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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania The Black Summer bushfires shocked the world and generated enormous global media interest. Fire scientists like myself found themselves filling a role not unlike sport commentators, explaining the unfolding drama in real time. Scientists who engaged ... <a title="New research finds native forest logging did not worsen the Black Summer bushfires" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/new-research-finds-native-forest-logging-did-not-worsen-the-black-summer-bushfires-160600/" aria-label="Read more about New research finds native forest logging did not worsen the Black Summer bushfires">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Cornwall, Rutherford Discovery Fellow, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington The twin stress factors of ocean warming and acidification increasingly threaten coral reefs worldwide, but relatively little is known about how various climate scenarios will affect coral reef growth rates. Our research, published today, ... <a title="The outlook for coral reefs remains grim unless we cut emissions fast — new research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/the-outlook-for-coral-reefs-remains-grim-unless-we-cut-emissions-fast-new-research-160251/" aria-label="Read more about The outlook for coral reefs remains grim unless we cut emissions fast — new research">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kingsley Dixon, John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University We all love gardens with beautiful flowers and leafy plants, choosing colourful species to plant in and around our homes. Plant scientists, however, may have fallen for the same trick in what they choose to research. Our research, published ... <a title="Nobody cares about fugly flowers. Scientists pay more attention to pretty plants" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/nobody-cares-about-fugly-flowers-scientists-pay-more-attention-to-pretty-plants-160601/" aria-label="Read more about Nobody cares about fugly flowers. Scientists pay more attention to pretty plants">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Scott Davie, Lecturer in Piano, School of Music, Australian National University In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. The appreciation of art is enriched through experience, and there is perhaps no ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: searching for music in the places where Chopin lived and died" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/11/if-i-could-go-anywhere-searching-for-music-in-the-places-where-chopin-lived-and-died-157862/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: searching for music in the places where Chopin lived and died">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney One part of a legal challenge to the Commonwealth’s India travel ban was comprehensively defeated in the Federal Court on Monday evening. Justice Thawley rejected all the arguments made by the applicant, Gary Newman, a 73-year-old Australian citizen ... <a title="Part of the legal challenge to the India travel ban has been comprehensively defeated — here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/part-of-the-legal-challenge-to-the-india-travel-ban-has-been-comprehensively-defeated-heres-why-160624/" aria-label="Read more about Part of the legal challenge to the India travel ban has been comprehensively defeated — here’s why">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By R. Ramakumar, Professor of Economics, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Countries around the world are racing against time to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus. But India has thus far been a poor performer, with only 9.6% of its population receiving a vaccine so far (compared to ... <a title="Charging Indians for COVID vaccines is bad, letting vaccine producers charge what they like is unconscionable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/charging-indians-for-covid-vaccines-is-bad-letting-vaccine-producers-charge-what-they-like-is-unconscionable-160529/" aria-label="Read more about Charging Indians for COVID vaccines is bad, letting vaccine producers charge what they like is unconscionable">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Natasha Kassam, Director, Lowy Institute’s Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program, and Fellow, National Security College’s Futures Council, Australian National University Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on the weekend Australia’s borders will remain closed for the foreseeable future, only reopening “when it is safe to do so”. ... <a title="‘Fortress Australia’: what are the costs of closing ourselves off to the world?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/fortress-australia-what-are-the-costs-of-closing-ourselves-off-to-the-world-160612/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Fortress Australia’: what are the costs of closing ourselves off to the world?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Alexander, Adjunct Reseach Fellow (Supply Chains), Curtin University “This is the one thing we didn’t want to happen.” That line – from the satirical British current affairs television program BrassEye – could easily be reverberating through federal government offices this week. Yesterday the news dropped that ... <a title="Australia Post’s worst nightmare: Christine Holgate to head delivery rival Global Express" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/australia-posts-worst-nightmare-christine-holgate-to-head-delivery-rival-global-express-160606/" aria-label="Read more about Australia Post’s worst nightmare: Christine Holgate to head delivery rival Global Express">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cassandra Steer, Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law; Mission Specialist, ANU Institute for Space, Australian National University Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s space launch company Blue Origin has announced it will sell its first flights into microgravity to the highest bidder. Blue Origin and its two greatest competitors in ... <a title="Want to become a space tourist? You finally can — if you have $250,000 and a will to sign your life away" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/want-to-become-a-space-tourist-you-finally-can-if-you-have-250-000-and-a-will-to-sign-your-life-away-160543/" aria-label="Read more about Want to become a space tourist? You finally can — if you have $250,000 and a will to sign your life away">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Baxter, PhD Candidate in Criminology/Law, researching human trafficking and modern slavery in Australia, Flinders University Millions of kidnapped children are imprisoned in underground tunnels, being sexually abused and tortured by a shadowy global cabal of paedophiles. That, at least, is some of the misinformation about child ... <a title="Want to save the children? How child sexual abuse and human trafficking really work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/want-to-save-the-children-how-child-sexual-abuse-and-human-trafficking-really-work-153288/" aria-label="Read more about Want to save the children? How child sexual abuse and human trafficking really work">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Juno, Senior research fellow, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity Since COVID-19 vaccines began rolling out across the world, many scientists have been hesitant to say they can reduce transmission of the virus. Their primary purpose is to prevent you from getting really sick ... <a title="Mounting evidence suggests COVID vaccines do reduce transmission. How does this work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/mounting-evidence-suggests-covid-vaccines-do-reduce-transmission-how-does-this-work-160437/" aria-label="Read more about Mounting evidence suggests COVID vaccines do reduce transmission. How does this work?">Read more</a>
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May 10, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wesley Enoch, Inaugural Indigenous Chair – Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology Big thinking has been unfashionable for too long. Over the past decade, successive leaders have overseen cuts to universities, the arts and public broadcasting. There has also been a rejection of First Nations attempts to ... <a title="Wesley Enoch: the 2021 budget must think big and reinvest in the social capital of ideas" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/10/wesley-enoch-the-2021-budget-must-think-big-and-reinvest-in-the-social-capital-of-ideas-160341/" aria-label="Read more about Wesley Enoch: the 2021 budget must think big and reinvest in the social capital of ideas">Read more</a>
