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2 Posts published on this day No wonder people are confused. Most official COVID vaccine advice is way too complex \| COVID-19	3 Posts published on this day Air pollution exposure is shifting from outdoor to indoor – here’s why \| Guest Work Our brains perceive our environment differently when we’re lying down \| Hot off the press Gamers know the power of ‘flow’ — what if learners could harness it too? \| News Has the High Court shown the way for successful Māori claims to marine title? \| News read more	4 Posts published on this day Let’s choose our words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science \| News Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts \| Hot off the press	5	6 Posts published on this day Taking the circus to school: How kids benefit from learning trapeze, juggling and unicycle in gym class \| Hot off the press When faces are partially covered, neither people nor algorithms are good at reading emotions \| Hot off the press How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have? \| COVID-19	7	8
9 Posts published on this day Monday’s IPCC report is a really big deal for climate change. So what is it? And why should we trust it? \| The Changing Climate	10 Posts published on this day New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke \| Public Health Expert Rising seas and melting glaciers: these changes are now irreversible, but we have to act to slow them down \| The Changing Climate The global water cycle has become more intense, and that makes New Zealand’s wet regions wetter, and dry ones drier \| The Changing Climate	11 Posts published on this day Set on finding a solution for Kauri dieback \| Mātau Taiao Pursuit of 'positive social change' \| Mātau Taiao	12 Posts published on this day Fossil fuel misinformation may sideline one of the most important climate change reports ever released \| The Changing Climate A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there? \| Public Health Expert	13 Posts published on this day Why New Zealand’s proposed law banning conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents \| News Apocalyptic films have lulled us into a false sense of security about climate change \| The Changing Climate Phased border reopening, faster vaccination, be ready for Delta: Jacinda Ardern lays out NZ’s COVID roadmap \| COVID-19 Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales \| Public Health Expert read more	14	15
16	17 Posts published on this day Should we tell stories of vaccine sceptics who have died of COVID? \| COVID-19 After the last ‘summer of terrible drugs’ it’s time to make NZ’s temporary drug checking law permanent \| News Appetite for convenience: how the surge in online food delivery could be harming our health \| Hot off the press To get New Zealanders out of their cars we’ll need to start charging the true cost of driving \| The Changing Climate read more	18 Posts published on this day After its first suspected Delta variant community case, New Zealand goes into short, sharp nationwide lockdown \| COVID-19	19 Posts published on this day How patients talk about cancer with family, friends and doctors \| Guest Work New Zealanders haven’t been scanning in enough, and that contributed to the need for a full lockdown \| COVID-19 Nine things you don’t know about seahorses \| Guest Work	20 Posts published on this day Why rapid genome sequencing is key to finding out how long Delta has been in NZ, and how large this outbreak might be \| COVID-19 Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ \| Public Health Expert New Zealand could take a global lead in controlling the development of ‘killer robots’ — so why isn’t it? \| News	21	22 Posts published on this day Out of the fire and into a mad world: How human arrival in New Zealand resulted in a flightless insect \| Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
23	24 Posts published on this day How will Delta evolve? Here’s what the theory tells us \| COVID-19 COVID cases are rising in highly vaccinated Israel. But it doesn’t mean Australia should give up and ‘live with’ the virus \| COVID-19	25 Posts published on this day Communication is changing — and most universities haven’t kept up \| Hot off the press Pacific Island bats are utterly fascinating, yet under threat and overlooked. Meet 4 species \| News What rights do NZ children and their parents have when giving consent to be vaccinated? \| COVID-19	26 Posts published on this day More Wastewater Testing Could Guide Optimal Covid-19 Control on the Path Back to Elimination \| Public Health Expert Auckland is likely to remain in strict lockdown for several more weeks to stamp out NZ’s Delta outbreak \| COVID-19 Unverified reports of vaccine side effects in VAERS aren’t the smoking guns portrayed by right-wing media outlets – they can offer insight into vaccine hesitancy \| COVID-19 Climate change is an infrastructure problem – map of electric vehicle chargers shows one reason why \| The Changing Climate read more	27 Posts published on this day Who pays? Who changes? \| Planetary Ecology Excel autocorrect errors still plague genetic research, raising concerns over scientific rigour \| Hot off the press COVID-19 Helping people check locations of interest \| Code for life	28	29
30 Posts published on this day Myocarditis as an adverse event following mRNA COVID-19 immunisation \| Diplomatic Immunity Throwing Open the Windows: The Need for Ventilation Improvements as Part of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa \| Public Health Expert	31 Posts published on this day Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks \| Public Health Expert

Out of the fire and into a mad world: How human arrival in New Zealand resulted in a flightless insect - Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Nic Rawlence • Aug 22, 2021

