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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Burgner, Clinician and Scientist, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Doctors in the United Kingdom and other European countries have recently reported small but increasing numbers of critically ill children with features of both Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome. These are uncommon conditions affecting the blood vessels. ... <a title="Coronavirus and Kawasaki disease in children: it’s an intriguing but unproven link" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/coronavirus-and-kawasaki-disease-in-children-its-an-intriguing-but-unproven-link-137415/" aria-label="Read more about Coronavirus and Kawasaki disease in children: it’s an intriguing but unproven link">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Carbone, Honorary, School for Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne The battle against the mental health consequences of the coronavirus pandemic is just beginning. Governments and researchers are mapping how best to prevent the predicted rise in mental health issues we face in coming months ... <a title="We need to flatten the ‘other’ coronavirus curve, our looming mental health crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/we-need-to-flatten-the-other-coronavirus-curve-our-looming-mental-health-crisis-137170/" aria-label="Read more about We need to flatten the ‘other’ coronavirus curve, our looming mental health crisis">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Pia Lentini, Research Fellow, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne In this pandemic it’s tempting to look for someone, or something, to blame. Bats are a common scapegoat and the community is misled to believe getting rid of them could be a quick fix. But are bats ... <a title="No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/no-aussie-bats-wont-give-you-covid-19-we-rely-on-them-more-than-you-think-137168/" aria-label="Read more about No, Aussie bats won’t give you COVID-19. We rely on them more than you think">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish McCallum, Professor, Griffith School of Environment and Acting Dean of Research, Griffith Sciences, Griffith University Lord Robert “Bob” May, Baron May of Oxford, who has died aged 84, was one of the greatest Australian scientists of the past century. He was awarded virtually every honour the ... <a title="Vale Robert May, the legendary scientist who helped us understand ecosystems, chaos theory and even pandemics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/vale-robert-may-the-legendary-scientist-who-helped-us-understand-ecosystems-chaos-theory-and-even-pandemics-137595/" aria-label="Read more about Vale Robert May, the legendary scientist who helped us understand ecosystems, chaos theory and even pandemics">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelsie Nabben, RMIT Block Chain Innovation Hub Research Assistant / PhD Candidate, RMIT University Since its release on Sunday, experts and members of the public alike have raised privacy concerns with the federal government’s COVIDSafe mobile app. The contact tracing app aims to stop COVID-19’s spread by ... <a title="The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/the-covidsafe-app-was-just-one-contact-tracing-option-these-alternatives-guarantee-more-privacy-137400/" aria-label="Read more about The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoffrey Mann, Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University If you want to solve a problem quickly it helps to get many minds working together to find a solution, and that’s what happens in a hackathon. It usually involves teams of people working over a short period of time to ... <a title="Virtual hackathons can help you solve coronavirus problems without leaving your home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/virtual-hackathons-can-help-you-solve-coronavirus-problems-without-leaving-your-home-136956/" aria-label="Read more about Virtual hackathons can help you solve coronavirus problems without leaving your home">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gigi Foster, Professor, School of Economics, UNSW Australia has been lucky. We’ve had time to consider our response to COVID-19, based on what was happening in other countries, before it hit us. We implemented restrictions that are likely to have saved many from dying of COVID-19. Fewer ... <a title="COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It’s time to consider both" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/covid-lockdowns-have-human-costs-as-well-as-benefits-its-time-to-consider-both-137233/" aria-label="Read more about COVID lockdowns have human costs as well as benefits. It’s time to consider both">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeffrey McGee, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order reaffirming that companies joining US mining activities on the moon would have property rights over lunar resources. The order also made clear the US wasn’t bound by international treaties ... <a title="Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/australia-has-long-valued-an-outer-space-shared-by-all-mining-profits-could-change-this-137405/" aria-label="Read more about Australia has long valued an outer space shared by all. Mining profits could change this">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Assistant Professor, School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra More than 3 million Australians have downloaded the Australian government’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app in the three days since its release. That’s impressive. But not as impressive as the 2 million downloads in the first ... <a title="Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/need-help-selling-the-covidsafe-app-call-a-behavioural-economist-137157/" aria-label="Read more about Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alistair Evans, Associate Professor, Monash University A species of mammal that lived in what is now Madagascar when dinosaurs roamed the island has finally been described today in Nature. The work is based on a complete skeleton of the animal found more than two decades ago. The ... <a title="Say hello to the ‘crazy beast’ mammal who lived among the dinosaurs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/say-hello-to-the-crazy-beast-mammal-who-lived-among-the-dinosaurs-137380/" aria-label="Read more about Say hello to the ‘crazy beast’ mammal who lived among the dinosaurs">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sallie Yea, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies, La Trobe University In recent weeks, Singapore went from global success story in its response to the coronavirus outbreak to having the largest number of cases in Southeast Asia. There are some 15,000 confirmed cases in Singapore as of this week ... <a title="This is why Singapore’s coronavirus cases are growing: a look inside the dismal living conditions of migrant workers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/this-is-why-singapores-coronavirus-cases-are-growing-a-look-inside-the-dismal-living-conditions-of-migrant-workers-136959/" aria-label="Read more about This is why Singapore’s coronavirus cases are growing: a look inside the dismal living conditions of migrant workers">Read more</a>
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April 30, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University To understand the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is more usefully viewed as a series of distinct local epidemics. The way the virus has spread in different countries, and even in particular states or regions within them, has been quite ... <a title="6 countries, 6 curves: how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/30/6-countries-6-curves-how-nations-that-moved-fast-against-covid-19-avoided-disaster-137333/" aria-label="Read more about 6 countries, 6 curves: how nations that moved fast against COVID-19 avoided disaster">Read more</a>
