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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Calgaro, Research Associate, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney Deaf people are highly vulnerable to disaster risk but tend to be excluded from programs aimed at boosting preparedness and resilience, our research has found. Our study, published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, examined ... <a title="‘We always come last’: Deaf people are vulnerable to disaster risk but excluded from preparedness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/we-always-come-last-deaf-people-are-vulnerable-to-disaster-risk-but-excluded-from-preparedness-158213/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We always come last’: Deaf people are vulnerable to disaster risk but excluded from preparedness">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Young, Collaborative Research Fellow, Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University Overcoming the odds is second nature to the Gippsland community. The people in this region have seen it all — fires, floods, droughts and extreme weather. And every time, these capable, resourceful and independent ... <a title="‘We know our community better than they do’: why local knowledge is key to disaster recovery in Gippsland" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/we-know-our-community-better-than-they-do-why-local-knowledge-is-key-to-disaster-recovery-in-gippsland-158703/" aria-label="Read more about ‘We know our community better than they do’: why local knowledge is key to disaster recovery in Gippsland">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul X. McCarthy, Adjunct Professor, UNSW The online world is continuously expanding — always aggregating more services, more users and more activity. Last year, the number of websites registered on the “.com” domain surpassed 150,000,000. However, more than a quarter of a century since its first commercial ... <a title="We spent six years scouring billions of links, and found the web is both expanding and shrinking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/we-spent-six-years-scouring-billions-of-links-and-found-the-web-is-both-expanding-and-shrinking-159215/" aria-label="Read more about We spent six years scouring billions of links, and found the web is both expanding and shrinking">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Weisbecker, Associate Professor, Flinders University If a friend boasts of having a “big-brained” dog, your reaction is probably not to ask “relative to what?”. You would simply assume your friend thinks their dog is pretty smart. But are we always right to equate big brains with ... <a title="Mammals’ brains: new research shows bigger doesn’t always mean smarter" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/mammals-brains-new-research-shows-bigger-doesnt-always-mean-smarter-159141/" aria-label="Read more about Mammals’ brains: new research shows bigger doesn’t always mean smarter">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Spinks, Senior Professor, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, University of Wollongong The double helix of DNA is one of the most iconic symbols in science. By imitating the structure of this complex genetic molecule we have found a way to make artificial muscle ... <a title="DNA-inspired ‘supercoiling’ fibres could make powerful artificial muscles for robots" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/dna-inspired-supercoiling-fibres-could-make-powerful-artificial-muscles-for-robots-159714/" aria-label="Read more about DNA-inspired ‘supercoiling’ fibres could make powerful artificial muscles for robots">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deborah Gleeson, Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University Today, we are joining over 700 health professionals and academics in sending an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison urging him to take a leadership role in expanding the global production of COVID-19 vaccines and other ... <a title="Over 700 health experts are calling for urgent action to expand global production of COVID vaccines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/over-700-health-experts-are-calling-for-urgent-action-to-expand-global-production-of-covid-vaccines-159701/" aria-label="Read more about Over 700 health experts are calling for urgent action to expand global production of COVID vaccines">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Hicks, PhD / Dr. iur. candidate, The University of Melbourne The federal government’s suspension of flights from India leaves some 9,000 Australian citizens stranded, 650 of whom are registered as financially or medically vulnerable. They are trapped in a country where hospitals are running out of ... <a title="The crisis in India is a terrifying example of why we need a better way to get Australians home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/the-crisis-in-india-is-a-terrifying-example-of-why-we-need-a-better-way-to-get-australians-home-159917/" aria-label="Read more about The crisis in India is a terrifying example of why we need a better way to get Australians home">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Toole, Professor of International Health, Burnet Institute In the past week, at least six Australians returned home uninfected only to acquire the coronavirus while undergoing quarantine in hotels in Sydney and Perth. One traveller left a hotel after 14 days in quarantine and moved around Perth ... <a title="More than a dozen COVID leaks in 6 months: to protect Australians, it’s time to move quarantine out of city hotels" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/more-than-a-dozen-covid-leaks-in-6-months-to-protect-australians-its-time-to-move-quarantine-out-of-city-hotels-159808/" aria-label="Read more about More than a dozen COVID leaks in 6 months: to protect Australians, it’s time to move quarantine out of city hotels">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bryan Lessard, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CSIRO With the global population predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, one of the biggest challenges in our lifetimes will be securing enough food for everyone. We have only finite land and water resources, and climate change, environmentally harmful practises and ... <a title="4 reasons insects could be a staple in Aussie diets, from zesty tree ants to peanut-buttery bogong moths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/4-reasons-insects-could-be-a-staple-in-aussie-diets-from-zesty-tree-ants-to-peanut-buttery-bogong-moths-159348/" aria-label="Read more about 4 reasons insects could be a staple in Aussie diets, from zesty tree ants to peanut-buttery bogong moths">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Andrew, Course Coordinator, Postgraduate Public Health, Edith Cowan University The current focus on gender equity has meant universities are promoting and investing in strategies to overcome gender-related factors known to hinder women academics’ success. While these are positive steps, female university students burdened by gender inequities ... <a title="My partner or my degree: a choice that exposes how students battle gender inequity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/my-partner-or-my-degree-a-choice-that-exposes-how-students-battle-gender-inequity-157054/" aria-label="Read more about My partner or my degree: a choice that exposes how students battle gender inequity">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicky Morrison, Professor of Planning, Western Sydney University You’d be forgiven for asking if living in some parts of New South Wales is actually good for your health. In the past 18 months Australia’s most populous state has been challenged like never before. Unprecedented bushfires, a global ... <a title="Planning shake-up needed to help those whose job it is to make NSW a healthy place" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/planning-shake-up-needed-to-help-those-whose-job-it-is-to-make-nsw-a-healthy-place-159638/" aria-label="Read more about Planning shake-up needed to help those whose job it is to make NSW a healthy place">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily Brayshaw, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. The city of Stuttgart doesn’t generally come to mind when planning a jaunt to Germany. ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: German Modernism at the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart — beauty, play and the horror of war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/if-i-could-go-anywhere-german-modernism-at-the-staatsgalerie-in-stuttgart-beauty-play-and-the-horror-of-war-157594/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: German Modernism at the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart — beauty, play and the horror of war">Read more</a>
