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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Parke, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Auckland What is the most important thing a scientist needs? – Lennox, age 6, Leichhardt NSW Hi Lennox! Thanks for this great question. Unfortunately, there’s not really one simple answer. So I’m going to talk about three important things. ... <a title="Curious Kids: what is the most important thing a scientist needs?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/curious-kids-what-is-the-most-important-thing-a-scientist-needs-177226/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: what is the most important thing a scientist needs?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian David Longley, Principal Air Quality Scientist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Shutterstock/Annette Shaff Our complacency about indoor air contributed to our vulnerability to COVID-19, and we’ll continue to be vulnerable to COVID and other emerging threats until we re-think how we share our air. ... <a title="Air hygiene: how re-thinking air quality will help protect us from this and the next pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/air-hygiene-how-re-thinking-air-quality-will-help-protect-us-from-this-and-the-next-pandemic-177131/" aria-label="Read more about Air hygiene: how re-thinking air quality will help protect us from this and the next pandemic">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania woodleywonderworks/Flickr, CC BY-NC Most Australians have followed health advice to wear face masks and have COVID-19 vaccinations. Actions like these that benefit others are known in psychology as prosocial behaviours. In ... <a title="How sport can help young people to become better citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/how-sport-can-help-young-people-to-become-better-citizens-173733/" aria-label="Read more about How sport can help young people to become better citizens">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alessandro Antonello, Senior Research Fellow in History, Flinders University Shutterstock The federal government’s major package of new funding for Australia’s Antarctic program, announced on Tuesday, promises an additional A$804.4 million over the next decade. The government has also released an update to its 2016 Australian Antarctic Strategy ... <a title="A krill aquarium, climate research, and geopolitics: how Australia’s $800 million Antarctic funding will be spent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/a-krill-aquarium-climate-research-and-geopolitics-how-australias-800-million-antarctic-funding-will-be-spent-177609/" aria-label="Read more about A krill aquarium, climate research, and geopolitics: how Australia’s $800 million Antarctic funding will be spent">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rowan Nicholson, Lecturer in Law, Flinders University Vadim Ghirda/AP Before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, it “recognised” two parts of eastern Ukraine as sovereign states: the so-called people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. That recognition is now central to what both Russia and the West are ... <a title="How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/how-russias-recognition-of-breakaway-parts-of-ukraine-breached-international-law-and-set-the-stage-for-invasion-177623/" aria-label="Read more about How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Kendall, PhD Candidate in Law, The University of Queensland James Ross/AAP ASIO chief Mike Burgess recently revealed the security agency had detected and disrupted a foreign interference plot in the lead-up to an Australian election. He warned Australia was seeing foreign interference attempts “at all levels ... <a title="Why Australia’s tough national security laws cannot stop foreign interference in our elections" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/why-australias-tough-national-security-laws-cannot-stop-foreign-interference-in-our-elections-177451/" aria-label="Read more about Why Australia’s tough national security laws cannot stop foreign interference in our elections">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Sprajcer, Lecturer in Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock A new survey of Australian adults has found your relationship status can impact how well you sleep. We know based on previous research that sleeping next to someone can help you sleep better – but this is the first ... <a title="New survey shows your relationship status tallies with how well you sleep" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/new-survey-shows-your-relationship-status-tallies-with-how-well-you-sleep-176977/" aria-label="Read more about New survey shows your relationship status tallies with how well you sleep">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joseph Crawford, Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, Academic Division, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Imagine some of the key evidence for promotions at work being anonymous responses from coworkers who just received a bad performance evaluation from you. Something similar happens in higher education, with teachers rated by ... <a title="Yes, uni students say some awful things in teaching surveys, so how can we use them to improve?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/yes-uni-students-say-some-awful-things-in-teaching-surveys-so-how-can-we-use-them-to-improve-177155/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, uni students say some awful things in teaching surveys, so how can we use them to improve?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Whether or not recent (if limited) polling accurately reflects sympathy for the protest, the current spectacle in parliament’s grounds will be worrying Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government – not least for its suggestion the “team of five million” ... <a title="Mid-term pressures test Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government, but National must still find the new political centre" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/mid-term-pressures-test-jacinda-arderns-labour-government-but-national-must-still-find-the-new-political-centre-177057/" aria-label="Read more about Mid-term pressures test Jacinda Ardern’s Labour government, but National must still find the new political centre">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Welch, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland Shutterstock/ktsdesign Genomic sequencing has been a key tool throughout Aotearoa’s COVID-19 pandemic, with data generated here now part of the 8.5 million genomes shared globally. It has helped us understand how cases arrived here and the extent of community outbreaks. ... <a title="As New Zealand’s Omicron infections rise rapidly, genome surveillance is shifting gears" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/23/as-new-zealands-omicron-infections-rise-rapidly-genome-surveillance-is-shifting-gears-177441/" aria-label="Read more about As New Zealand’s Omicron infections rise rapidly, genome surveillance is shifting gears">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexis Vassiley, Research Associate, Centre for Work and Wellbeing, Edith Cowan University original About 3 million Australian workers lack job security. An estimated 2.4 million – 20% to 25% of the total workforce – are casual workers, with no paid leave entitlements. A further 500,000 are on ... <a title="Why insecure work is finally being recognised as a health hazard for some Australians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/why-insecure-work-is-finally-being-recognised-as-a-health-hazard-for-some-australians-177153/" aria-label="Read more about Why insecure work is finally being recognised as a health hazard for some Australians">Read more</a>
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February 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation politics team. This week Michelle speaks with politics + society editor ... <a title="Word from The Hill: Australian politics in an uncertain world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/02/22/word-from-the-hill-australian-politics-in-an-uncertain-world-177622/" aria-label="Read more about Word from The Hill: Australian politics in an uncertain world">Read more</a>
