Archive: Thu Sep 2021

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September 2021
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		1 Posts published on this day What are the limits of dissent as NZ locks down, vaccinates and prepares to ‘open up’? \| COVID-19 South African health experts have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2: what’s known so far \| COVID-19 New Zealand’s fossil record suggests more species lived in warmer waters. But the current rate of warming may break this pattern \| Hot off the press	2 Posts published on this day The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree \| Public Health Expert	3 Posts published on this day Understanding life in our waterways through metagenomics \| Genomics Aotearoa An Upgraded Alert Level 2 is Urgently Needed to Address the Delta Variant Threat \| Public Health Expert Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water \| Public Health Expert	4	5
6 Posts published on this day NZ is introducing mandatory record keeping to help contact tracers. But is the data protected enough? \| COVID-19 A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there? \| Public Health Expert	7 Posts published on this day With lockdowns easing for the rest of New Zealand, Auckland becomes the elimination frontline \| COVID-19 Language Matters: Kiwi metaphors of Covid-19 \| Lippy Linguist E-cigarettes: misconceptions about their dangers may be preventing people from quitting smoking \| Guest Work trends in human evolution – the shoulder \| BioBlog read more	8 Posts published on this day Musicians are urging us to vaccinate: the Australian federal government should learn from these moving, hopeful ads \| COVID-19 New research reveals animals are changing their body shapes to cope with climate change \| The Changing Climate	9 Posts published on this day Licensing bonanza in computational life sciences* \| Genomics Aotearoa	10 Posts published on this day Packaging generates a lot of waste – now Maine and Oregon want manufacturers to foot the bill for getting rid of it \| News The world is desperate for new antibiotics, and New Zealand’s unique fungi are a source of promising compounds \| Hot off the press Resolving a genetic mash-up: reconstructing an accurate evolutionary history of kākāriki \| Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives Improving ventilation in schools: a key protection against Covid-19 outbreaks and an enduring legacy for healthier learning \| Public Health Expert read more	11	12
13	14 Posts published on this day We managed to toilet train cows (and they learned faster than a toddler). It could help combat climate change \| Hot off the press How big companies are targeting middle income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales \| Hot off the press Ngā āhuatanga ka akona mai ki a tātou e te ao Māori, mō te ao pakihi o āpōpō \| News Putting the community back into business: what te ao Māori can teach us about sustainable management \| News read more	15 Posts published on this day Climate explained: how much of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuels and could we replace it all with renewables? \| Planetary Ecology	16 Posts published on this day Overlooked and undervalued, New Zealand’s community caregivers have become the ‘invisible’ essential workers \| COVID-19 Bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction might not be such a bad idea — ethicists explain \| News Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa \| Public Health Expert Why a domestic NZ COVID ‘passport’ raises hard questions about discrimination, inequality and coercion \| COVID-19 read more	17 Posts published on this day Making the Most of Masks \| Public Health Expert	18	19
20 Posts published on this day Undersea internet cables connect Pacific islands to the world. But geopolitical tension is tugging at the wires \| News Covax misses its 2021 delivery target – what’s gone wrong in the fight against vaccine nationalism? \| COVID-19	21 Posts published on this day Don't plan on orderly transitions \| Ariadne Why you shouldn’t make a habit of doing a ‘just in case’ wee — and don’t tell your kids to either \| Guest Work New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low \| COVID-19 New Zealand has ramped up vaccination rates, but too many people remain concerned about vaccine safety \| COVID-19 read more	22	23 Posts published on this day The earthquake that rattled Melbourne was among Australia’s biggest in half a century, but rock records reveal far mightier ones \| News Pinpointing the role of climate change in every storm is impossible – and a luxury most countries can’t afford \| The Changing Climate How Cuban medical training has helped Pacific nations face the pandemic challenge \| COVID-19	24 Posts published on this day Beyond Zoom, Teams and video lectures — what do university students really want from online learning? \| Hot off the press Calling the latest gene technologies ‘natural’ is a semantic distraction — they must still be regulated \| Hot off the press	25	26 Posts published on this day Maui dolphin declines below 50 individuals \| Making Waves
27 Posts published on this day What is dust? And where does it all come from? \| Hot off the press	28 Posts published on this day Why New Zealanders are vulnerable to genetic discrimination in health and life insurance \| News Social media, activism, trucker caps: the fascinating story behind long COVID \| COVID-19 Emotional vaccine: 3 ways we can move from ‘languishing’ to ‘flourishing’ in these testing times \| COVID-19 Bright skies named colour of the year – here’s why there’s so much more to the heavens than blue \| Guest Work read more	29	30

