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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Parlett, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne The headlines are grim. Alexei Navalny, a key leader of the Russian opposition, is currently fighting for his life in a coma after allegedly being poisoned in Siberia. A medical team from Germany is en route to the hospital today ... <a title="Alexey Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/alexey-navalny-has-long-been-a-fierce-critic-of-the-kremlin-if-he-was-poisoned-why-now-and-what-does-it-mean-144847/" aria-label="Read more about Alexey Navalny has long been a fierce critic of the Kremlin. If he was poisoned, why now? And what does it mean?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shauna Murray, Associate Professor; Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney Oysters are filter feeders, extracting nutrients from the water, so that makes them very susceptible to water pollution such as that from bushfires. We are trying to understand how ash from the 2019-20 bushfires has affected ... <a title="Ah shucks, how bushfires can harm and even kill our delicious oysters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/ah-shucks-how-bushfires-can-harm-and-even-kill-our-delicious-oysters-131294/" aria-label="Read more about Ah shucks, how bushfires can harm and even kill our delicious oysters">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cooper Schouten, Project Manager – Bees for Sustainable Livelihoods, Southern Cross University How do bees make honey? Finn, age 7, Sunshine Coast, Queensland Hi Finn, that’s a sweet question! Well, when we talk about “bees”, we’re usually referring to the European honey bee (its scientific name is ... <a title="Curious Kids: how do bees make honey?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/curious-kids-how-do-bees-make-honey-143450/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how do bees make honey?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Freeman, Dermatologist, Associate Professor, Bond University As the pandemic progresses, we’re growing increasingly aware COVID-19 affects multiple parts of the body beyond the lungs. That includes the skin. We’ve seen reports of skin symptoms ranging from “COVID toes” to hair loss, and different types of rashes. ... <a title="8 ways the coronavirus can affect your skin, from COVID toes, to rashes and hair loss" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/8-ways-the-coronavirus-can-affect-your-skin-from-covid-toes-to-rashes-and-hair-loss-144483/" aria-label="Read more about 8 ways the coronavirus can affect your skin, from COVID toes, to rashes and hair loss">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University China didn’t feature prominently in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s speech last month to announce Australia’s $270 billion defence update, but it was clear this was the country on everyone’s minds. We have become very ... <a title="Australia’s strategic blind spot: China’s newfound intimacy with once-rival Russia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/australias-strategic-blind-spot-chinas-newfound-intimacy-with-once-rival-russia-142385/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s strategic blind spot: China’s newfound intimacy with once-rival Russia">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Sheedy, Professor – Risk governance, culture, remuneration, Macquarie University The annual chief executive pay report produced by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is a must-read for shareholders and members of superannuation funds. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors The latest report, relating to the financial year ... <a title="$37.7 million is a new Australian record. Why our corporate chiefs are paid so well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/37-7-million-is-a-new-australian-record-why-our-corporate-chiefs-are-paid-so-well-144408/" aria-label="Read more about $37.7 million is a new Australian record. Why our corporate chiefs are paid so well">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan Willis, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University Human faces are arguably the most important things we see. We are quick to detect them in any scene, and they command our attention. Faces express a wealth of important social information, such as whether another person ... <a title="Ancient faces, familiar feelings: expressions may be recognisable across time and cultures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/ancient-faces-familiar-feelings-expressions-may-be-recognisable-across-time-and-cultures-144729/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient faces, familiar feelings: expressions may be recognisable across time and cultures">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University While the COVID-19 pandemic is dominating domestic politics and will likely feature prominently in the upcoming Queensland election, there are other issues at play in this weekend’s election in the Northern Territory. One of the thorniest issues is ... <a title="NT election: is China’s Belt and Road Initiative the answer to a struggling economy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/nt-election-is-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-the-answer-to-a-struggling-economy-144274/" aria-label="Read more about NT election: is China’s Belt and Road Initiative the answer to a struggling economy?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW In Victoria there are nearly 80 active COVID-19 cases linked to more than 50 disability accommodation sites. At least two people have died. These don’t sound like big numbers in the context of Victoria’s second wave, and particularly when we ... <a title="Let’s heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/lets-heed-the-warnings-from-aged-care-we-must-act-now-to-avert-a-covid-19-crisis-in-disability-care-144669/" aria-label="Read more about Let’s heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disability care">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ellen Corrick, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne Between 115,000 and 11,700 years ago, the Earth would have been almost unrecognisable. Massive ice-sheets covered northern Europe and northern Asia, and about half of North America, and global sea-levels were as much as 130 meters lower than today. In ... <a title="We pieced together the most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago. Here’s what we found" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/we-pieced-together-the-most-precise-records-of-major-climate-events-from-thousands-of-years-ago-heres-what-we-found-144575/" aria-label="Read more about We pieced together the most precise records of major climate events from thousands of years ago. Here’s what we found">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nadine Zacharias, Director, Student Engagement, Swinburne University of Technology Students failing at university is not a problem of “extremes”, as federal Education Minister Dan Tehan would have it. A large proportion of students fail units of study. And, surprisingly, our research found about a third do nothing ... <a title="When students fail, many do nothing about it. Here’s how unis can help them get back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/when-students-fail-many-do-nothing-about-it-heres-how-unis-can-help-them-get-back-on-track-144563/" aria-label="Read more about When students fail, many do nothing about it. Here’s how unis can help them get back on track">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Healey, PhD Student, Curtin University First, a grammar quiz. Which of these sentences do you think begins the Eric Carle classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar? a) A little egg lay on a leaf in the light of the moon. b) On a leaf, in the light ... <a title="4 ways to teach you’re (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/08/21/4-ways-to-teach-youre-sic-kids-about-grammar-so-they-actually-care-144353/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways to teach you’re (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care">Read more</a>
