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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Baerbel Koribalski, Senior research scientist, CSIRO A team of US and South African researchers has published highly detailed images of the largest X-shaped “radio galaxy” ever discovered – PKS 2014-55. Notably, they’ve helped resolve ongoing confusion about the galaxy’s unusual shape. The MeerKAT image of the giant ... <a title="Experts solve the mystery of a giant X-shaped galaxy, with a monster black hole as its engine" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/experts-solve-the-mystery-of-a-giant-x-shaped-galaxy-with-a-monster-black-hole-as-its-engine-138205/" aria-label="Read more about Experts solve the mystery of a giant X-shaped galaxy, with a monster black hole as its engine">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Renwick, Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert ... <a title="Climate explained: what caused major climate change in the past?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/climate-explained-what-caused-major-climate-change-in-the-past-137874/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: what caused major climate change in the past?">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Grace Russell, PhD Candidate, Southern Cross University We set off from Fremantle Harbour at 6 am – a ridiculous hour university students aren’t usually accustomed to – and sailed to Perth Canyon, 120 kilometres away. A fellow volunteer and I were constantly on watch, too nervous and ... <a title="I measure whales with drones to find out if they’re fat enough to breed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/i-measure-whales-with-drones-to-find-out-if-theyre-fat-enough-to-breed-135684/" aria-label="Read more about I measure whales with drones to find out if they’re fat enough to breed">Read more</a>
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May 13, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne Time has finally caught up with Alan Jones. Time as measured in years, but not time as measured by social and attitudinal change. It is remarkable that his recipe of nostalgia, bullying and reactionary politics, ... <a title="The times suited him, then passed him by: the Alan Jones radio era comes to an end" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/13/the-times-suited-him-then-passed-him-by-the-alan-jones-radio-era-comes-to-an-end-138420/" aria-label="Read more about The times suited him, then passed him by: the Alan Jones radio era comes to an end">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Speaking as an expert in epidemiology, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly is candid about the prospects of a second-wave of coronavirus in a society that hasn’t developed herd immunity. “There is a very large risk of a second wave. ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Kelly on the risk of a COVID-19 second-wave" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/politics-with-michelle-grattan-paul-kelly-on-the-risk-of-a-covid-19-second-wave-138432/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Paul Kelly on the risk of a COVID-19 second-wave">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is being tested for COVID-19 and staying in isolation after having a major coughing fit in the House of Representatives while delivering his statement on the impact of the coronavirus on the economy. Frydenberg gulped water from ... <a title="Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tested for COVID-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/treasurer-josh-frydenberg-tested-for-covid-19-138437/" aria-label="Read more about Treasurer Josh Frydenberg tested for COVID-19">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Carson, Senior Lecturer, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT, Queensland University of Technology Ah, Hydra! This is an island possessed of “wild and naked perfection”, wrote American author Henry Miller after sailing into Hydra on the eve of the second world war. Bloomsbury With a population of around ... <a title="Book review: Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson mixes real stories with romance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/book-review-theatre-for-dreamers-by-polly-samson-mixes-real-stories-with-romance-136714/" aria-label="Read more about Book review: Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson mixes real stories with romance">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maximilian de Courten, Professor in Global Public Health, Victoria University Many people in the community are wearing face masks and gloves in an attempt to protect themselves against the coronavirus. They might put on these items to go to the shops, or perhaps when taking a walk ... <a title="Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/are-you-wearing-gloves-or-a-mask-to-the-shops-you-might-be-doing-it-wrong-137393/" aria-label="Read more about Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jamie Pittock, Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University A major independent review has confirmed freshwater flows are vital to maintaining the health of the Murray River’s lower lakes, striking a blow to demands by New South Wales that seawater flow in. The review, ... <a title="It’s official: expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/its-official-expert-review-rejects-nsw-plan-to-let-seawater-flow-into-the-murray-river-138291/" aria-label="Read more about It’s official: expert review rejects NSW plan to let seawater flow into the Murray River">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Sanderson, Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW Many commentators have speculated on how the coronavirus pandemic will alter cities and the ways they are planned and used. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has tweeted: “There is a density level in NYC that is ... <a title="So coronavirus will change cities – will that include slums?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/so-coronavirus-will-change-cities-will-that-include-slums-137072/" aria-label="Read more about So coronavirus will change cities – will that include slums?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Seth Lazar, Professor, Australian National University Last week the head of Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency, Randall Brugeaud, told a Senate committee hearing an updated version of Australia’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app would soon be released. That’s because the current version doesn’t work properly on Apple phones, which restrict ... <a title="Contact tracing apps are vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. But who decides how they work?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/contact-tracing-apps-are-vital-tools-in-the-fight-against-coronavirus-but-who-decides-how-they-work-138206/" aria-label="Read more about Contact tracing apps are vital tools in the fight against coronavirus. But who decides how they work?">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Norman Gemmell, Chair in Public Finance, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington May 14’s budget will surely be remembered as the “pandemic budget”. It might seem like the worst possible timing – economic uncertainty rages, Treasury has had to abandon its usual economic “forecasts”, and ... <a title="The pandemic budget: moving New Zealand from critical care to long-term recovery" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/the-pandemic-budget-moving-new-zealand-from-critical-care-to-long-term-recovery-138294/" aria-label="Read more about The pandemic budget: moving New Zealand from critical care to long-term recovery">Read more</a>
