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						1 Posts published on this day UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature \| COVID-19
2 Posts published on this day Improve mental models not metaphorical balls \| Ariadne	3 Posts published on this day How to live in space: what we've learned from 20 years of the International Space Station \| Guest Work Fancy coughing at your phone? Nicer than a swab up your nose \| Physics Stop	4 Posts published on this day Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message \| Lippy Linguist	5	6 Posts published on this day New Zealand needs a ‘traffic light’ system to stop COVID-19 creeping in at the border \| COVID-19	7 Posts published on this day How we discovered three new species of penguin in the Southern Ocean \| Guest Work	8
9	10 Posts published on this day Vaccine progress is great: It doesn’t mean we let down our collective guard \| COVID-19 Crabs, carcinisation, and crappy headlines \| BioBlog	11 Posts published on this day New cyclone forecasts: why impacts should be the focus of hazardous weather warnings \| Guest Work Why do humans instinctively reject evidence contrary to their beliefs? \| Climate: Explained	12 Posts published on this day 90% efficacy for Pfizer's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is striking. But we need to wait for the full data \| COVID-19 Buying a coronavirus vaccine for everyone on Earth, storing and shipping it, and giving it safely will all be hard and expensive \| COVID-19 Scientists thought these seals evolved in the north. 3-million-year-old fossils from New Zealand suggest otherwise \| Hot off the press	13 Posts published on this day After a nuclear war, the world’s emergency food supply could be seafood — if overfishing stops now \| Hot off the press Rationing scarce MIQ spaces \| The Dismal Science	14 Posts published on this day Will the Coronavirus Evolve to Be Less Deadly? \| COVID-19	15
16	17 Posts published on this day Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the sustainability crisis in the fashion industry \| Guest Work New data privacy rules are coming in NZ — businesses and other organisations will have to lift their games \| Guest Work Moderna follows Pfizer with exciting vaccine news – how to read these dramatic developments \| COVID-19 Time to Stop Dodging Bullets? NZ’s Eight Recent Border Control Failures \| Public Health Expert read more	18 Posts published on this day Buying and distributing a COVID-19 vaccine will involve hard ethical and practical choices \| COVID-19 What would happen if we cut down the Amazon rainforest? \| Climate: Explained	19 Posts published on this day How to read results from COVID vaccine trials like a pro \| COVID-19 Matariki, history and ethnicity research honoured \| Mātau Taiao Reconnecting with taha Māori on the shores of Lake Taupō \| Unsorted Enhancing the lives of tāngata whenua \| Mātau Taiao read more	20 Posts published on this day Repairing a hole in the wall with the diffusion equation \| Physics Stop	21 Posts published on this day How to choose the right Christmas gift: tips from psychological research \| Guest Work	22 Posts published on this day SpaceX's Starlink satellites are about to ruin stargazing for everyone \| Guest Work
23 Posts published on this day Big Eye Wide, But Shut \| Out of Space	24 Posts published on this day Why some people find it easier to stick to new habits they formed during lockdown \| COVID-19 'Courageous' investment means innovation stays in NZ, not sold off overseas \| Guest Work Aches on a plane – new findings on in-flight Covid transmission \| Infectious Thoughts Why the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is now a global game changer \| COVID-19 read more	25 Posts published on this day Changing stuff… \| Genomics Aotearoa The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos \| Public Health Expert	26 Posts published on this day 5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ \| Guest Work	27 Posts published on this day Devastated by disease in the past, Samoa is on high alert after recent coronavirus scares \| COVID-19 Mining companies are required to return quarried sites to their 'natural character'. But is that enough? \| Guest Work	28	29
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How to choose the right Christmas gift: tips from psychological research - Guest Work

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November 2020

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M	T	W	T	F	S	S
						1 Posts published on this day UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature \| COVID-19
2 Posts published on this day Improve mental models not metaphorical balls \| Ariadne	3 Posts published on this day How to live in space: what we've learned from 20 years of the International Space Station \| Guest Work Fancy coughing at your phone? Nicer than a swab up your nose \| Physics Stop	4 Posts published on this day Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message \| Lippy Linguist	5	6 Posts published on this day New Zealand needs a ‘traffic light’ system to stop COVID-19 creeping in at the border \| COVID-19	7 Posts published on this day How we discovered three new species of penguin in the Southern Ocean \| Guest Work	8
9	10 Posts published on this day Vaccine progress is great: It doesn’t mean we let down our collective guard \| COVID-19 Crabs, carcinisation, and crappy headlines \| BioBlog	11 Posts published on this day New cyclone forecasts: why impacts should be the focus of hazardous weather warnings \| Guest Work Why do humans instinctively reject evidence contrary to their beliefs? \| Climate: Explained	12 Posts published on this day 90% efficacy for Pfizer's COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is striking. But we need to wait for the full data \| COVID-19 Buying a coronavirus vaccine for everyone on Earth, storing and shipping it, and giving it safely will all be hard and expensive \| COVID-19 Scientists thought these seals evolved in the north. 3-million-year-old fossils from New Zealand suggest otherwise \| Hot off the press	13 Posts published on this day After a nuclear war, the world’s emergency food supply could be seafood — if overfishing stops now \| Hot off the press Rationing scarce MIQ spaces \| The Dismal Science	14 Posts published on this day Will the Coronavirus Evolve to Be Less Deadly? \| COVID-19	15
16	17 Posts published on this day Secondhand clothing sales are booming – and may help solve the sustainability crisis in the fashion industry \| Guest Work New data privacy rules are coming in NZ — businesses and other organisations will have to lift their games \| Guest Work Moderna follows Pfizer with exciting vaccine news – how to read these dramatic developments \| COVID-19 Time to Stop Dodging Bullets? NZ’s Eight Recent Border Control Failures \| Public Health Expert read more	18 Posts published on this day Buying and distributing a COVID-19 vaccine will involve hard ethical and practical choices \| COVID-19 What would happen if we cut down the Amazon rainforest? \| Climate: Explained	19 Posts published on this day How to read results from COVID vaccine trials like a pro \| COVID-19 Matariki, history and ethnicity research honoured \| Mātau Taiao Reconnecting with taha Māori on the shores of Lake Taupō \| Unsorted Enhancing the lives of tāngata whenua \| Mātau Taiao read more	20 Posts published on this day Repairing a hole in the wall with the diffusion equation \| Physics Stop	21 Posts published on this day How to choose the right Christmas gift: tips from psychological research \| Guest Work	22 Posts published on this day SpaceX's Starlink satellites are about to ruin stargazing for everyone \| Guest Work
23 Posts published on this day Big Eye Wide, But Shut \| Out of Space	24 Posts published on this day Why some people find it easier to stick to new habits they formed during lockdown \| COVID-19 'Courageous' investment means innovation stays in NZ, not sold off overseas \| Guest Work Aches on a plane – new findings on in-flight Covid transmission \| Infectious Thoughts Why the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine is now a global game changer \| COVID-19 read more	25 Posts published on this day Changing stuff… \| Genomics Aotearoa The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos \| Public Health Expert	26 Posts published on this day 5 reasons why banishing backpackers and targeting wealthy tourists would be a mistake for NZ \| Guest Work	27 Posts published on this day Devastated by disease in the past, Samoa is on high alert after recent coronavirus scares \| COVID-19 Mining companies are required to return quarried sites to their 'natural character'. But is that enough? \| Guest Work	28	29
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