missing part of the Govt housing package – state builds">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Liljeblad, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University Since the coup in Myanmar on February 1, the international community has struggled to agree on coherent action against the military (also known as the Tatmadaw). Tough action by the UN Security Council has been stymied by China, Russia, India ... <a title="We know how to cut off the financial valve to Myanmar’s military. The world just needs the resolve to act" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/we-know-how-to-cut-off-the-financial-valve-to-myanmars-military-the-world-just-needs-the-resolve-to-act-158220/" aria-label="Read more about We know how to cut off the financial valve to Myanmar’s military. The world just needs the resolve to act">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Australia’s vaccine rollout has so far been overhyped and under-delivered. The first announcement, in August last year — that Australia had negotiated vaccine deals — set the tone for the rollout of “announceables”. Within hours, this initial announcement unravelled as ... <a title="4 ways Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has been bungled" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/4-ways-australias-covid-vaccine-rollout-has-been-bungled-158225/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways Australia’s COVID vaccine rollout has been bungled">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Today’s announcement that Brisbane’s three-day lockdown will be lifted early, at noon today, shows Queensland authorities are on top of their COVID-19 clusters. But we’re not out of the woods yet, with several restrictions in place for the entire state ... <a title="‘Easter is good to go’: Brisbane lifts lockdown but we still don’t know how hospital workers were infected" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/easter-is-good-to-go-brisbane-lifts-lockdown-but-we-still-dont-know-how-hospital-workers-were-infected-158293/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Easter is good to go’: Brisbane lifts lockdown but we still don’t know how hospital workers were infected">Read more</a>
