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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Is light a wave or particle? — Ishan, age 15, Dubai Hi Ishan! Thanks for your great question. Light can be described both as a wave and as a particle. There are two experiments in particular that have revealed ... <a title="Curious Kids: is light a wave or a particle?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/curious-kids-is-light-a-wave-or-a-particle-162514/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: is light a wave or a particle?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Ball, Associate Professor/ Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University from www.shutterstock.com Phones are ringing off the hook at GP clinics with people desperate to know when and how they can be vaccinated against COVID-19. Every time there is a change in recommendations or advice, medical receptions field ... <a title="Be kind: GP receptionists are taking the heat with every policy update during COVID, vaccines included" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/be-kind-gp-receptionists-are-taking-the-heat-with-every-policy-update-during-covid-vaccines-included-160532/" aria-label="Read more about Be kind: GP receptionists are taking the heat with every policy update during COVID, vaccines included">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Braden Hill, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Edith Cowan University Instagram Earlier this week, online influencer Oli London responded to criticism after saying they identify as Korean. Having undergone surgeries to change their appearance, they equated being “transracial” with the experiences of transgender people who affirm their gender. The same ... <a title="No, you can’t identify as ‘transracial’. But you can affirm your gender" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/no-you-cant-identify-as-transracial-but-you-can-affirm-your-gender-163729/" aria-label="Read more about No, you can’t identify as ‘transracial’. But you can affirm your gender">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Krystian Seibert, Industry Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock The Australian government introduced new regulations last week that could have a major chilling effect across Australia’s diverse charities sector. The government’s aim was clear: the regulations are intended to target “activist organisations”, and ... <a title="The government is clamping down on charities — and it could have a chilling effect on peaceful protest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/the-government-is-clamping-down-on-charities-and-it-could-have-a-chilling-effect-on-peaceful-protest-163493/" aria-label="Read more about The government is clamping down on charities — and it could have a chilling effect on peaceful protest">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Michelle Grattan discusses the week in politics with University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher. This week the pair discuss the vaccine rollout, and the ongoing debate between the nation’s health experts about who should get what jab. The government ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the vexed vaccine rollout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-vexed-vaccine-rollout-163799/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the vexed vaccine rollout">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Montgomery, Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me. Just over two weeks ago, the Australian Technical ... <a title="How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/how-can-younger-australians-decide-about-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-a-gp-explains-163733/" aria-label="Read more about How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn Arianrhod, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow , School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University Rita Greer, FAL Four hundred years ago, on July 2 1621, a remarkable Englishman named Thomas Harriot died in London. He left behind some 8,000 pages of scientific research, but it is only in ... <a title="The scientific genius who eschewed fame: remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/the-scientific-genius-who-eschewed-fame-remembering-thomas-harriot-400-years-on-163167/" aria-label="Read more about The scientific genius who eschewed fame: remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 years on">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Henry, Professor of Evidence-Based Practice, Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University www.shutterstock.com Many Australians will be weighing up whether to be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is widely available, or to wait for Pfizer later in the year. There are many factors to consider. One ... <a title="How well do COVID vaccines work in the real world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/how-well-do-covid-vaccines-work-in-the-real-world-162926/" aria-label="Read more about How well do COVID vaccines work in the real world?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zoe Richards, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University Michael Emslie The federal government has opposed a recommendation by a United Nations body that the Great Barrier Reef be listed as “in danger”. But there’s no doubt the natural wonder is in dire trouble. In new research, my colleagues ... <a title="Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are ‘missing’ – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/almost-60-coral-species-around-lizard-island-are-missing-and-a-great-barrier-reef-extinction-crisis-could-be-next-163714/" aria-label="Read more about Almost 60 coral species around Lizard Island are ‘missing’ – and a Great Barrier Reef extinction crisis could be next">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luara Ferracioli, Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney Shutterstock In recent years, Australian academics have been accused of many forms of wrongful expression including racism, transphobia and anti-Semitism. Earlier this year an African-Australian researcher’s paper was accused of being racist. The research ... <a title="If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/if-not-in-a-university-then-where-academia-must-define-harm-to-allow-open-debate-on-difficult-issues-163355/" aria-label="Read more about If not in a university, then where? Academia must define harm to allow open debate on difficult issues">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW You might have thought the “lockdown wars” in Australia were over. After all, Australia navigated the pandemic better than essentially any other country in 2020. We closed our international border in March, used an early and relative light lockdown in NSW ... <a title="Vital Signs: Australia’s anti-lockdown tribe battles on against the evidence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/vital-signs-australias-anti-lockdown-tribe-battles-on-against-the-evidence-163648/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: Australia’s anti-lockdown tribe battles on against the evidence">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Moore, Doctor of Botany, The University of Melbourne Unsplash/David Clode, CC BY As tree scientist, I am fascinated by the magnificent biology of trees. I also find it enthralling and encouraging that trees are being appreciated by writers around the world right now. Three fresh books ... <a title="Friday essay: trees have many stories to tell. Is this our last chance to read them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/02/friday-essay-trees-have-many-stories-to-tell-is-this-our-last-chance-to-read-them-161428/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: trees have many stories to tell. Is this our last chance to read them?">Read more</a>
