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September 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicole Curato, Associate Professor, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra Developments in gene editing are often met with moral panic. Every new announcement raises outrage over the audacity of scientists “playing God”. The existence of mutant mosquitoes and designer babies are often framed ... <a title="Why we need a global citizens’ assembly on gene editing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/18/why-we-need-a-global-citizens-assembly-on-gene-editing-146398/" aria-label="Read more about Why we need a global citizens’ assembly on gene editing">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mehmet Ozalp, Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may have successfully warded off a nine-year rebellion against his government, but he is being tested ... <a title="In war-torn Syria, the coronavirus pandemic has brought its people to the brink of starvation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/18/in-war-torn-syria-the-coronavirus-pandemic-has-brought-its-people-to-the-brink-of-starvation-144794/" aria-label="Read more about In war-torn Syria, the coronavirus pandemic has brought its people to the brink of starvation">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Suresh Mahalingam, Principal Research Leader, Emerging Viruses, Inflammation and Therapeutics Group, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University The World Health Organisation lists about 180 COVID-19 vaccines being developed around the world. Each vaccine aims to use a slightly different approach to prepare your immune system to recognise ... <a title="From adenoviruses to RNA: the pros and cons of different COVID vaccine technologies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/18/from-adenoviruses-to-rna-the-pros-and-cons-of-different-covid-vaccine-technologies-145454/" aria-label="Read more about From adenoviruses to RNA: the pros and cons of different COVID vaccine technologies">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yeshe Colliver, Lecturer in early childhood, Macquarie University Archie! Don’t run away… you should be in bed already and we still need to brush your tee-eeeth! Your four year old runs down the hallway without his pants on, knocking over that leaning tower of washing. Around the ... <a title="Tinker Bell, Batman, Ben 10… if your kids are in character, they’re more likely to help around the house" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/18/tinker-bell-batman-ben-10-if-your-kids-are-in-character-theyre-more-likely-to-help-around-the-house-139962/" aria-label="Read more about Tinker Bell, Batman, Ben 10… if your kids are in character, they’re more likely to help around the house">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed – for lack of a better word – is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms ... <a title="Vital Signs: 50 years ago Milton Friedman told us greed was good. He was half right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/18/vital-signs-50-years-ago-milton-friedman-told-us-greed-was-good-he-was-half-right-146294/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: 50 years ago Milton Friedman told us greed was good. He was half right">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emily van der Nagel, Lecturer in Social Media, Monash University Sex is fascinating, important, and sometimes scary. Sex is a normal part of life. Yet, the multiplicity and richness of sexual practices on social media rarely make it into everyday conversations. Nudes, it seems, are now part ... <a title="Friday essay: shifting identities – performing sexual selves on social media" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/18/friday-essay-shifting-identities-performing-sexual-selves-on-social-media-145322/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: shifting identities – performing sexual selves on social media">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government is extending the COVID health measures for a further six months, until the end of March, in its latest acknowledgement that pandemic assistance will be needed on various fronts for a longer period. The extension, costing $2 billion, ... <a title="Government extends COVID health initiatives at $2 billion cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/18/government-extends-covid-health-initiatives-at-2-billion-cost-146430/" aria-label="Read more about Government extends COVID health initiatives at $2 billion cost">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra If Labor were threatening to build a power station, the Liberals would likely be screaming “socialists”. As for a Coalition government contemplating such a thing — well, to say the obvious, it hardly fits with the Liberals’ stated free market, ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison signs up to the gas gospel, but the choir is not in tune" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/grattan-on-friday-morrison-signs-up-to-the-gas-gospel-but-the-choir-is-not-in-tune-146405/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison signs up to the gas gospel, but the choir is not in tune">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute With the number of COVID-19 cases in Victoria continuing to trend downwards, Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday announced a phased restart of elective procedures in public and private hospitals. Regional Victoria moves to return to 75% of usual elective surgery activity ... <a title="How to clear Victoria’s backlog of elective surgeries after a 6-month slowdown? We need to rethink the system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/how-to-clear-victorias-backlog-of-elective-surgeries-after-a-6-month-slowdown-we-need-to-rethink-the-system-146298/" aria-label="Read more about How to clear Victoria’s backlog of elective surgeries after a 6-month slowdown? We need to rethink the system">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ivan Diaz-Rainey, Associate Professor of Finance & Director, Climate and Energy Finance Group, University of Otago This week’s announcement of mandatory disclosures of climate-related risks for companies and financial institutions is arguably the New Zealand government’s most significant climate policy — even more so than the Zero ... <a title="New Zealand will make big banks, insurers and firms disclose their climate risk. It’s time other countries did too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/new-zealand-will-make-big-banks-insurers-and-firms-disclose-their-climate-risk-its-time-other-countries-did-too-146392/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand will make big banks, insurers and firms disclose their climate risk. It’s time other countries did too">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanna Mendelssohn, Principal Fellow (Hon), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, University of Melbourne The return of the Archibald Prize, albeit somewhat delayed, can be taken as a signal life in Sydney is returning to normal. ... <a title="‘The most refreshing Archibald exhibition I can remember’: the 2020 portrait prize finalists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/the-most-refreshing-archibald-exhibition-i-can-remember-the-2020-portrait-prize-finalists-146295/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The most refreshing Archibald exhibition I can remember’: the 2020 portrait prize finalists">Read more</a>
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September 17, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University In an unprecedented step, prestigious science publication Scientific American has launched a scathing attack on President Donald Trump and endorsed his opponent, Democratic candidate Joe Biden, in the upcoming US election. It’s ... <a title="‘Science is political’: Scientific American has endorsed Joe Biden over Trump for president. Australia should take note" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/17/science-is-political-scientific-american-has-endorsed-joe-biden-over-trump-for-president-australia-should-take-note-146394/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Science is political’: Scientific American has endorsed Joe Biden over Trump for president. Australia should take note">Read more</a>
