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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Lucy, Deputy Science + Technology Editor As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, anxiety is rising in Australia. Shoppers fearful of quarantine measures have been stocking up on supplies to last out a week or two of isolation. Recent days have seen reports of shortages ... <a title="Why are people stockpiling toilet paper? We asked four experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/why-are-people-stockpiling-toilet-paper-we-asked-four-experts-132975/" aria-label="Read more about Why are people stockpiling toilet paper? We asked four experts">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Martin, Associate Professor in Criminology, Swinburne University of Technology More than six years after the demise of Silk Road, the world’s first major drug cryptomarket, the dark web is still home to a thriving trade in illicit drugs. These markets host hundreds, or in some cases ... <a title="Dark web, not dark alley: why drug sellers see the internet as a lucrative safe haven" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/dark-web-not-dark-alley-why-drug-sellers-see-the-internet-as-a-lucrative-safe-haven-132579/" aria-label="Read more about Dark web, not dark alley: why drug sellers see the internet as a lucrative safe haven">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania Muhyiddin Yassin has been sworn in as the new prime minister of Malaysia. Many people were surprised because 94-year-old Mahathir Mohammad, the oldest prime minister in the world, was widely expected to be reappointed for a third time. ... <a title="Malaysia takes a turn to the right, and many of its people are worried" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/malaysia-takes-a-turn-to-the-right-and-many-of-its-people-are-worried-132865/" aria-label="Read more about Malaysia takes a turn to the right, and many of its people are worried">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nham Tran, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of School Biomedical Engineering, UTS. Australia, University of Technology Sydney Philip Morris International, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, recently lodged an application to allow the sale of its “heat not burn” products in Australia. This attempt to disrupt Australia’s ... <a title="What are ‘heat not burn’ products and are they any safer than traditional cigarettes?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/what-are-heat-not-burn-products-and-are-they-any-safer-than-traditional-cigarettes-132008/" aria-label="Read more about What are ‘heat not burn’ products and are they any safer than traditional cigarettes?">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Ellerton, Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland The use of the word “I” in academic writing, that is writing in the first person, has a troublesome history. Some say it makes writing too subjective, others that it’s essential ... <a title="We should use ‘I’ more in academic writing – there is benefit to first-person perspective" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/we-should-use-i-more-in-academic-writing-there-is-benefit-to-first-person-perspective-131898/" aria-label="Read more about We should use ‘I’ more in academic writing – there is benefit to first-person perspective">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture, UNSW The News South Wales government is struggling to implement building industry reforms recommended by the Shergold-Weir report over two years ago. Developers are home free in its proposed legislation; the Design and Building Practitioners Bill doesn’t even mention them. They ... <a title="NSW building certification bill still lets developers off the hook" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/nsw-building-certification-bill-still-lets-developers-off-the-hook-132502/" aria-label="Read more about NSW building certification bill still lets developers off the hook">Read more</a>
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March 5, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cherine Fahd, Director Photography, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Review: Shadow Catchers at Art Gallery of New South Wales. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin denied using a body double, saying he’d been offered one before but declined. The rest of us, in our glorious ... <a title="Shadow Catchers review: fakes, body doubles and mirrors from the analog to the digital lens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/05/shadow-catchers-review-fakes-body-doubles-and-mirrors-from-the-analog-to-the-digital-lens-132668/" aria-label="Read more about Shadow Catchers review: fakes, body doubles and mirrors from the analog to the digital lens">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne Fourteen states held Democratic primaries on Tuesday US time. Joe Biden is likely to win ten of those states, to four wins for Bernie Sanders. Biden crushed Sanders by 47 points in Alabama, 30 points ... <a title="Biden easily wins Super Tuesday after strong comeback in past few days" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/biden-easily-wins-super-tuesday-after-strong-comeback-in-past-few-days-132754/" aria-label="Read more about Biden easily wins Super Tuesday after strong comeback in past few days">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The good news is our economy was performing better than had been thought in the lead-up to the bushfires and coronavirus. Updated figures in Wednesday’s national accounts show the economy grew 0.6% in the three ... <a title="Support package gains shape as GDP turning point swamped" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/support-package-gains-shape-as-gdp-turning-point-swamped-132969/" aria-label="Read more about Support package gains shape as GDP turning point swamped">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ayesha Tulloch, DECRA Research Fellow, University of Sydney Identifying the difference between a native burrowing frog and an introduced cane toad is fundamental ecological knowledge. After bushfires ravaged Australia’s animal and plant communities and razed millions of hectares of land, such knowledge has never been more important. ... <a title="Does your child know more about dinosaurs than dugongs? Perhaps they’re reading the wrong books" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/does-your-child-know-more-about-dinosaurs-than-dugongs-perhaps-theyre-reading-the-wrong-books-126841/" aria-label="Read more about Does your child know more about dinosaurs than dugongs? Perhaps they’re reading the wrong books">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Matthews, Director, Academic Quality, Massey University New Zealand’s announcement of a fossil fuel ban for default KiwiSaver funds from mid-2021 has left many questions unanswered – including whether it is appropriate for governments to make ethical investment choices on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people, ... <a title="NZ’s fossil fuel investment ban for popular KiwiSaver funds is more political than ethical" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/nzs-fossil-fuel-investment-ban-for-popular-kiwisaver-funds-is-more-political-than-ethical-132863/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s fossil fuel investment ban for popular KiwiSaver funds is more political than ethical">Read more</a>
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March 4, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Macdonald, Associate Professor, Molecular Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast The daily number of new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) cases is now nine times higher outside China than in the country where the disease was first detected. In Australia, reports this week of local transmission of the coronavirus, ... <a title="How do we detect if coronavirus is spreading in the community?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/04/how-do-we-detect-if-coronavirus-is-spreading-in-the-community-132349/" aria-label="Read more about How do we detect if coronavirus is spreading in the community?">Read more</a>
