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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Ireland, Professor of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, Australian National University Before most people wake up this Sunday morning, a small space capsule will be dropped off to Earth, landing in Woomera, South Australia. The capsule contains fragments of the surface of a near-Earth-orbit asteroid, Ryugu, collected by ... <a title="The Hayabusa2 spacecraft is about to drop a chunk of asteroid in the Australian outback" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/the-hayabusa2-spacecraft-is-about-to-drop-a-chunk-of-asteroid-in-the-australian-outback-151280/" aria-label="Read more about The Hayabusa2 spacecraft is about to drop a chunk of asteroid in the Australian outback">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia The United Kingdom yesterday became the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use. Following a review by the country’s drug regulator, the UK government announced it will begin rolling out the vaccine ... <a title="A vaccine will be a game-changer for international travel. But it’s not everything" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/a-vaccine-will-be-a-game-changer-for-international-travel-but-its-not-everything-151214/" aria-label="Read more about A vaccine will be a game-changer for international travel. But it’s not everything">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Attard, Associate Professor, Mathematics Education, Western Sydney University The Victorian government this week announced it would ban all banking schemes from operating in public schools from 2021. This includes the controversial Dollarmites program, run by Commonwealth Bank, which teaches primary school children to save money and ... <a title="We don’t need banks teaching kids about money. Schools have it covered" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/we-dont-need-banks-teaching-kids-about-money-schools-have-it-covered-151093/" aria-label="Read more about We don’t need banks teaching kids about money. Schools have it covered">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University Bitcoin is back. Three years after the bubble that inflated its value from US$5,000 to US$20,000 in less than three months burst in spectacular fashion, plunging more than 80%, the cryptocurrency is again on the verge of a record high. ... <a title="Bitcoin’s rebound: 3 reasons this time is (sort of) different" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/bitcoins-rebound-3-reasons-this-time-is-sort-of-different-150731/" aria-label="Read more about Bitcoin’s rebound: 3 reasons this time is (sort of) different">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lorinda Cramer, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Australian Catholic University There’s no denying the popularity of the singlet. The Chesty Bond, Australia’s best known singlet, has notched up more than 350 million sales. At last year’s Deniliquin Ute Muster, more than 3,970 blue singlets were counted. Donned first as ... <a title="Friday essay: the singlet — a short history of an Australian icon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/friday-essay-the-singlet-a-short-history-of-an-australian-icon-145545/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: the singlet — a short history of an Australian icon">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Pappalardo, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology In August, the communications minister announced a series of changes to copyright laws to “better support the needs of Australians and public institutions to access material in an increasingly digital environment”. These changes are long overdue. ... <a title="Researchers, librarians, filmmakers and teachers are eager for the copyright reforms the government has promised" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/researchers-librarians-filmmakers-and-teachers-are-eager-for-the-copyright-reforms-the-government-has-promised-150141/" aria-label="Read more about Researchers, librarians, filmmakers and teachers are eager for the copyright reforms the government has promised">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University Symptom, virus, epidemic, quarantine. We’ve become used to these terms in 2020. But the “COVID-19 vocabulary” might have been very different had it not been for a few twists and turns in English history. If history had gone differently, for ... <a title="From ‘arse-ropes’ to ‘flying venom’, a history of how we have come to talk about viruses and medicine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/from-arse-ropes-to-flying-venom-a-history-of-how-we-have-come-to-talk-about-viruses-and-medicine-147441/" aria-label="Read more about From ‘arse-ropes’ to ‘flying venom’, a history of how we have come to talk about viruses and medicine">Read more</a>
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December 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In the moment, Scott Morrison’s angry denunciation of the offensive Chinese tweet about alleged Australian war crimes seemed a reasonable response. In retrospect, it was probably ill-judged. This is so even though the response had bipartisan support. The Chinese immediately ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: China plays reverse ‘poke the bear’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/04/grattan-on-friday-china-plays-reverse-poke-the-bear-151390/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: China plays reverse ‘poke the bear’">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Lexchin, Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Emergency Physician at University Health Network, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto The news that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has gained emergency approval in the United Kingdom and may be distributed to selected ... <a title="Should Australians be worried about waiting for a COVID vaccine when the UK has just approved Pfizer’s?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/03/should-australians-be-worried-about-waiting-for-a-covid-vaccine-when-the-uk-has-just-approved-pfizers-151287/" aria-label="Read more about Should Australians be worried about waiting for a COVID vaccine when the UK has just approved Pfizer’s?">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celia McMichael, Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Melbourne Climate change is resulting in profound, immediate and worsening health impacts, and no country is immune, a major new report from more than 120 researchers has declared. This year’s annual report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and ... <a title="Climate change is resulting in profound, immediate and worsening health impacts, over 120 researchers say" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/03/climate-change-is-resulting-in-profound-immediate-and-worsening-health-impacts-over-120-researchers-say-151027/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is resulting in profound, immediate and worsening health impacts, over 120 researchers say">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher L. Diamond, Lecturer in Hindi, Australian National University La Trobe University is in talks to discontinue its Hindi program, along with Greek and Indonesian. In the mid-1990s, six Australian universities taught Hindi. If La Trobe ends its program, Australia will be left with just one university ... <a title="6 unis had Hindi programs. Soon there could be only 1, and that’s not in Australia’s best interests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/03/6-unis-had-hindi-programs-soon-there-could-be-only-1-and-thats-not-in-australias-best-interests-151096/" aria-label="Read more about 6 unis had Hindi programs. Soon there could be only 1, and that’s not in Australia’s best interests">Read more</a>
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December 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amie O’Shea, Lecturer, Disability & Inclusion, Deakin University Review: Thomas Banks’ Quest for Love, directed by Pip Kelly In Thomas Banks’ Quest for Love, Banks — a writer and comedian with cerebral palsy — addresses the additional taboos experienced by people with disability with diverse sexual identities. ... <a title="Film review: Thomas Banks’ Quest for Love tackles life as a gay man with disability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/03/film-review-thomas-banks-quest-for-love-tackles-life-as-a-gay-man-with-disability-150060/" aria-label="Read more about Film review: Thomas Banks’ Quest for Love tackles life as a gay man with disability">Read more</a>
