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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University Mick Tsikas/AAP Last Saturday, the New South Wales government announced a two-week lockdown for Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong after a spike in new COVID cases. It’s spawned a lot of commentary about whether NSW delayed ... <a title="Did Sydney’s lockdown come too late? Here’s why it’s not that simple" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/did-sydneys-lockdown-come-too-late-heres-why-its-not-that-simple-163484/" aria-label="Read more about Did Sydney’s lockdown come too late? Here’s why it’s not that simple">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meru Sheel, Epidemiologist | Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University Shutterstock The weekend’s news of COVID-19 outbreaks and various lockdowns around Australia reminds us there’s no room for complacency. We need to accelerate Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and ensure people are fully vaccinated as soon as possible. ... <a title="Should I get my second AstraZeneca dose? Yes, it almost doubles your protection against Delta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/should-i-get-my-second-astrazeneca-dose-yes-it-almost-doubles-your-protection-against-delta-163259/" aria-label="Read more about Should I get my second AstraZeneca dose? Yes, it almost doubles your protection against Delta">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Meese, Research fellow, RMIT University Not so long ago, Facebook was a goldmine for Australian news media. News featured prominently in Australians’ Facebook feeds, and newsrooms across the country saw a growing online audience engage with their stories. People were liking, commenting and, most importantly, sharing ... <a title="It’s complicated: Australian media firms were breaking up with Facebook long before the infamous 2021 news blackout" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/its-complicated-australian-media-firms-were-breaking-up-with-facebook-long-before-the-infamous-2021-news-blackout-162500/" aria-label="Read more about It’s complicated: Australian media firms were breaking up with Facebook long before the infamous 2021 news blackout">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Lukas Coch This week’s Newspoll, conducted June 23-26 from a sample of 1,513, gave Labor a 51-49 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 41% ... <a title="Labor regains Newspoll lead as COVID crisis escalates; is Barnaby Joyce an electoral asset?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/labor-regains-newspoll-lead-as-covid-crisis-escalates-is-barnaby-joyce-an-electoral-asset-163170/" aria-label="Read more about Labor regains Newspoll lead as COVID crisis escalates; is Barnaby Joyce an electoral asset?">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Mayne, Molecular biologist and bioinformatician, CSIRO Shutterstock Identifying the age of animals is fundamental to wildlife management. It helps scientists know if a species is at risk of extinction and the rate at which it reproduces, as well as determining what level of fishing is sustainable. ... <a title="Breakthrough allows scientists to determine the age of endangered native fish using DNA" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/breakthrough-allows-scientists-to-determine-the-age-of-endangered-native-fish-using-dna-162084/" aria-label="Read more about Breakthrough allows scientists to determine the age of endangered native fish using DNA">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia A. O’Brien, Visiting Fellow, School of History, Australian National University, and Adjunct Professor, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University Samoa’s constitutional crisis has entered yet another phase, just over a month after the nation’s first woman prime minister-elect, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, was locked out of parliament and ... <a title="Has the door finally opened for Samoa’s first female prime minister, after weeks of constitutional crisis?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/has-the-door-finally-opened-for-samoas-first-female-prime-minister-after-weeks-of-constitutional-crisis-163263/" aria-label="Read more about Has the door finally opened for Samoa’s first female prime minister, after weeks of constitutional crisis?">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Malone, Professor, Environmental Sustainability and Childhood Studies, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock To remember things, you need to give them your full attention. American neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice, Lisa Genova’s key findings on preventing Alzheimer’s disease show how to enhance memory to retain ... <a title="How to use a trip to the playground to help your children strengthen their memory" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/how-to-use-a-trip-to-the-playground-to-help-your-children-strengthen-their-memory-163424/" aria-label="Read more about How to use a trip to the playground to help your children strengthen their memory">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark David Ryan, Associate Professor Film, Screen, Animation, Queensland University of Technology The Dry/Roadshow Films The Australian screen industry is booming. Russell Crowe recently announced his support for a A$438 million film studio — complete with accommodation — in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. In the lead ... <a title="International franchises love filming in ‘Aussiewood’ — but the local industry is booming too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/international-franchises-love-filming-in-aussiewood-but-the-local-industry-is-booming-too-162861/" aria-label="Read more about International franchises love filming in ‘Aussiewood’ — but the local industry is booming too">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Dodd, Tutor, The University of Queensland A report from the US task force dedicated to investigating UFOs — or, in the official jargon, UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) — has neither confirmed nor rejected the idea such sightings could indicate alien visits to Earth. On Friday June ... <a title="Pentagon report says UFOs can’t be explained, and this admission is a big deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-and-this-admission-is-a-big-deal-161806/" aria-label="Read more about Pentagon report says UFOs can’t be explained, and this admission is a big deal">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Duffy, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology Despite the excitement of the Australian swimming trials to determine which athletes will go to the Tokyo Olympics, it was still hard to overlook the absence of swimmer Shayna Jack. Jack is a 22-year-old Australian swimming star. She has ... <a title="Why Shayna Jack is likely to successfully defend her doping ban appeal — but still won’t be at the Tokyo Olympics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/why-shayna-jack-is-likely-to-successfully-defend-her-doping-ban-appeal-but-still-wont-be-at-the-tokyo-olympics-162427/" aria-label="Read more about Why Shayna Jack is likely to successfully defend her doping ban appeal — but still won’t be at the Tokyo Olympics">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Evans, ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Jurik Peter / Shutterstock Imagine you sit down and pick up your favourite book. You look at the image on the front cover, run your fingers across the smooth book sleeve, and smell that familiar ... <a title="Is reality a game of quantum mirrors? A new theory suggests it might be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/is-reality-a-game-of-quantum-mirrors-a-new-theory-suggests-it-might-be-162936/" aria-label="Read more about Is reality a game of quantum mirrors? A new theory suggests it might be">Read more</a>
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June 28, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Fougerouse, Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Uoaei1/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the precious metal. The term was often used during the California gold rush in the 1840s because ... <a title="Not so foolish after all: ‘fool’s gold’ contains a newly discovered type of real gold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/28/not-so-foolish-after-all-fools-gold-contains-a-newly-discovered-type-of-real-gold-161819/" aria-label="Read more about Not so foolish after all: ‘fool’s gold’ contains a newly discovered type of real gold">Read more</a>
