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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Foster, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Our earliest vertebrate (animals with backbones) ancestors laid eggs, but over millions of years of evolution, some species began to give birth to live young. There is a traditional dichotomy in vertebrate reproduction: species either lay eggs or have ... <a title="This lizard lays eggs and gives live birth. We think it’s undergoing a major evolutionary transition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/this-lizard-lays-eggs-and-gives-live-birth-we-think-its-undergoing-a-major-evolutionary-transition-133630/" aria-label="Read more about This lizard lays eggs and gives live birth. We think it’s undergoing a major evolutionary transition">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Charles Foster, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney Our earliest vertebrate (animals with backbones) ancestors laid eggs, but over millions of years of evolution, some species began to give birth to live young. There is a traditional dichotomy in vertebrate reproduction: species either lay eggs or have ... <a title="This lizard lays eggs and gives live birth. We think it’s undergoing major evolutionary transition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/this-lizard-lays-eggs-and-gives-live-birth-we-think-its-undergoing-major-evolutionary-transition-133630/" aria-label="Read more about This lizard lays eggs and gives live birth. We think it’s undergoing major evolutionary transition">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative writing, University of Melbourne “Katrina, I had in mind a prayer, but only this came,” Bruce Dawe wrote to his infant daughter, new-born, in intensive care, her life in the balance, declaring as poets must that their poems are the ... <a title="Vale Bruce Dawe, Australia’s ‘Poet of Suburbia’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/vale-bruce-dawe-australias-poet-of-suburbia-135438/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Bruce Dawe, Australia’s ‘Poet of Suburbia’">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Glikson, Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University At several points in the history of our planet, increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have caused extreme global warming, prompting the majority of species on Earth to die out. In the past, these events were ... <a title="While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/while-we-fixate-on-coronavirus-earth-is-hurtling-towards-a-catastrophe-worse-than-the-dinosaur-extinction-130869/" aria-label="Read more about While we fixate on coronavirus, Earth is hurtling towards a catastrophe worse than the dinosaur extinction">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
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 Media Henry Cooke (Stuff): There’s no easy way for Government to save media drowning. But a fast fix is needed Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Bauer’s shocking fall reveals the government’s poisonous media dilemma Mark ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 03 2020" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-april-03-2020/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – April 03 2020">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Associate Professor of Politics, Monash University One of Australia’s preeminent historians, Stuart Macintyre, once observed of John Curtin, the Labor Party leader revered for navigating this nation through the dangers of the second world war, that he would have made a timid and mediocre prime ... <a title="Thanks to coronavirus, Scott Morrison will become a significant prime minister" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/thanks-to-coronavirus-scott-morrison-will-become-a-significant-prime-minister-135314/" aria-label="Read more about Thanks to coronavirus, Scott Morrison will become a significant prime minister">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Adelaide New research the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that SARS CoV 2, which causes the disease known as COVID-19 coronavirus, is more stable on plastic and stainless steel than on cardboard or copper: The longest viability of ... <a title="Automatic doors: the simple technology that could help stop coronavirus spreading" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/automatic-doors-the-simple-technology-that-could-help-stop-coronavirus-spreading-135420/" aria-label="Read more about Automatic doors: the simple technology that could help stop coronavirus spreading">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The Australian government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy, estimated to cost A$130 billion, is a crucial measure to help keep the economy from completely cratering. But, even if COVID-19 is sufficiently under control for the economy to return to semi-normality in six months, ... <a title="Vital Signs: Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we’re going to need a bigger boat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/vital-signs-scott-morrison-is-steering-in-the-right-direction-but-were-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat-135209/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Scott Morrison is steering in the right direction, but we’re going to need a bigger boat">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gordon Menzies, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney During this pandemic, our twin health and economic crises require two different types of concern, and they operate differently. For the health crisis, a high level of concern is necessary. Saving lives demands nothing less than full ... <a title="It is necessary to worry about health, but pessimism about the economy will hurt us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/it-is-necessary-to-worry-about-health-but-pessimism-about-the-economy-will-hurt-us-135421/" aria-label="Read more about It is necessary to worry about health, but pessimism about the economy will hurt us">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harriette Richards, University of Melbourne Times of instability and crisis produce increased nostalgia for the past. We long for a time that no longer exists, or never existed. Like melancholy, nostalgia is a sentiment of loss – one that’s particularly familiar to us today – for an ... <a title="Friday essay: mom jeans and nostalgia in a time of uncertainty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/friday-essay-mom-jeans-and-nostalgia-in-a-time-of-uncertainty-133510/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: mom jeans and nostalgia in a time of uncertainty">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the COVID-19 transforms our individual lives, we are learning a few new things about ourselves as a society. We’ve known Australians suspect authority and, like other Western countries, have come to trust government less and less – right? One ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Imagine if we could extract a permanent vaccine against hyper-partisanship from COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/grattan-on-friday-imagine-if-we-could-extract-a-permanent-vaccine-against-hyper-partisanship-from-covid-19-135450/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Imagine if we could extract a permanent vaccine against hyper-partisanship from COVID-19">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Quinn, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is changing how we live. With a rapid increase in cases, we are now isolating in our homes to “flatten the curve”. However, it will be nearly impossible ... <a title="Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/02/where-are-we-at-with-developing-a-vaccine-for-coronavirus-134784/" aria-label="Read more about Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?">Read more</a>
