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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Evans, Associate Professor, Monash University Discoveries of new overarching rules or “laws” in nature are very rare. Surprisingly, my colleagues and I have found a new rule of biological growth that explains unexpected similarities in sharp structures found across the tree of life — in teeth, ... <a title="We’ve discovered a new rule of nature. It explains why animals’ pointy parts grow the way they do" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/weve-discovered-a-new-rule-of-nature-it-explains-why-animals-pointy-parts-grow-the-way-they-do-157229/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve discovered a new rule of nature. It explains why animals’ pointy parts grow the way they do">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Newitt, Lecturer, Criminology, Western Sydney University In the lead-up to the 30th anniversary of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody report, there have been four Indigenous deaths in custody in three weeks. The royal commission report presented 339 recommendations to ensure the safety of ... <a title="Four Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks: is defunding police the answer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/four-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-in-three-weeks-is-defunding-police-the-answer-157879/" aria-label="Read more about Four Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks: is defunding police the answer?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Danny Shaw From New York Like Palestinians in Israel and Latino, Asian and Muslim immigrants in the U.S., Haitians in the Dominican Republic are demeaned, harassed, and victimized in both extraordinary and mundane ways. Pushed out of their homeland by centuries of neo-colonialism and exploitation, officially 751,080 ... <a title="Dominican Wall of Anti-Haitianism Keeps Neocolonial Inequity Alive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/dominican-wall-of-anti-haitianism-keeps-neocolonial-inequity-alive/" aria-label="Read more about Dominican Wall of Anti-Haitianism Keeps Neocolonial Inequity Alive">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Last week, physicists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland announced they might have discovered a brand new force of nature. Or, to be precise, they unveiled “new results which, if confirmed, would suggest hints of a violation of the ... <a title="New physics at the Large Hadron Collider? Scientists are excited, but it’s too soon to be sure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/new-physics-at-the-large-hadron-collider-scientists-are-excited-but-its-too-soon-to-be-sure-157871/" aria-label="Read more about New physics at the Large Hadron Collider? Scientists are excited, but it’s too soon to be sure">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Barton, Senior lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Why are some kids left-handed and others are right-handed? — Sofia, aged 8 Hi Sofia, thanks for your great question! For a lot of human history, lefties have been seen as a little odd, and unfortunately ... <a title="Curious Kids: why are some kids left-handed and others are right-handed?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/curious-kids-why-are-some-kids-left-handed-and-others-are-right-handed-155548/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why are some kids left-handed and others are right-handed?">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Bradstock, Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong In the aftermath of Australia’s devastating Black Summer fires, research has begun to clarify the role of climate change. We already know climate change contributed to the record-breaking drought and fire weather conditions, leading to the bushfires’ unprecedented range across ... <a title="A staggering 1.8 million hectares burned in ‘high-severity’ fires during Australia’s Black Summer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/a-staggering-1-8-million-hectares-burned-in-high-severity-fires-during-australias-black-summer-157883/" aria-label="Read more about A staggering 1.8 million hectares burned in ‘high-severity’ fires during Australia’s Black Summer">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Gibbs, Academic, Population Health, The University of Melbourne Ten years on from the 2009 Victorian Black Saturday fires, in which 173 people died, 3,500 buildings were destroyed and entire townships were wiped out, about two thirds of people from highly impacted communities reported they felt “mostly” ... <a title="More than a decade after the Black Saturday fires, it’s time we got serious about long-term disaster recovery planning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/more-than-a-decade-after-the-black-saturday-fires-its-time-we-got-serious-about-long-term-disaster-recovery-planning-158078/" aria-label="Read more about More than a decade after the Black Saturday fires, it’s time we got serious about long-term disaster recovery planning">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Longden, Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University There’s great excitement about Australia potentially producing hydrogen as a clean fuel at large scale, for export to countries such as Germany, Japan and South Korea. Hydrogen (H₂) is a useful energy carrier, and doesn’t release ... <a title="Australia is at a crossroads in the global hydrogen race – and one path looks risky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/australia-is-at-a-crossroads-in-the-global-hydrogen-race-and-one-path-looks-risky-157864/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is at a crossroads in the global hydrogen race – and one path looks risky">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrea Durbach, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law, UNSW Allegations of sexual assault and harassment in the nation’s corridors of power once again reveal two consistent features of this conduct: a culture that enables such behaviour, and a high degree of impunity that invites its recurrence. University campus ... <a title="Politicians need expert help to change culture of sexual violence and impunity. We don’t need yet another review to tell us that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/politicians-need-expert-help-to-change-culture-of-sexual-violence-and-impunity-we-dont-need-yet-another-review-to-tell-us-that-157429/" aria-label="Read more about Politicians need expert help to change culture of sexual violence and impunity. We don’t need yet another review to tell us that">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Breen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Publishing, Griffith University In this series, writers pay tribute to fictional detectives on the page and on screen. Frannie Thorstin, the narrator of Susanna Moore’s neo-noir novel In The Cut (1995) is a collector of urban slang. A divorced English ... <a title="My favourite detective: In the Cut’s Frannie Thorstin and her fatal attractions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/my-favourite-detective-in-the-cuts-frannie-thorstin-and-her-fatal-attractions-151371/" aria-label="Read more about My favourite detective: In the Cut’s Frannie Thorstin and her fatal attractions">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra A Labor government would set up a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to promote manufacturing in Australia’s post pandemic economy. The fund, to be announced on Tuesday as Labor begins its national conference, would partner with private investors and superannuation ... <a title="Labor’s plan for $15 billion ‘reconstruction fund’ to promote post pandemic manufacturing economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/labors-plan-for-15-billion-reconstruction-fund-to-promote-post-pandemic-manufacturing-economy-158085/" aria-label="Read more about Labor’s plan for $15 billion ‘reconstruction fund’ to promote post pandemic manufacturing economy">Read more</a>
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March 30, 2021
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Nickson Stevi Yikwa had a dream. As a Papuan student, he wanted to gain a commercial pilot’s licence in New Zealand so that he could go back home to help his fellow indigenous Papuans at remote highlands villages. His dream was shared by Papuan provincial Governor Lukas Enembe and his ... <a title="Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/30/papuan-student-accomplishes-first-commercial-pilot-licence-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ">Read more</a>
