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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland One of the most striking responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the sudden, shift of around half the workforce to working at home. In many cases, this was combined with an equally sudden shift to home ... <a title="Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/have-we-just-stumbled-on-the-biggest-productivity-increase-of-the-century-145104/" aria-label="Read more about Have we just stumbled on the biggest productivity increase of the century?">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jagadish Thaker, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University Three in four New Zealanders (74%) say they intend to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when a vaccine becomes available, but just over half (56%) would put their names on a list to be vaccinated, according ... <a title="Survey shows 1 in 4 New Zealanders remain hesitant about a coronavirus vaccine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/survey-shows-1-in-4-new-zealanders-remain-hesitant-about-a-coronavirus-vaccine-145304/" aria-label="Read more about Survey shows 1 in 4 New Zealanders remain hesitant about a coronavirus vaccine">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucas Marie, Early career researcher, Curtin University In the South Bronx of New York City, in the early-to-mid 1970s, block parties started to incorporate much of the artistic elements of hip hop as we know it today. On the streets between their apartment buildings, young African-American, Caribbean ... <a title="Competing in Birmingham, live from Mount Druitt: how hip hop moved online under COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/competing-in-birmingham-live-from-mount-druitt-how-hip-hop-moved-online-under-covid-19-143902/" aria-label="Read more about Competing in Birmingham, live from Mount Druitt: how hip hop moved online under COVID-19">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Blair, Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, OzGrav, University of Western Australia Why is there gravity? Xander, aged 3, Lindfield, Sydney, NSW. Hi Xander, great question! I’m told you were rolling marbles when you asked that question, wondering why they roll down ... <a title="Curious Kids: why is there gravity?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/curious-kids-why-is-there-gravity-144061/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why is there gravity?">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Watson, Senior Lecturer, Science, University of the Sunshine Coast Unlike many mammals and birds, most reptiles show little sign of being caring parents. But our new research shows one lizard species may be more doting parents than we thought – the adults risking their own safety ... <a title="Scientists capture rare footage of mother skink fighting a deadly brown snake to protect her babies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/scientists-capture-rare-footage-of-mother-skink-fighting-a-deadly-brown-snake-to-protect-her-babies-145530/" aria-label="Read more about Scientists capture rare footage of mother skink fighting a deadly brown snake to protect her babies">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ News Te Manu Korihi reporter Allegations of casual and structural racism within the University of Waikato have been met with resounding silence from the university’s leaders, Professor of Indigenous Education Linda Tuhiwai Smith says. She is one of six academics who have written a 13-page letter to the Ministry of ... <a title="Academics call for action over ‘racism’ allegations at University of Waikato" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/academics-call-for-action-over-racism-allegations-at-university-of-waikato/" aria-label="Read more about Academics call for action over ‘racism’ allegations at University of Waikato">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on September 2 that Malka Leifer is fit to stand trial on charges she faces in Victoria. Leifer is accused of 74 counts of rape and sexual assault. This ruling ... <a title="The Israeli Supreme Court has cleared the way for Malka Leifer’s extradition hearing. What happens now?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/the-israeli-supreme-court-has-cleared-the-way-for-malka-leifers-extradition-hearing-what-happens-now-142986/" aria-label="Read more about The Israeli Supreme Court has cleared the way for Malka Leifer’s extradition hearing. What happens now?">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Damien Spry, Lecturer, University of South Australia Google and Facebook have threatened to limit or remove news services for Australian users, in response to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s draft news media bargaining code. This week, Facebook announced should the code become law, the company would ... <a title="It’s not ‘fair’ and it won’t work: an argument against the ACCC’s news media bargaining code" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/its-not-fair-and-it-wont-work-an-argument-against-the-acccs-news-media-bargaining-code-145391/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not ‘fair’ and it won’t work: an argument against the ACCC’s news media bargaining code">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Phillips, Adjunct Professor, Griffith University In a year shaped by climate disasters and a pandemic, Australia’s most powerful sporting organisation – the Australian Football League (AFL) – continues to be confronted by another foundational issue: systemic racism. At issue is not only the question of how ... <a title="The AFL has moved the grand final from Melbourne for the first time – but it has a far more pressing issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/the-afl-has-moved-the-grand-final-from-melbourne-for-the-first-time-but-it-has-a-far-more-pressing-issue-145184/" aria-label="Read more about The AFL has moved the grand final from Melbourne for the first time – but it has a far more pressing issue">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magdalene Montgomery, NHMRC CDF Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Head Metabolic Crosstalk Laboratory, University of Melbourne A newly discovered protein produced by the liver, and which helps to control blood sugar levels, could potentially revolutionise treatment for type 2 diabetes. Our research, published today in Science Translational Medicine, ... <a title="Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/weekly-injection-could-treat-type-2-diabetes-new-enzyme-discovery-suggests-145312/" aria-label="Read more about Weekly injection could treat type 2 diabetes, new enzyme discovery suggests">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rita Krishnamurthi, Associate Professor (cerebrovascular epidemiology), Auckland University of Technology Stroke is the third highest cause of death in New Zealand, after cancer and coronary heart disease. But our new research shows very few people are aware of the risk, particularly in Pasifika communities – despite being ... <a title="Most New Zealanders don’t know how deadly strokes are – claiming 2,300 lives a year and rising" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/most-new-zealanders-dont-know-how-deadly-strokes-are-claiming-2-300-lives-a-year-and-rising-144576/" aria-label="Read more about Most New Zealanders don’t know how deadly strokes are – claiming 2,300 lives a year and rising">Read more</a>
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September 3, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Geyle, Research Assistant, Charles Darwin University Action came too late for the Christmas Island forest skink, despite early warnings of significant declines. It was lost from the wild before it was officially listed as “threatened”, and the few individuals brought into captivity died soon after. Australia ... <a title="New research reveals these 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/03/new-research-reveals-these-20-australian-reptiles-are-set-to-disappear-by-2040-145385/" aria-label="Read more about New research reveals these 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040">Read more</a>