Licensing bonanza in computational life sciences* - Genomics Aotearoa

Genomics Aotearoa • Sep 09, 2021

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« Aug
September 2021
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
		1 Posts published on this day What are the limits of dissent as NZ locks down, vaccinates and prepares to ‘open up’? \| COVID-19 South African health experts have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2: what’s known so far \| COVID-19 New Zealand’s fossil record suggests more species lived in warmer waters. But the current rate of warming may break this pattern \| Hot off the press	2 Posts published on this day The end game should not be just Smokefree 2025 but also Vapefree \| Public Health Expert	3 Posts published on this day Understanding life in our waterways through metagenomics \| Genomics Aotearoa An Upgraded Alert Level 2 is Urgently Needed to Address the Delta Variant Threat \| Public Health Expert Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water \| Public Health Expert	4	5
6 Posts published on this day NZ is introducing mandatory record keeping to help contact tracers. But is the data protected enough? \| COVID-19 A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there? \| Public Health Expert	7 Posts published on this day With lockdowns easing for the rest of New Zealand, Auckland becomes the elimination frontline \| COVID-19 Language Matters: Kiwi metaphors of Covid-19 \| Lippy Linguist E-cigarettes: misconceptions about their dangers may be preventing people from quitting smoking \| Guest Work trends in human evolution – the shoulder \| BioBlog read more	8 Posts published on this day Musicians are urging us to vaccinate: the Australian federal government should learn from these moving, hopeful ads \| COVID-19 New research reveals animals are changing their body shapes to cope with climate change \| The Changing Climate	9 Posts published on this day Licensing bonanza in computational life sciences* \| Genomics Aotearoa	10 Posts published on this day Packaging generates a lot of waste – now Maine and Oregon want manufacturers to foot the bill for getting rid of it \| News The world is desperate for new antibiotics, and New Zealand’s unique fungi are a source of promising compounds \| Hot off the press Resolving a genetic mash-up: reconstructing an accurate evolutionary history of kākāriki \| Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives Improving ventilation in schools: a key protection against Covid-19 outbreaks and an enduring legacy for healthier learning \| Public Health Expert read more	11	12
13	14 Posts published on this day We managed to toilet train cows (and they learned faster than a toddler). It could help combat climate change \| Hot off the press How big companies are targeting middle income countries to boost ultra-processed food sales \| Hot off the press Ngā āhuatanga ka akona mai ki a tātou e te ao Māori, mō te ao pakihi o āpōpō \| News Putting the community back into business: what te ao Māori can teach us about sustainable management \| News read more	15 Posts published on this day Climate explained: how much of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuels and could we replace it all with renewables? \| Planetary Ecology	16 Posts published on this day Overlooked and undervalued, New Zealand’s community caregivers have become the ‘invisible’ essential workers \| COVID-19 Bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction might not be such a bad idea — ethicists explain \| News Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa \| Public Health Expert Why a domestic NZ COVID ‘passport’ raises hard questions about discrimination, inequality and coercion \| COVID-19 read more	17 Posts published on this day Making the Most of Masks \| Public Health Expert	18	19
20 Posts published on this day Undersea internet cables connect Pacific islands to the world. But geopolitical tension is tugging at the wires \| News Covax misses its 2021 delivery target – what’s gone wrong in the fight against vaccine nationalism? \| COVID-19	21 Posts published on this day Don't plan on orderly transitions \| Ariadne Why you shouldn’t make a habit of doing a ‘just in case’ wee — and don’t tell your kids to either \| Guest Work New Zealand cannot abandon its COVID elimination strategy while Māori and Pasifika vaccination rates are too low \| COVID-19 New Zealand has ramped up vaccination rates, but too many people remain concerned about vaccine safety \| COVID-19 read more	22	23 Posts published on this day The earthquake that rattled Melbourne was among Australia’s biggest in half a century, but rock records reveal far mightier ones \| News Pinpointing the role of climate change in every storm is impossible – and a luxury most countries can’t afford \| The Changing Climate How Cuban medical training has helped Pacific nations face the pandemic challenge \| COVID-19	24 Posts published on this day Beyond Zoom, Teams and video lectures — what do university students really want from online learning? \| Hot off the press Calling the latest gene technologies ‘natural’ is a semantic distraction — they must still be regulated \| Hot off the press	25	26 Posts published on this day Maui dolphin declines below 50 individuals \| Making Waves
27 Posts published on this day What is dust? And where does it all come from? \| Hot off the press	28 Posts published on this day Why New Zealanders are vulnerable to genetic discrimination in health and life insurance \| News Social media, activism, trucker caps: the fascinating story behind long COVID \| COVID-19 Emotional vaccine: 3 ways we can move from ‘languishing’ to ‘flourishing’ in these testing times \| COVID-19 Bright skies named colour of the year – here’s why there’s so much more to the heavens than blue \| Guest Work read more	29	30

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