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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alanna Kamp, Lecturer in Geography and Urban Studies, Western Sydney University Shutterstock It’s not “new” news that Asian Australians are experiencing high rates of racism during the pandemic. However, existing data under-represent the true extent of COVID-related racism. The vast majority of cases aren’t being formally reported ... <a title="‘I don’t think the police would do much’: new research shows racism during COVID is rarely reported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/i-dont-think-the-police-would-do-much-new-research-shows-racism-during-covid-is-rarely-reported-165312/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I don’t think the police would do much’: new research shows racism during COVID is rarely reported">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Norris, Professor, School of Science, Western Sydney University Jayanne English/EMU/Dark Energy Survey Scanning through data fresh off the telescope, we saw two ghosts dancing deep in the cosmos. We had never seen anything like it before, and we had no idea what they were. Several weeks ... <a title="‘Dancing ghosts’: a new, deeper scan of the sky throws up surprises for astronomers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/dancing-ghosts-a-new-deeper-scan-of-the-sky-throws-up-surprises-for-astronomers-165239/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Dancing ghosts’: a new, deeper scan of the sky throws up surprises for astronomers">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Halpin, Ecologist, Monash University Giant bird-eating centipedes may sound like something out of a science-fiction film — but they’re not. On tiny Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific’s Norfolk Island group, the Phillip Island centipede (Cormocephalus coynei) population can kill and eat up to 3,700 ... <a title="Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/giant-bird-eating-centipedes-exist-and-theyre-surprisingly-important-for-their-ecosystem-161744/" aria-label="Read more about Giant bird-eating centipedes exist — and they’re surprisingly important for their ecosystem">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Ellis Hayes, Senior Lecturer in Space Research & Law / In training as Suborbital Spaceflight PoSSUM Astronaut Candidate Graduate, Swinburne University of Technology Me (top, third from right) with others from the International Space University, in front of the Shuttle Atlantis at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. ... <a title="I’m training to become Australia’s first woman astronaut. Here’s what it takes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/im-training-to-become-australias-first-woman-astronaut-heres-what-it-takes-163173/" aria-label="Read more about I’m training to become Australia’s first woman astronaut. Here’s what it takes">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Visiting Fellow, School of History, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University Fiji now heads the grim list of Pacific nations counting their dead from coronavirus, having just passed Papua New Guinea’s toll. So far, 254 Fijians have died from ... <a title="Pacific nations grapple with COVID’s terrible toll and the desperate need for vaccines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/pacific-nations-grapple-with-covids-terrible-toll-and-the-desperate-need-for-vaccines-164769/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific nations grapple with COVID’s terrible toll and the desperate need for vaccines">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ray Moynihan, Assistant Professor, Bond University Elsa Olofsson/Unsplash Just weeks before the first COVID-19 cases emerged, Gallup published its latest poll on America’s views about business. At the bottom of the list of 25 sectors was the pharmaceutical industry. Below advertising. Below oil and gas. Below the ... <a title="COVID vaccines offer the pharma industry a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset its reputation. But it’s after decades of big profits and scandals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/covid-vaccines-offer-the-pharma-industry-a-once-in-a-generation-opportunity-to-reset-its-reputation-but-its-after-decades-of-big-profits-and-scandals-165082/" aria-label="Read more about COVID vaccines offer the pharma industry a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reset its reputation. But it’s after decades of big profits and scandals">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ya-Yen Sun, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Shutterstock In a non-COVID year, Australia’s vineyards host more than eight million wine tourists. While these visitors benefit wine producers and regional communities, they also generate a substantial amount of greenhouse gases. If fact, our recent research showed tourist ... <a title="Vineyard tourism is a big source of carbon emissions. Want to help? Then buy more wine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/vineyard-tourism-is-a-big-source-of-carbon-emissions-want-to-help-then-buy-more-wine-164600/" aria-label="Read more about Vineyard tourism is a big source of carbon emissions. Want to help? Then buy more wine">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Barbara Hartley, Honorary Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland XIV Crows (からす) by Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi, 1972 Courtesy the Maruki Gallery On August 6, 1945, the US military obliterated Hiroshima with the world’s first deployed nuclear bomb. Several days later, artist Maruki Iri arrived in ... <a title="The Hiroshima Panels are a remarkable artistic exploration of trauma" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/the-hiroshima-panels-are-a-remarkable-artistic-exploration-of-trauma-164333/" aria-label="Read more about The Hiroshima Panels are a remarkable artistic exploration of trauma">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Parke, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Auckland www.shutterstock.com Responding to the recent controversy over mātauranga Māori and the letter he co-authored titled “In defence of science”, Emeritus Professor Michael Corballis said: “We don’t know any Māori who knows what mātauranga is.” This immediately made us ... <a title="Let’s choose our words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/lets-choose-our-words-more-carefully-when-discussing-matauranga-maori-and-science-165465/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s choose our words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Lamar, PhD Researcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Rudmer Zwerver New Zealand’s endemic tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) are the sole survivors of an ancient reptile order called Rhynchocephalia. Once widespread across New Zealand, tuatara survive in only a fraction of their historic range, on ... <a title="Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/tuatara-are-ancient-slow-and-endangered-but-their-super-speedy-sperm-could-boost-conservation-efforts-165173/" aria-label="Read more about Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2021
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie It is open season again for Indonesian trolls targeting Asia Pacific Report and other media with fake news and disinformation dispatches in a crude attempt to gloss over human rights violations. Just three months ago I wrote about this issue in my “Dear editor” article exposing the disinformation campaign. There ... <a title="Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/04/open-season-again-for-indonesian-military-trolls-and-fake-news-campaign-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign on West Papua">Read more</a>
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August 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is set to tweak its vaccination timetable to accelerate jabs for those aged 30 to 39, after Doherty Institute modelling showing it is vital to get younger adults quickly vaccinated, because they are high COVID transmitters. Those in ... <a title="Accelerated jabs for younger people after Doherty modelling shows it’s vital to vaccinate them quickly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/03/accelerated-jabs-for-younger-people-after-doherty-modelling-shows-its-vital-to-vaccinate-them-quickly-165555/" aria-label="Read more about Accelerated jabs for younger people after Doherty modelling shows it’s vital to vaccinate them quickly">Read more</a>
