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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Ruby, Lecturer in Psychology, La Trobe University Between the rise of plant-based sausages and veggie burgers that “bleed”, vegan protesters at supermarkets, and Disney adding hundreds of vegan items to its theme park menus, veganism is in the news. Not to mention the woman trying to ... <a title="The vegans are coming! What’s fuelling the interest in plant-based eating?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/the-vegans-are-coming-whats-fuelling-the-interest-in-plant-based-eating-123869/" aria-label="Read more about The vegans are coming! What’s fuelling the interest in plant-based eating?">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Matthews, Research Associate | Councillor, University of Adelaide Australia’s space industry is set to grow into a multibillion-dollar sector that could provide tens of thousands of jobs and help replenish the dwindling stocks of precious resources on Earth. But to make sure they don’t flame out ... <a title="Space can solve our looming resource crisis – but the space industry itself must be sustainable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/space-can-solve-our-looming-resource-crisis-but-the-space-industry-itself-must-be-sustainable-124576/" aria-label="Read more about Space can solve our looming resource crisis – but the space industry itself must be sustainable">Read more</a>
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October 3, 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. British regret for Māori killed during Cook landing Audrey Young (Herald): Māori not blameless: Winston Peters (paywalled) Tom McRae (Newshub): Britain expresses regret for Māori killed during Captain Cook’s arrival ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 03 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-october-03-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 03 2019">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathryn Ringland, Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University For autistic children, online social interactions can be just as fraught as those in the offline world. The community at Autcraft, which is built around a customised version of the popular game Minecraft, has set out to create a safe virtual ... <a title="How a Minecraft world has built a safe online playground for autistic kids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/how-a-minecraft-world-has-built-a-safe-online-playground-for-autistic-kids-124492/" aria-label="Read more about How a Minecraft world has built a safe online playground for autistic kids">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University This is part of a new series looking at the national security challenges facing Australia, how our leaders are responding to them through legislation and how these measures are impacting society. ... <a title="Australia isn’t taking the national security threat from far-right extremism seriously enough" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/australia-isnt-taking-the-national-security-threat-from-far-right-extremism-seriously-enough-122717/" aria-label="Read more about Australia isn’t taking the national security threat from far-right extremism seriously enough">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rose Cairns, Lecturer in Pharmacy, University of Sydney Fears switching the painkiller codeine to a prescription only medicine would lead to more people misusing stronger painkillers are unfounded, according to research published today. Our research, in the journal Addiction, found the 2018 switch resulted in a 50% ... <a title="Here’s what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn’t fall in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/heres-what-happened-when-codeine-was-made-prescription-only-no-the-sky-didnt-fall-in-124169/" aria-label="Read more about Here’s what happened when codeine was made prescription only. No, the sky didn’t fall in">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgia Rose Grant, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Paleontology Team, GNS Science We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago. Our research, published today, shows that up to one third of Antarctica’s ice sheet melted ... <a title="If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica’s melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuries" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/if-warming-exceeds-2-c-antarcticas-melting-ice-sheets-could-raise-seas-20-metres-in-coming-centuries-124484/" aria-label="Read more about If warming exceeds 2°C, Antarctica’s melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 metres in coming centuries">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ann Wheeler, Professor in Water Economics, University of Adelaide Australia has one of the most sophisticated water markets in the world, particularly notable for the ways in which government can return water to the environment. Water markets allow the return of this water through two main ... <a title="Scarcity drives water prices, not government water recovery: new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/scarcity-drives-water-prices-not-government-water-recovery-new-research-124491/" aria-label="Read more about Scarcity drives water prices, not government water recovery: new research">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Bero, Chair professor, University of Sydney This article is part of a series on academic freedom where leading academics from around the world write on the state of free speech and inquiry in their region. Over the last two decades, industry funding for medical research has ... <a title="When big companies fund academic research, the truth often comes last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/when-big-companies-fund-academic-research-the-truth-often-comes-last-119164/" aria-label="Read more about When big companies fund academic research, the truth often comes last">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Kelly, Human Geographer, Deakin University You would think a city that each year hosts Australia’s largest conference for people with disability would be the most accessible for all people. Not according to our research which highlights 119 issues that need fixing if Geelong, Victoria, wants to ... <a title="Making our cities more accessible for people with disability is easier than we think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/making-our-cities-more-accessible-for-people-with-disability-is-easier-than-we-think-124420/" aria-label="Read more about Making our cities more accessible for people with disability is easier than we think">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lin Crase, Professor of Economics and Head of School, University of South Australia The bipartisan parliamentary vote to transform the A$3.9 billion Building Australia Fund into a pot of cash to drought-proof Australia, the Future Drought Fund, should not be taken as universal endorsement. Labor opposed the ... <a title="Just because both sides support drought relief, doesn’t mean it’s right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/just-because-both-sides-support-drought-relief-doesnt-mean-its-right-121744/" aria-label="Read more about Just because both sides support drought relief, doesn’t mean it’s right">Read more</a>
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October 3, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Golding, Senior lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology The product of hundreds of years of musical and storytelling tradition married to computer technology, video game music has gone from a technological curio to something vitally creative. Next week in Melbourne, some of the nation’s best video game ... <a title="Music that you help make: composition for video gaming draws on tradition and tech" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/03/music-that-you-help-make-composition-for-video-gaming-draws-on-tradition-and-tech-124282/" aria-label="Read more about Music that you help make: composition for video gaming draws on tradition and tech">Read more</a>
