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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rupert Posner, Systems Lead – Sustainable Economies, ClimateWorks Australia Shutterstock Getting to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy might seem the end game for climate action. But what if, like Tasmania, you’ve already ticked both those goals off your list? Net-zero means emissions are still ... <a title="Tasmania’s reached net-zero emissions and 100% renewables – but climate action doesn’t stop there" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/tasmanias-reached-net-zero-emissions-and-100-renewables-but-climate-action-doesnt-stop-there-160927/" aria-label="Read more about Tasmania’s reached net-zero emissions and 100% renewables – but climate action doesn’t stop there">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au Why can’t I flush cat poo ... <a title="I’ve always wondered: can I flush cat poo down the toilet?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/ive-always-wondered-can-i-flush-cat-poo-down-the-toilet-159340/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve always wondered: can I flush cat poo down the toilet?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sven Trenholm, Adjunct Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of South Australia Shutterstock Screen-based devices have increasingly become part of our human experience – even more so since the pandemic began. This trend includes watching more and more videos. For example, before COVID-19, the average American watched about ... <a title="Why too many recorded lecture videos may be bad for maths students’ learning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/why-too-many-recorded-lecture-videos-may-be-bad-for-maths-students-learning-157407/" aria-label="Read more about Why too many recorded lecture videos may be bad for maths students’ learning">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Brown, Adjunct Research Fellow, UniSA Justice and Society, University of South Australia Shutterstock In May 2021 a B-double truck mounted a kerb when turning a corner in Melbourne, injuring five pedestrians. In February 2020 a drunk driver drove onto a footpath in Sydney, killing four children ... <a title="We all have to walk across roads — why aren’t pedestrians a focus of road safety?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/we-all-have-to-walk-across-roads-why-arent-pedestrians-a-focus-of-road-safety-161183/" aria-label="Read more about We all have to walk across roads — why aren’t pedestrians a focus of road safety?">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martie-Louise Verreynne, Professor in Innovation and Associate DVC (Research – College of Business and Law), RMIT University RMIT, Author provided It took a chance meeting between Cameron van den Dungen, founder of a start-up mattress company, and Madhu Bhaskaran, an engineering professor at RMIT University, to see ... <a title="To become an innovation nation, we really need to think smaller" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/to-become-an-innovation-nation-we-really-need-to-think-smaller-162168/" aria-label="Read more about To become an innovation nation, we really need to think smaller">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgina Arnott, Postdoctoral Research Associate in History, The University of Melbourne A statue of James Stirling in Perth. Wikimedia Commons Today, councillors in Perth’s City of Stirling will vote to decide whether to change their city’s name. This follows a residents’ motion arguing a new name would ... <a title="WA’s first governor James Stirling had links to slavery, as well as directing a massacre. Should he be honoured?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/08/was-first-governor-james-stirling-had-links-to-slavery-as-well-as-directing-a-massacre-should-he-be-honoured-162078/" aria-label="Read more about WA’s first governor James Stirling had links to slavery, as well as directing a massacre. Should he be honoured?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Hocknull, Senior Curator of Geosciences, Queensland Museum, and Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Vlad Konstantinov, Scott Hocknull, Eromanga Natural History Museum, Author provided Today, a new Aussie dinosaur is being welcomed into the fold. Our study published in the journal PeerJ documents Australotitan cooperensis ... <a title="Introducing Australotitan: Australia’s largest dinosaur yet spanned the length of 2 buses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/introducing-australotitan-australias-largest-dinosaur-yet-spanned-the-length-of-2-buses-162177/" aria-label="Read more about Introducing Australotitan: Australia’s largest dinosaur yet spanned the length of 2 buses">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Livingstone, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University Thomas Kelley/Unsplash Australian adults get around one-third of their energy intake from junk foods. Also known as discretionary foods, these include foods such as biscuits, cakes, sausages, sugar-sweetened ... <a title="Personalised nutrition is trendy, but can it help us eat less junk food?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/personalised-nutrition-is-trendy-but-can-it-help-us-eat-less-junk-food-161191/" aria-label="Read more about Personalised nutrition is trendy, but can it help us eat less junk food?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Dean Lewins/AAP This week’s Newspoll had Labor and the Coalition tied at 50-50 on a two-party-preferred basis. This is a one point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary ... <a title="Morrison slumps in Newspoll but Coalition gains, as lockdown shows vaccination is essential" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/morrison-slumps-in-newspoll-but-coalition-gains-as-lockdown-shows-vaccination-is-essential-162166/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison slumps in Newspoll but Coalition gains, as lockdown shows vaccination is essential">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Tiernan, Professor of Politics. Griffith Business School, Griffith University Dean Lewins/AAP Last Friday afternoon, as parliament rose after a bruising sitting fortnight, the Morrison government released a “consultation copy” of the Foster review. This is one of five reviews or inquiries Scott Morrison initiated in the ... <a title="After Brittany Higgins: will the Foster review prevent another ‘serious incident’ at parliament?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/after-brittany-higgins-will-the-foster-review-prevent-another-serious-incident-at-parliament-162182/" aria-label="Read more about After Brittany Higgins: will the Foster review prevent another ‘serious incident’ at parliament?">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirsty Short, Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Victoria’s current COVID outbreak took another turn last week when a new variant was discovered by health authorities. It’s not clear whether this new “Delta” variant emerged from Victoria, New South Wales or elsewhere, and it hasn’t yet ... <a title="What’s the Delta COVID variant found in Melbourne? Is it more infectious and does it spread more in kids? A virologist explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/whats-the-delta-covid-variant-found-in-melbourne-is-it-more-infectious-and-does-it-spread-more-in-kids-a-virologist-explains-162170/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the Delta COVID variant found in Melbourne? Is it more infectious and does it spread more in kids? A virologist explains">Read more</a>
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June 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenna Crowe-Riddell, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Michigan Claire Goiran, Author provided Although sea snakes aren’t usually associated with intimate interactions, our new research is revealing their “sensitive” side. In a study published today in the Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, my colleagues and I detail ... <a title="The sex life aquatic: how moving from land to water led to the surprisingly touchy courtship of sea snakes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/07/the-sex-life-aquatic-how-moving-from-land-to-water-led-to-the-surprisingly-touchy-courtship-of-sea-snakes-159431/" aria-label="Read more about The sex life aquatic: how moving from land to water led to the surprisingly touchy courtship of sea snakes">Read more</a>
