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January 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney You’ve just come from your monthly GP appointment with a new script for your ongoing medical condition. But your local pharmacy is out of stock of your usual medicine. Your condition is serious, and without ... <a title="I’ve heard COVID is leading to medicine shortages. What can I do if my medicine is out of stock?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/ive-heard-covid-is-leading-to-medicine-shortages-what-can-i-do-if-my-medicine-is-out-of-stock-153628/" aria-label="Read more about I’ve heard COVID is leading to medicine shortages. What can I do if my medicine is out of stock?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna D’Alessandro, Professor & ARC Future Fellow, University of Sydney On Wednesday this week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was measured at at 415 parts per million (ppm). The level is the highest in human history, and is growing each year. Amid all the ... <a title="Engineers have built machines to scrub CO₂ from the air. But will it halt climate change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/engineers-have-built-machines-to-scrub-co-from-the-air-but-will-it-halt-climate-change-152975/" aria-label="Read more about Engineers have built machines to scrub CO₂ from the air. But will it halt climate change?">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington It might be summer in New Zealand but we’re in for some wild weather this week with forecasts of heavy wind and rain, and a plunge in temperatures. Long term, though, New ... <a title="Expect the new normal for NZ’s temperature to get warmer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/expect-the-new-normal-for-nzs-temperature-to-get-warmer-153291/" aria-label="Read more about Expect the new normal for NZ’s temperature to get warmer">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zareh Ghazarian, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University Despite many young Australians having a deep interest in political issues, most teenagers have a limited understanding about their nation’s democratic system. Results from the 2019 National Assessment Program – Civics and Citizenship (NAP-CC) released today show ... <a title="Young Australians remain ill-equipped to participate in Australian democracy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/young-australians-remain-ill-equipped-to-participate-in-australian-democracy-153536/" aria-label="Read more about Young Australians remain ill-equipped to participate in Australian democracy">Read more</a>
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January 21, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Last week, the McIver’s Ladies Baths in Sydney came under fire for their (since removed) policy stating “only transgender women who’ve undergone a gender reassignment surgery are allowed entry”. The policy was seemingly in defiance of New ... <a title="The open Australian beach is a myth: not everyone can access these spaces equally" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/21/the-open-australian-beach-is-a-myth-not-everyone-can-access-these-spaces-equally-153378/" aria-label="Read more about The open Australian beach is a myth: not everyone can access these spaces equally">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University How do scabs form? — Talila, aged 8 Great question, Talila! Our skin has many different jobs. One is to act as a barrier, protecting us from harmful things in the outside world. Sometimes when we cut ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do scabs form?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/curious-kids-how-do-scabs-form-151586/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do scabs form?">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denise Buiten, Senior Lecturer in Social Justice and Sociology, University of Notre Dame Australia On average, one child is killed by a parent almost every fortnight in Australia. Last week, three children — Claire, 7, Anna, 5, and Matthew, 3 — were included in this terrible number. ... <a title="Men and women kill their children in roughly equal numbers, and we need to understand why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/men-and-women-kill-their-children-in-roughly-equal-numbers-and-we-need-to-understand-why-153527/" aria-label="Read more about Men and women kill their children in roughly equal numbers, and we need to understand why">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ilan Noy, Professor and Chair in the Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington We will not be able to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us until the world’s population is mostly immune through vaccination or previous exposure to the ... <a title="The big barriers to global vaccination: patent rights, national self-interest and the wealth gap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/the-big-barriers-to-global-vaccination-patent-rights-national-self-interest-and-the-wealth-gap-153443/" aria-label="Read more about The big barriers to global vaccination: patent rights, national self-interest and the wealth gap">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne At 4am Thursday AEDT, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be inaugurated as president and vice president of the United States, replacing Donald Trump and Mike Pence. What follows is a discussion of US political ... <a title="After riots, Donald Trump leaves office with under 40% approval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/after-riots-donald-trump-leaves-office-with-under-40-approval-153442/" aria-label="Read more about After riots, Donald Trump leaves office with under 40% approval">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Britta Denise Hardesty, Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, CSIRO Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs economies up to US$50 billion globally each year, and makes up to one-fifth of the global catch. It’s a huge problem not only for the 59.5 million people who depend ... <a title="Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/crimes-at-sea-when-we-frame-illegal-fishers-as-human-and-drug-smugglers-everyone-loses-152231/" aria-label="Read more about Crimes at sea: when we frame illegal fishers as human and drug smugglers, everyone loses">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Verica Rupar, Professor, Auckland University of Technology “The lie outlasts the liar,” writes historian Timothy Snyder, referring to outgoing president Donald Trump and his contribution to the “post-truth” era in the US. Indeed, the mass rejection of reason that erupted in a political mob storming Capitol Hill ... <a title="Trump’s time is up, but his Twitter legacy lives on in the global spread of QAnon conspiracy theories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/trumps-time-is-up-but-his-twitter-legacy-lives-on-in-the-global-spread-of-qanon-conspiracy-theories-153298/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s time is up, but his Twitter legacy lives on in the global spread of QAnon conspiracy theories">Read more</a>
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January 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Brooks, Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW’s Grand Challenges Program, UNSW The views of women and men can differ on important gendered issues such as abortion, gender equity and government spending priorities. Surprisingly, however, average differences in sex on this front are usually ... <a title="Family matters: why people can hold political views that disadvantage their own sex" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/20/family-matters-why-people-can-hold-political-views-that-disadvantage-their-own-sex-153302/" aria-label="Read more about Family matters: why people can hold political views that disadvantage their own sex">Read more</a>
