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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University Shutterstock NASA has selected two missions, dubbed DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, to study the “lost habitable” world of Venus. Each mission will receive approximately US$500 million for development and both are expected to launch between 2028 and 2030. It had ... <a title="NASA is returning to Venus, where surface temperatures are 470°C. Will it find life when it gets there?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/nasa-is-returning-to-venus-where-surface-temperatures-are-470-c-will-it-find-life-when-it-gets-there-162080/" aria-label="Read more about NASA is returning to Venus, where surface temperatures are 470°C. Will it find life when it gets there?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gail Iles, Senior Lecturer in Physics, RMIT University Shutterstock NASA has selected two missions, dubbed DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, to study the “lost habitable” world of Venus. Each mission will receive approximately US$500 million for development and both are expected to launch between 2028 and 2030. It had ... <a title="NASA is returning to Venus, where surface temperatures are 470°C. Will they find life when they get there?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/nasa-is-returning-to-venus-where-surface-temperatures-are-470-c-will-they-find-life-when-they-get-there-162080/" aria-label="Read more about NASA is returning to Venus, where surface temperatures are 470°C. Will they find life when they get there?">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tess Parker, Research Fellow, Monash University At the tail end of winter in 2015, the ground in the Wimmera in northeastern Victoria had been a little dry but conditions weren’t too bad for farmers. The crop season was going well. The start of September looked promising. It ... <a title="‘Flash droughts’ can dry out soil in weeks. New research shows what they look like in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/flash-droughts-can-dry-out-soil-in-weeks-new-research-shows-what-they-look-like-in-australia-161286/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Flash droughts’ can dry out soil in weeks. New research shows what they look like in Australia">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katie Pickles, Professor of History, University of Canterbury GettyImages In the beginning there was no New Zealand honours system at all. New Zealanders received British honours as British subjects. So the very local honours handed out this Queen’s Birthday weekend also recognise how far Aotearoa New Zealand ... <a title="Queen’s Birthday honours reveal a New Zealand slowly recovering from its ‘imperial hangover’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/queens-birthday-honours-reveal-a-new-zealand-slowly-recovering-from-its-imperial-hangover-161675/" aria-label="Read more about Queen’s Birthday honours reveal a New Zealand slowly recovering from its ‘imperial hangover’">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University from www.shutterstock.com The idea of cute puppy dogs playing a role in leading us out of this pandemic is about as tantalising a story anyone could conjure up right now. It’s the type of good-news story you see at the ... <a title="Yes, dogs can sniff out COVID. But not after dinner, when they need a nap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/yes-dogs-can-sniff-out-covid-but-not-after-dinner-when-they-need-a-nap-161669/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, dogs can sniff out COVID. But not after dinner, when they need a nap">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Pirotta, Wildlife scientist, Macquarie University Shutterstock If you gaze at the ocean this winter, you might just be lucky enough to spot a whale migrating along Australia’s coastline. This is the start of whale season, when the gentle giants breed in the warm northern waters off ... <a title="Humpback whales have been spotted ‘bubble-net feeding’ for the first time in Australia (and we have it on camera)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/humpback-whales-have-been-spotted-bubble-net-feeding-for-the-first-time-in-australia-and-we-have-it-on-camera-157355/" aria-label="Read more about Humpback whales have been spotted ‘bubble-net feeding’ for the first time in Australia (and we have it on camera)">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Stone, Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning, The University of Melbourne NH53/Flickr, CC BY As part of efforts to decarbonise urban transport, Australian states and the ACT have announced various zero-emission bus trials and targets for replacing diesel buses. These trials are designed to help resolve some ... <a title="Don’t forget the need for zero-emission buses in the push for electric cars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/dont-forget-the-need-for-zero-emission-buses-in-the-push-for-electric-cars-160933/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t forget the need for zero-emission buses in the push for electric cars">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The Australian Securities & Investment Commission issued an information sheet this week regarding so-called “activist short selling”. The document outlines a number of “better practices” it wants short sellers to adhere to, and some “actions that we may take” if they ... <a title="Vital Signs: ASIC’s crusade against activist short sellers will be bad for regular folk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/vital-signs-asics-crusade-against-activist-short-sellers-will-be-bad-for-regular-folk-161906/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: ASIC’s crusade against activist short sellers will be bad for regular folk">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bradley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, James Cook University A crocodile known locally as ‘Barrat’ emerges from the water of the lower Daintree River, Far North Queensland. Kevin Crook The wet season in tropical Australia begins with tension. Physical tension, caused by the friction of earth and clouds. ... <a title="Friday essay: reckoning with an animal that sees us as prey — living and working in crocodile country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/friday-essay-reckoning-with-an-animal-that-sees-us-as-prey-living-and-working-in-crocodile-country-160260/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: reckoning with an animal that sees us as prey — living and working in crocodile country">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison operates on former Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson’s well-tried “whatever it takes” principle. “What it takes” in the COVID era is never-ending public money and policy flexibility. We’ve seen both from the Morrison government. It also takes highly competent ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Bringing Scott Morrison to heel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/04/grattan-on-friday-bringing-scott-morrison-to-heel-161992/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Bringing Scott Morrison to heel">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research Scholar, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University Even by the standards of previous Israeli coalitions, the new government that’s just been announced includes strange bedfellows. The eight parties in the coalition range from the right-wing nationalist Yamina party to social-democratic Labor ... <a title="Israel’s new government doesn’t give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/israels-new-government-doesnt-give-palestinians-much-hope-it-could-be-time-for-a-radical-approach-162077/" aria-label="Read more about Israel’s new government doesn’t give Palestinians much hope. It could be time for a radical approach">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Mick Tsikas/AAP Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a new temporary payment to support workers locked down in Melbourne. This follows growing pressure to provide specific support to those without work and heading into their second ... <a title="There’s a new temporary COVID disaster payment – who can get it? Who is missing out?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/03/theres-a-new-temporary-covid-disaster-payment-who-can-get-it-who-is-missing-out-162090/" aria-label="Read more about There’s a new temporary COVID disaster payment – who can get it? Who is missing out?">Read more</a>
