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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Crook, Honorary Associate, School of Physics, University of Sydney Shutterstock “Your teacher was wrong!” It’s a phrase many a high school or university student has heard. As practising and former science teachers, we have been challenged with this accusation before. Whereas those with advanced science understanding ... <a title="Einstein was ‘wrong’, not your science teacher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/einstein-was-wrong-not-your-science-teacher-165532/" aria-label="Read more about Einstein was ‘wrong’, not your science teacher">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
A VIEW FROM AFAR: Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning are joined by Melanesian and Pacific affairs expert, Dr David Robie, to discuss how Covid-19 has become a trigger of instability in the wider Pacific Region. In this, the first of a two-part SPECIAL, we deep dive into the complexities of Melanesian west Pacific affairs.
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August 12, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Click here to subscribe to Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup and New Zealand Politics Daily. Today’s content Energy Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Take back your power! What a real Labour-Green Government might do to combat climate ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 12 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-12-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 12 2021">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW The STM Kargu attack drone. STM Last year, according to a United Nations report published in March, Libyan government forces hunted down rebel forces using “lethal autonomous weapons systems” that were “programmed to attack targets without ... <a title="Lethal autonomous weapons and World War III: it’s not too late to stop the rise of ‘killer robots’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/lethal-autonomous-weapons-and-world-war-iii-its-not-too-late-to-stop-the-rise-of-killer-robots-165822/" aria-label="Read more about Lethal autonomous weapons and World War III: it’s not too late to stop the rise of ‘killer robots’">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Gleeson, Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW This week marks nine years since Australia re-introduced a policy of offshore processing for asylum seekers arriving by boat. Nine long years of a cruel, costly and ineffective policy sustained by successive ... <a title="Cruel, costly and ineffective: Australia’s offshore processing asylum seeker policy turns 9" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/cruel-costly-and-ineffective-australias-offshore-processing-asylum-seeker-policy-turns-9-166014/" aria-label="Read more about Cruel, costly and ineffective: Australia’s offshore processing asylum seeker policy turns 9">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Torok, Honorary Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first instalment of their sixth assessment report. As expected, the report makes for bleak reading. It found all regions of the world are already ... <a title="Communicating climate change has never been so important, and this IPCC report pulls no punches" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/communicating-climate-change-has-never-been-so-important-and-this-ipcc-report-pulls-no-punches-165252/" aria-label="Read more about Communicating climate change has never been so important, and this IPCC report pulls no punches">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Plank, Professor in Applied Mathematics, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/53NT Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has released a “roadmap” for a phased process of border reopenings that could begin during the first quarter of next year — as long as New Zealand completes its vaccination rollout by the ... <a title="Phased border reopening, faster vaccination, be ready for Delta: Jacinda Ardern lays out NZ’s COVID roadmap" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/phased-border-reopening-faster-vaccination-be-ready-for-delta-jacinda-ardern-lays-out-nzs-covid-roadmap-165957/" aria-label="Read more about Phased border reopening, faster vaccination, be ready for Delta: Jacinda Ardern lays out NZ’s COVID roadmap">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Wenn, Tutor in Production (Technical), The University of Melbourne Shutterstock How does music get onto a cassette tape? — Paul, age 9, Adelaide Hi Paul! That’s a great question. To answer it very briefly, music is recorded onto a cassette tape using electricity and a magnetic ... <a title="Curious Kids: how does music get onto a cassette tape?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/curious-kids-how-does-music-get-onto-a-cassette-tape-165759/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how does music get onto a cassette tape?">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eddie Clark, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington www.shutterstock.com Given all parliamentary parties have said they oppose conversion practices being performed on LGBTQ+ people, you could be forgiven for wondering why the first reading of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation ... <a title="Why New Zealand’s proposed law banning gay conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/why-new-zealands-proposed-law-banning-gay-conversion-practices-is-so-unlikely-to-criminalise-parents-165740/" aria-label="Read more about Why New Zealand’s proposed law banning gay conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Burridge, Professor of Linguistics, Monash University Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND Writer C.R Read cautioned in 1853 “that Englishmen going to the Australian digging should search their souls and ask themselves ‘if they can stand a little colonial slang’”. This slang – our Australian slang – ... <a title="Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/yeah-nah-aussie-slang-hasnt-carked-it-but-we-do-want-to-know-more-about-it-165746/" aria-label="Read more about Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute Shutterstock In the wake of the Tokyo Olympics, another international scorecard has been released, and Australia does well here too. The US-based Commonwealth Fund conducts regular surveys of health care in 11 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New ... <a title="How does Australia’s health system rate internationally? This year it wins bronze" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/how-does-australias-health-system-rate-internationally-this-year-it-wins-bronze-165805/" aria-label="Read more about How does Australia’s health system rate internationally? This year it wins bronze">Read more</a>
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August 12, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Downie, Associate professor, Australian National University Shutterstock This week’s landmark report on the state of the climate paints a sobering picture. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that, without deep and immediate cuts to greenhouse gas emissions, the world is very likely headed for ... <a title="Fossil fuel misinformation may sideline one of the most important climate change reports ever released" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/12/fossil-fuel-misinformation-may-sideline-one-of-the-most-important-climate-change-reports-ever-released-165887/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil fuel misinformation may sideline one of the most important climate change reports ever released">Read more</a>
