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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel D’Hotman, DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford The end of coal-fired generation in Australia is inevitable. Zero marginal cost, zero emissions energy is now a reality. Wind and solar are cheaper sources of new electricity than coal in most cases, putting significant pressure on the profitability of ... <a title="How Australia can phase out coal power while maintaining energy security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/how-australia-can-phase-out-coal-power-while-maintaining-energy-security-152747/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia can phase out coal power while maintaining energy security">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Smith, Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney After weeks of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud and other improprieties costing him the presidential election, Washington erupted in chaos today as his supporters stormed the Capitol during ... <a title="‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’: what’s behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/delighting-in-causing-complete-chaos-whats-behind-trump-supporters-brazen-storming-of-the-capitol-152808/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’: what’s behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming of the Capitol">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jake Clark, PhD Candidate, University of Southern Queensland How does the Sun make such pretty colours at sunsets and sunrises? — Aisling, age 7, Mount Gambier, South Australia Hi Aisling. Thank you for this super interesting question! We love watching all the pretty colours of sunsets and ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does the Sun make such pretty colours at sunsets and sunrises?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/curious-kids-how-does-the-sun-make-such-pretty-colours-at-sunsets-and-sunrises-151278/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does the Sun make such pretty colours at sunsets and sunrises?">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Crabb, Director and CEO, Burnet Institute, Burnet Institute In the midst of the anxiety over the latest outbreaks in NSW and Victoria, it is easy to forget the wider context of Australia’s privileged COVID position. Relative to most Western countries, some of which are losing someone ... <a title="Hang in there, Australia — we’re in great shape but we’re only halfway through the COVID marathon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/hang-in-there-australia-were-in-great-shape-but-were-only-halfway-through-the-covid-marathon-152753/" aria-label="Read more about Hang in there, Australia — we’re in great shape but we’re only halfway through the COVID marathon">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy O’Leary, Lecturer in Construction and Property, University of Melbourne 2020 was a bumper year for solar power in Australia. More solar PV systems were installed in the first nine months than in all of any previous year. Almost one in four Australian houses now have rooftop ... <a title="Solar panel fire season is all year round and it’s getting more intense in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/solar-panel-fire-season-is-all-year-round-and-its-getting-more-intense-in-australia-150751/" aria-label="Read more about Solar panel fire season is all year round and it’s getting more intense in Australia">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Cantrell, Lecturer – Creative Writing & English Literature, University of Southern Queensland Like several classics penned during the golden age of children’s literature, The Wind in the Willows was written with a particular child in mind. Alastair Grahame was four years old when his father Kenneth ... <a title="Guide to the classics: The Wind in the Willows — a tale of wanderlust, male bonding, and timeless delight" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/guide-to-the-classics-the-wind-in-the-willows-a-tale-of-wanderlust-male-bonding-and-timeless-delight-151091/" aria-label="Read more about Guide to the classics: The Wind in the Willows — a tale of wanderlust, male bonding, and timeless delight">Read more</a>
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January 7, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas M Fisk, Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise), UNSW Whether it’s purchasing power parity or the Happiness Index, global comparisons require benchmarking. Sport does this well with World Cups and the Olympics, or better still the single ranking familiar to tennis and golf aficionados. The ... <a title="New global ranking system shows Australian universities are ahead of the pack" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/07/new-global-ranking-system-shows-australian-universities-are-ahead-of-the-pack-152313/" aria-label="Read more about New global ranking system shows Australian universities are ahead of the pack">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter A. Heslin, Professor of Management and Scientia Education Fellow, UNSW For most of us, 2020 was an exhausting year. The COVID-19 pandemic heralded draining physical health concerns, social isolation, job dislocation, uncertainty about the future and related mental health issues. Although some of us have enjoyed ... <a title="Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 ways to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/exhausted-by-2020-here-are-5-ways-to-recover-and-feel-more-rested-throughout-2021-152608/" aria-label="Read more about Exhausted by 2020? Here are 5 ways to recover and feel more rested throughout 2021">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jason Potts, Professor of Economics, RMIT University Bitcoin continues to trade close to its all-time high reached this month. Its price is now around US $34,000 — up about 77% over the past month and 305% over the past year. First launched in 2009 as a digital ... <a title="Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/why-is-bitcoins-price-at-an-all-time-high-and-how-is-its-value-determined-152616/" aria-label="Read more about Why is Bitcoin’s price at an all-time high? And how is its value determined?">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hart, Member of the Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University This week, the US Congress will put the finishing touches to the chaotic, protracted 2020 US presidential election. A joint session of the House and Senate will assemble at 1pm on January 6 (5am AEDT/7am NZDT on ... <a title="Trump’s last stand: how the dramatic endgame for the 2020 US election will play out in Congress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/trumps-last-stand-how-the-dramatic-endgame-for-the-2020-us-election-will-play-out-in-congress-152678/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s last stand: how the dramatic endgame for the 2020 US election will play out in Congress">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Bennett, Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University If you live in the northern part of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the epicentre of one of two current COVID outbreaks in New South Wales, you can’t currently cross any state borders. Instead, you’re confined to the local area for all ... <a title="Australia’s mishmash of COVID border closures is confusing, inconsistent and counterproductive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/australias-mishmash-of-covid-border-closures-is-confusing-inconsistent-and-counterproductive-152620/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s mishmash of COVID border closures is confusing, inconsistent and counterproductive">Read more</a>
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January 6, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Porch, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Earth Science, Deakin University Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field. Which animals are quintessentially Australian? Koalas and kangaroos, emus, tiger ... <a title="Photos from the field: zooming in on Australia’s hidden world of exquisite mites, snails and beetles" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/01/06/photos-from-the-field-zooming-in-on-australias-hidden-world-of-exquisite-mites-snails-and-beetles-147576/" aria-label="Read more about Photos from the field: zooming in on Australia’s hidden world of exquisite mites, snails and beetles">Read more</a>
