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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University While some Australians are awaiting the nation reopening after lockdowns with hope and optimism, others are approaching it with dread. This is because a blanket lifting of restrictions when the vaccination rate reaches 70% will have devastating effects on Indigenous ... <a title="Vaccinations need to reach 90% of First Nations adults and teens to protect vulnerable communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/vaccinations-need-to-reach-90-of-first-nations-adults-and-teens-to-protect-vulnerable-communities-167800/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccinations need to reach 90% of First Nations adults and teens to protect vulnerable communities">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Thielking, Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock If you’re a parent feeling a modicum of dread about the upcoming school holidays, you’re not alone. Many parents will be working from home over the school holidays and wondering, “how ... <a title="Parents, take the school holidays pressure off yourself. Let the kids embrace the boredom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/parents-take-the-school-holidays-pressure-off-yourself-let-the-kids-embrace-the-boredom-167797/" aria-label="Read more about Parents, take the school holidays pressure off yourself. Let the kids embrace the boredom">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa Ubide, Senior Lecturer in Igneous Petrology/Volcanology, The University of Queensland Laura Becerril, Author provided The volcanoes we see on Earth’s surface are just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface, they are fed by a complex network of conduits and reservoirs that bring molten rock, ... <a title="There she blows: the internal ‘magma filter’ that prompts ocean island volcanoes to erupt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/there-she-blows-the-internal-magma-filter-that-prompts-ocean-island-volcanoes-to-erupt-167358/" aria-label="Read more about There she blows: the internal ‘magma filter’ that prompts ocean island volcanoes to erupt">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford The main way to control the pandemic, as we have all painfully found out, has been to restrict the movement ... <a title="Vaccine passports are coming. But are they ethical?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/vaccine-passports-are-coming-but-are-they-ethical-167693/" aria-label="Read more about Vaccine passports are coming. But are they ethical?">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Matthews, Professor and Program Head, Therapeutic Vaccine and Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates as quickly as possible is currently a major focus for Australia. Doing so has clear benefits in reducing new infections and preventing severe disease, hospitalisation and death. One question ... <a title="You’re much less likely to get long COVID if you’ve been vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/youre-much-less-likely-to-get-long-covid-if-youve-been-vaccinated-167189/" aria-label="Read more about You’re much less likely to get long COVID if you’ve been vaccinated">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Schallenberg, Research Fellow, University of Tasmania Himawari-8, Author provided In 2019 and 2020, bushfires razed more than 18 million hectares of land in Australia. For weeks, smoke choked major cities, leading to almost 450 deaths, and even circumnavigated the southern hemisphere. As the aerosols billowed across ... <a title="Smoke from the Black Summer fires created an algal bloom bigger than Australia in the Southern Ocean" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/smoke-from-the-black-summer-fires-created-an-algal-bloom-bigger-than-australia-in-the-southern-ocean-164564/" aria-label="Read more about Smoke from the Black Summer fires created an algal bloom bigger than Australia in the Southern Ocean">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tahlia Pollock, PhD candidate, Monash University Author provided Carnivorous animals come in all shapes and sizes, from the 500-gram quoll to the 500-kilogram polar bear. This disparate group of mammals shares a common feature: canine teeth at the front of their jaws. Canine teeth are long and ... <a title="Jaws of death: how the canine teeth of carnivorous mammals evolved to make them super-killers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/jaws-of-death-how-the-canine-teeth-of-carnivorous-mammals-evolved-to-make-them-super-killers-166029/" aria-label="Read more about Jaws of death: how the canine teeth of carnivorous mammals evolved to make them super-killers">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Roman, Postdoctoral Researcher, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO Shutterstock Coastal litter is a big environmental problem. But how does this litter differ around the world, and why? In the first global analysis of its kind, we set out to answer those questions using data collected by thousands ... <a title="We analysed data from 29,798 clean-ups around the world to uncover some of the worst litter hotspots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/we-analysed-data-from-29-798-clean-ups-around-the-world-to-uncover-some-of-the-worst-litter-hotspots-167280/" aria-label="Read more about We analysed data from 29,798 clean-ups around the world to uncover some of the worst litter hotspots">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Evan Smith, Research Fellow in History, Flinders University ‘That physicians in the Anti-Vaccine Society (England, early 19th C) were concerned that Jenner’s smallpox inoculation gave people bovine-like features.’ – historian’s tweet in reply to author asking about memorable finds. Twitter/Wellcome Often when historians visit an archive or ... <a title="I asked historians what find made them go ‘wait, wut?’ Here’s a taste of the hundreds of replies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/i-asked-historians-what-find-made-them-go-wait-wut-heres-a-taste-of-the-hundreds-of-replies-167176/" aria-label="Read more about I asked historians what find made them go ‘wait, wut?’ Here’s a taste of the hundreds of replies">Read more</a>
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September 16, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Lecturer in Writing, Editing, and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland The stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has opened in Brisbane. Charlie, like all of Roald Dahl’s novels for children, celebrates courage, resilience and the creative power of childhood. Charlie Bucket is literally ... <a title="From pygmies to puppets: what to do with Roald Dahl’s enslaved Oompa-Loompas in modern adaptations?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/16/from-pygmies-to-puppets-what-to-do-with-roald-dahls-enslaved-oompa-loompas-in-modern-adaptations-166967/" aria-label="Read more about From pygmies to puppets: what to do with Roald Dahl’s enslaved Oompa-Loompas in modern adaptations?">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Christian Porter’s ministerial future is again on the line, with Scott Morrison seeking advice on whether his receiving money for his legal bills from a “blind trust” breaches the ministerial standards code. Morrison discussed the arrangement, which has attracted a ... <a title="Christian Porter’s ministerial future on the line as Morrison seeks advice on ‘blind trust’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/christian-porters-ministerial-future-on-the-line-as-morrison-seeks-advice-on-blind-trust-168011/" aria-label="Read more about Christian Porter’s ministerial future on the line as Morrison seeks advice on ‘blind trust’">Read more</a>
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September 15, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter McNeil, Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has ignited both controversy and celebration after wearing a gown to the Met Gala emblazoned in red graffiti text with the statement “Tax the Rich”. Appearing as a guest ... <a title="Beyond AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ dress: 5 acts of fashion provocation that changed history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/15/beyond-aocs-tax-the-rich-dress-5-acts-of-fashion-provocation-that-changed-history-167974/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ dress: 5 acts of fashion provocation that changed history">Read more</a>
