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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University In his acceptance speech at the weekend, US President-Elect Joe Biden signalled a return to science as a key policy shift for the United States. “Americans have called on us to […] marshal the forces of science and the forces ... <a title="Biden’s pivot to science is welcome — Trump only listened to experts when it suited him" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/bidens-pivot-to-science-is-welcome-trump-only-listened-to-experts-when-it-suited-him-149734/" aria-label="Read more about Biden’s pivot to science is welcome — Trump only listened to experts when it suited him">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Moscova, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, UNSW Hi I’m Miranda. I am ten years old and I live in California. My question is: why do older adults get shorter? What an interesting question, Miranda! Luckily, you don’t have to worry about this for some time. Until you ... <a title="Curious Kids: why do older adults get shorter?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/curious-kids-why-do-older-adults-get-shorter-146766/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why do older adults get shorter?">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Minchin, Executive Editor How hopeful should Australians and New Zealanders be about COVID-19 vaccines becoming available in 2021? And what do we need to learn from 2020 and this pandemic as we speed towards the new year? On November 5 2020, The Conversation and Avid Reader ... <a title="VIDEO: Two experts on the race for a COVID-19 vaccine and preparing Australia and New Zealand for the next pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/video-two-experts-on-the-race-for-a-covid-19-vaccine-and-preparing-australia-and-new-zealand-for-the-next-pandemic-149726/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Two experts on the race for a COVID-19 vaccine and preparing Australia and New Zealand for the next pandemic">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Pressure is increasing on the global horse-racing industry to reconsider the use of whips in the sport. Our research, published in the journal Animals, shows horses’ skin is very similar to humans’ in both ... <a title="10 reasons to stop whipping racehorses, including new research revealing the likely pain it causes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/10-reasons-to-stop-whipping-racehorses-including-new-research-revealing-the-likely-pain-it-causes-149271/" aria-label="Read more about 10 reasons to stop whipping racehorses, including new research revealing the likely pain it causes">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anita Foerster, Senior Lecturer, Monash University The A$57 billion Rest super fund last week pledged to overhaul the way it manages climate risk, following a lawsuit by a 25-year-old member. The concession raises the bar for the way Australian superannuation funds respond to climate change. The fact ... <a title="An Australian man successfully sued his super fund over climate risk. Here’s what that means for your nest egg" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/an-australian-man-successfully-sued-his-super-fund-over-climate-risk-heres-what-that-means-for-your-nest-egg-149918/" aria-label="Read more about An Australian man successfully sued his super fund over climate risk. Here’s what that means for your nest egg">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Laurenceson, Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney China’s increasingly belligerent threats to close its markets to Australian exports have excited talk of a full-blown trade war. But let’s not panic. These threats are best understood as psychological warfare, not a statement ... <a title="There’s no need for panic over China’s trade threats" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/theres-no-need-for-panic-over-chinas-trade-threats-149828/" aria-label="Read more about There’s no need for panic over China’s trade threats">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elise Klein, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University Dystopic policy in Australia is often hidden in plain sight. As Curtin University Professor Suvendrini Perera has written, systematic failures are not necessarily “spectacular acts” but the “decisions and indecisions of bureaucratic oversights and misplaced assumptions”. And these amount to ... <a title="Why is the government trying to make the cashless debit card permanent? Research shows it does not work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/why-is-the-government-trying-to-make-the-cashless-debit-card-permanent-research-shows-it-does-not-work-149444/" aria-label="Read more about Why is the government trying to make the cashless debit card permanent? Research shows it does not work">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Harry Scheule, Professor, Finance, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney There’s a row brewing in the corridors of financial power. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) recently advised the trading banks that the official cash rate might move from the barely positive into the negative. ... <a title="Negative interest rates could be coming. What would this mean for borrowers and savers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/negative-interest-rates-could-be-coming-what-would-this-mean-for-borrowers-and-savers-149898/" aria-label="Read more about Negative interest rates could be coming. What would this mean for borrowers and savers?">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
By RNZ Pacific The capital island of Vanuatu – Efate – is closed off today after the country’s first case of covid-19 was announced yesterday. Stricter quarantine rules are also in place. A ni-Vanuatu man who arrived in Port Vila from the US, via Australia and New Zealand, was confirmed with the coronavirus on Tuesday ... <a title="Vanuatu doubles quarantine period, halts domestic travel to Efate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/vanuatu-doubles-quarantine-period-halts-domestic-travel-to-efate/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu doubles quarantine period, halts domestic travel to Efate">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hugh MacIntosh, Research Associate, Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria The mysterious bigfin squid has been spotted in Australia’s waters for the first time. My colleagues and I from the CSIRO and Museums Victoria detail the encounters in our new research, published today in Public Library of Sciences ONE. ... <a title="This super rare squid is a deep-sea mystery. We recently spotted not 1, but 5, in the Great Australian Bight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/this-super-rare-squid-is-a-deep-sea-mystery-we-recently-spotted-not-1-but-5-in-the-great-australian-bight-149831/" aria-label="Read more about This super rare squid is a deep-sea mystery. We recently spotted not 1, but 5, in the Great Australian Bight">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Corbould, Associate Professor, Contemporary Histories Research Group, Deakin University During the northern summer, anti-Trump sentiment fused with anti-racist activism in the US, causing huge numbers of Americans to protest all around the country. President Donald Trump has been voted out of office, but the issues at ... <a title="What now for Black Lives Matter? Whatever happens under Biden, the role of African American women will be vital" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/what-now-for-black-lives-matter-whatever-happens-under-biden-the-role-of-african-american-women-will-be-vital-148248/" aria-label="Read more about What now for Black Lives Matter? Whatever happens under Biden, the role of African American women will be vital">Read more</a>
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November 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University After a devastating second wave, Victoria yesterday recorded its twelfth straight day of zero new COVID cases. In light of the state’s progress, Premier Daniel Andrews announced the easing of several COVID restrictions on Sunday, including ... <a title="As Victoria’s COVID-free streak continues, it’s probably time to consider changing the rules around masks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/11/12/as-victorias-covid-free-streak-continues-its-probably-time-to-consider-changing-the-rules-around-masks-149541/" aria-label="Read more about As Victoria’s COVID-free streak continues, it’s probably time to consider changing the rules around masks">Read more</a>
