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November 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bernadette McCabe, Professor and Principal Scientist, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock Using organic waste to make energy – think sewage, animal and crop residues, and leftover wood – has finally been put under the spotlight with last week’s release of Australia’s first Bioenergy Roadmap. Bioenergy is a ... <a title="At long last, Australia has a bioenergy roadmap – and its findings are startling" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/at-long-last-australia-has-a-bioenergy-roadmap-and-its-findings-are-startling-172235/" aria-label="Read more about At long last, Australia has a bioenergy roadmap – and its findings are startling">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam Baron, Associate professor, Australian Catholic University Geralt / Pixabay Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it doesn’t “exist” outside the minds of the people ... <a title="Pythagoras’ revenge: humans didn’t invent mathematics, it’s what the world is made of" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/pythagoras-revenge-humans-didnt-invent-mathematics-its-what-the-world-is-made-of-172034/" aria-label="Read more about Pythagoras’ revenge: humans didn’t invent mathematics, it’s what the world is made of">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Divya Mehta, Principal Research Fellow and Team Leader, Queensland University of Technology Shutterstock Stress affects up to 90% of people, and we know it harms our mental and physical well-being. Stress can impact the activity and function of our genes. It does this via “epigenetic” changes, which ... <a title="Stress is a health hazard. But a supportive circle of friends can help undo the damaging effects on your DNA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/stress-is-a-health-hazard-but-a-supportive-circle-of-friends-can-help-undo-the-damaging-effects-on-your-dna-171607/" aria-label="Read more about Stress is a health hazard. But a supportive circle of friends can help undo the damaging effects on your DNA">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/James Ross At the last Victorian state election in November 2018, Labor won 18 of the 40 upper house seats, the Coalition 11, the Greens just one and all Others ten. Labor came to ... <a title="Victorian Labor’s pandemic bill would pass easily if electoral reforms were enacted before 2018 election; Labor way ahead in polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/victorian-labors-pandemic-bill-would-pass-easily-if-electoral-reforms-were-enacted-before-2018-election-labor-way-ahead-in-polls-172241/" aria-label="Read more about Victorian Labor’s pandemic bill would pass easily if electoral reforms were enacted before 2018 election; Labor way ahead in polls">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scarlett Howard, Postdoctoral research fellow, Deakin University Scarlett Howard, Author provided We’ve all watched a honeybee fly past us and land on a nearby flower. But how does she know what she’s looking for? And when she leaves the hive for the first time, how does she ... <a title="Just like how humans recognise faces, bees are born with an innate ability to find and remember flowers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/just-like-how-humans-recognise-faces-bees-are-born-with-an-innate-ability-to-find-and-remember-flowers-172222/" aria-label="Read more about Just like how humans recognise faces, bees are born with an innate ability to find and remember flowers">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock You can now buy rapid antigen tests in supermarkets and pharmacies to test yourself at home for COVID-19 in about 15 minutes. You’ll get your results much ... <a title="Taking your first rapid antigen test? 7 tips for an accurate result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/taking-your-first-rapid-antigen-test-7-tips-for-an-accurate-result-171742/" aria-label="Read more about Taking your first rapid antigen test? 7 tips for an accurate result">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kalervo Gulson, Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Education & Social Work, Education Futures Studio, University of Sydney Algorithms are becoming commonplace. They can determine employment prospects, financial security and more. The use of algorithms can be controversial – for example, robodebt, as the Australian government’s flawed online ... <a title="Algorithms can decide your marks, your work prospects and your financial security. How do you know they’re fair?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/algorithms-can-decide-your-marks-your-work-prospects-and-your-financial-security-how-do-you-know-theyre-fair-171590/" aria-label="Read more about Algorithms can decide your marks, your work prospects and your financial security. How do you know they’re fair?">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Salman Shooshtarian, Research Fellow, RMIT University Main Roads Western Australia It cost A$49 million to add 12.5 kilometres of extra lanes to Western Australia’s Kwinana Highway, south of Perth’s CBD. That’s not unusual. On average, building a single lane of road costs about about A$5 million per ... <a title="How to make roads with recycled waste, and pave the way to a circular economy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/22/how-to-make-roads-with-recycled-waste-and-pave-the-way-to-a-circular-economy-164997/" aria-label="Read more about How to make roads with recycled waste, and pave the way to a circular economy">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josh Roose, Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University AAP/James Ross Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered in Melbourne to protest vaccine mandates and the Victorian government’s proposed pandemic bill. While the latest protests were relatively peaceful, they have followed a week of similar gatherings whose ... <a title="Why the Victorian protests should concern us all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/21/why-the-victorian-protests-should-concern-us-all-172140/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Victorian protests should concern us all">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Surinder S. Jodhka, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences., Jawaharlal Nehru University Days short of the first anniversary of the farmers’ protests, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a televised address the government had decided to repeal the three new farm laws. The prime minister ... <a title="1 year and 700 lives lost, but Indian protestors have succeeded in repealing anti-farming laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/20/1-year-and-700-lives-lost-but-indian-protestors-have-succeeded-in-repealing-anti-farming-laws-172230/" aria-label="Read more about 1 year and 700 lives lost, but Indian protestors have succeeded in repealing anti-farming laws">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Surinder S. Jodhka, Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences., Jawaharlal Nehru University Days short of the first anniversary of the farmers’ protests, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a televised address the government had decided to repeal the three new farm laws. The prime minister ... <a title="1 year and 700 lives lost, but the Indian protestors have succeeded in repealing anti-farming laws" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/20/1-year-and-700-lives-lost-but-the-indian-protestors-have-succeeded-in-repealing-anti-farming-laws-172230/" aria-label="Read more about 1 year and 700 lives lost, but the Indian protestors have succeeded in repealing anti-farming laws">Read more</a>
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November 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dana M Bergstrom, Principal Research Scientist, University of Wollongong Dana Bergstrom, Author provided We tend to think Antarctica is isolated and far away – biologically speaking, this is true. But the continent is busier than you probably imagine, with many national programs and tourist operators crisscrossing the ... <a title="Invasive species are threatening Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/20/invasive-species-are-threatening-antarcticas-fragile-ecosystems-as-human-activity-grows-and-the-world-warms-172058/" aria-label="Read more about Invasive species are threatening Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms">Read more</a>
