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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia It’s 25 years since the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) was published. The manual is the clinical “bible” that defines the criteria for the diagnosis of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions, ... <a title="It’s 25 years since we redefined autism – here’s what we’ve learnt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/its-25-years-since-we-redefined-autism-heres-what-weve-learnt-125053/" aria-label="Read more about It’s 25 years since we redefined autism – here’s what we’ve learnt">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology, Flinders University For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified to occupy every ecosystem on Earth. The flip side to this explosion of new species is that species extinctions have also always been part of the ... <a title="What is a ‘mass extinction’ and are we in one now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/what-is-a-mass-extinction-and-are-we-in-one-now-122535/" aria-label="Read more about What is a ‘mass extinction’ and are we in one now?">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Petterson, Professor of Geology, Auckland University of Technology 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 you’d like an expert to answer, please send ... <a title="Climate explained: how growth in population and consumption drives planetary change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/climate-explained-how-growth-in-population-and-consumption-drives-planetary-change-126671/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: how growth in population and consumption drives planetary change">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Glen Fuller, Associate Professor Communications and Media, University of Canberra Once upon a time when something was simple to do we said: “It’s as easy as riding a bike.” But switching from driving a car to riding a bike as one’s main means of transport is anything ... <a title="Own a bike you never ride? We need to learn how to fail better at active transport" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/own-a-bike-you-never-ride-we-need-to-learn-how-to-fail-better-at-active-transport-126112/" aria-label="Read more about Own a bike you never ride? We need to learn how to fail better at active transport">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Kinsella, Professor of Literature and Environment, Curtin University I start with a disclaimer: I am a UWA Publishing poet. I have published a book of poetry with them (as well as a novel), and have two books forthcoming with them in 2020 — The Weave, a ... <a title="UWA Publishing has helped take Australian poetry into the world. Its closure would be catastrophic for poets" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/uwa-publishing-has-helped-take-australian-poetry-into-the-world-its-closure-would-be-catastrophic-for-poets-126821/" aria-label="Read more about UWA Publishing has helped take Australian poetry into the world. Its closure would be catastrophic for poets">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Education Audrey Young (Herald): Why Education Minister Hipkins has shot to the top of the class (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): Chris Hipkins pushes schools co-operation over rivalry in school reform ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 13 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-november-13-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 13 2019">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Myer is the in the clear, sort of, after Australia’s first judicial ruling on a securities class action. It centred around allegations that Myer misled the market about its projected earnings. The court found Myer had been misleading, but that ... <a title="Why Australia’s first securities class action judgment (sort of) cleared Myer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/13/why-australias-first-securities-class-action-judgment-sort-of-cleared-myer-125925/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia’s first securities class action judgment (sort of) cleared Myer">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny Shaw Yesterday, Sunday November the 10th, at approximately 4pm (eastern standard time) the democratically elected president and vice president of Bolivia, Evo Morales and Álvaro García respectively, were forced to resign from power. This was no voluntary resignation as CNN, the New York Times and the ... <a title="Behind the Racist Coup in Bolivia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/behind-the-racist-coup-in-bolivia/" aria-label="Read more about Behind the Racist Coup in Bolivia">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Badlan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Atmospheric Dynamics, UNSW As the east coast bushfire crisis unfolds, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Rural Fire Service operational officer Brett Taylor have each warned residents bushfires can create their own weather systems. This is not just a figure of speech ... <a title="Firestorms and flaming tornadoes: how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/firestorms-and-flaming-tornadoes-how-bushfires-create-their-own-ferocious-weather-systems-126832/" aria-label="Read more about Firestorms and flaming tornadoes: how bushfires create their own ferocious weather systems">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Coral Gartner, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland More than 2,000 people in the United States have developed serious lung damage in a poisoning outbreak associated with the use of vaping devices this year. At least 39 people have died from the condition. ... <a title="Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause. 5 things you need to know about EVALI" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/vaping-related-lung-disease-now-has-a-name-and-a-likely-cause-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-evali-125730/" aria-label="Read more about Vaping-related lung disease now has a name – and a likely cause. 5 things you need to know about EVALI">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maggie Ivanova, Senior Lecturer, Drama, Creative and Performing Arts, Flinders University Review: The Dark Master and Totes Adorbs ♥ Hurricane, OzAsia Festival, Adelaide, 22 October – 8 November In theatre, the play text tends to drive the storytelling. The interpretation of this text, known as dramaturgy, determines ... <a title="Kitchen aromas and angels with water guns: Japanese visual storytelling comes alive at OzAsia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/kitchen-aromas-and-angels-with-water-guns-japanese-visual-storytelling-comes-alive-at-ozasia-126353/" aria-label="Read more about Kitchen aromas and angels with water guns: Japanese visual storytelling comes alive at OzAsia">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janet Stanley, Associate professor/Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne Fires of unprecedented number and ferocity are today raging in New South Wales and Queensland. Residents in some regions woke to news that the fire danger was “catastrophic”. Rural fire chief Shane Fitzsimmons was ... <a title="Mr Morrison, I lost my home to bushfire. Your thoughts and prayers are not enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/12/mr-morrison-i-lost-my-home-to-bushfire-your-thoughts-and-prayers-are-not-enough-126754/" aria-label="Read more about Mr Morrison, I lost my home to bushfire. Your thoughts and prayers are not enough">Read more</a>