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August 2021

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2 Posts published on this day No wonder people are confused. Most official COVID vaccine advice is way too complex \| COVID-19	3 Posts published on this day Air pollution exposure is shifting from outdoor to indoor – here’s why \| Guest Work Our brains perceive our environment differently when we’re lying down \| Hot off the press Gamers know the power of ‘flow’ — what if learners could harness it too? \| News Has the High Court shown the way for successful Māori claims to marine title? \| News read more	4 Posts published on this day Let’s choose our words more carefully when discussing mātauranga Māori and science \| News Tuatara are ancient, slow and endangered. But their super speedy sperm could boost conservation efforts \| Hot off the press	5	6 Posts published on this day Taking the circus to school: How kids benefit from learning trapeze, juggling and unicycle in gym class \| Hot off the press When faces are partially covered, neither people nor algorithms are good at reading emotions \| Hot off the press How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have? \| COVID-19	7	8
9 Posts published on this day Monday’s IPCC report is a really big deal for climate change. So what is it? And why should we trust it? \| The Changing Climate	10 Posts published on this day New e-liquid flavour restrictions: Potential impacts on young people and people who smoke \| Public Health Expert Rising seas and melting glaciers: these changes are now irreversible, but we have to act to slow them down \| The Changing Climate The global water cycle has become more intense, and that makes New Zealand’s wet regions wetter, and dry ones drier \| The Changing Climate	11 Posts published on this day Set on finding a solution for Kauri dieback \| Mātau Taiao Pursuit of 'positive social change' \| Mātau Taiao	12 Posts published on this day Fossil fuel misinformation may sideline one of the most important climate change reports ever released \| The Changing Climate A Smokefree Aotearoa – could making tobacco products available only through community pharmacies help us get there? \| Public Health Expert	13 Posts published on this day Why New Zealand’s proposed law banning conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents \| News Apocalyptic films have lulled us into a false sense of security about climate change \| The Changing Climate Phased border reopening, faster vaccination, be ready for Delta: Jacinda Ardern lays out NZ’s COVID roadmap \| COVID-19 Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales \| Public Health Expert read more	14	15
16	17 Posts published on this day Should we tell stories of vaccine sceptics who have died of COVID? \| COVID-19 After the last ‘summer of terrible drugs’ it’s time to make NZ’s temporary drug checking law permanent \| News Appetite for convenience: how the surge in online food delivery could be harming our health \| Hot off the press To get New Zealanders out of their cars we’ll need to start charging the true cost of driving \| The Changing Climate read more	18 Posts published on this day After its first suspected Delta variant community case, New Zealand goes into short, sharp nationwide lockdown \| COVID-19	19 Posts published on this day How patients talk about cancer with family, friends and doctors \| Guest Work New Zealanders haven’t been scanning in enough, and that contributed to the need for a full lockdown \| COVID-19 Nine things you don’t know about seahorses \| Guest Work	20 Posts published on this day Why rapid genome sequencing is key to finding out how long Delta has been in NZ, and how large this outbreak might be \| COVID-19 Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ \| Public Health Expert New Zealand could take a global lead in controlling the development of ‘killer robots’ — so why isn’t it? \| News	21	22 Posts published on this day Out of the fire and into a mad world: How human arrival in New Zealand resulted in a flightless insect \| Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
23	24 Posts published on this day How will Delta evolve? Here’s what the theory tells us \| COVID-19 COVID cases are rising in highly vaccinated Israel. But it doesn’t mean Australia should give up and ‘live with’ the virus \| COVID-19	25 Posts published on this day Communication is changing — and most universities haven’t kept up \| Hot off the press Pacific Island bats are utterly fascinating, yet under threat and overlooked. Meet 4 species \| News What rights do NZ children and their parents have when giving consent to be vaccinated? \| COVID-19	26 Posts published on this day More Wastewater Testing Could Guide Optimal Covid-19 Control on the Path Back to Elimination \| Public Health Expert Auckland is likely to remain in strict lockdown for several more weeks to stamp out NZ’s Delta outbreak \| COVID-19 Unverified reports of vaccine side effects in VAERS aren’t the smoking guns portrayed by right-wing media outlets – they can offer insight into vaccine hesitancy \| COVID-19 Climate change is an infrastructure problem – map of electric vehicle chargers shows one reason why \| The Changing Climate read more	27 Posts published on this day Who pays? Who changes? \| Planetary Ecology Excel autocorrect errors still plague genetic research, raising concerns over scientific rigour \| Hot off the press COVID-19 Helping people check locations of interest \| Code for life	28	29
30 Posts published on this day Myocarditis as an adverse event following mRNA COVID-19 immunisation \| Diplomatic Immunity Throwing Open the Windows: The Need for Ventilation Improvements as Part of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa \| Public Health Expert	31 Posts published on this day Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks \| Public Health Expert

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