Today marks 100 days in NZ without community transmission.
There are key lessons from New Zealand’s COVID-19. experience.theconversation.com/100-days-witho… @otago
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- Hi @NICKIMINAJ, contrary to myths circulating on social media, #COVID19 vaccines do not cause erectile dysfunction and male infertility — but COVID-19 can. Read this myth-buster by @univmiami’s @ranjithramamd:My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied
- A deadly frog fungus has wiped out 90 species + threatens 100s more. bit.ly/2uvvfss The deadliness of a single disease affecting an entire class of animals highlights the need for govts + international organisations to take the threat of wildlife disease seriously.
- "The Chinese leadership is as determined as ever to fight a new cold war with its western adversaries. "And Hong Kong is in the middle, poised to become, as pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, put it, 'the new Berlin'."
- This is the “Slave Map of Modern Australia”. In 1891, it was printed in the British Anti-Slavery Reporter, a journal that documented slavery around the world. So was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate: bit.ly/2MOJBgF
- A 3,700 year olf Babylonian tablet revealed as the world's first trigonometry table
- It's time to ban climate denialism in the media. A piece from @crikey_news on our decision to ban climate change deniers from commenting on our site and why, according to @chrisjwarren, the media has a responsibility to stop them.
- Replying to @ConversationEDUProbably a spider’s best bet would be to lay low until the vacuum cleaner is emptied, then make a getaway from the bin it is emptied into.
GIF - Coastal cities and towns can't afford to lose the protection of the Great Barrier Reef
- We're taking a zero-tolerance approach to moderating climate change articles here at @ConversationEDU. A note from our editor @mishaketch:
- #FactCheck: do 679 of #Australia’s biggest corporations pay ‘not one cent’ of tax? #QandA VERDICT: Correct. theconversation.com/factcheck-do-6…
- Actually, we exist to ensure scientific facts are available to all. We're a free, independent source of media and our sole purpose is to inject evidence into public discourse. We're also open access + publish under creative commons. Thanks for sharing the article.Not convinced humans are the main cause of climate change? You are “dangerous" & "don’t deserve a place". The Conversation is now closed to you. RIP free inquiry & open access. @ConversationEDU theconversation.com/climate-change…
- According to experts from @unimelb and @sydney_uni we need to get ready for an alarming future, where truth and science no longer matter.
- Today is The Conversation's 10th birthday! We're proud to have grown from a group of journos crowded around a desk in Melbourne, to one of the world's most-read independent, evidence-based news organisations. Here's to a decade of #NewsByExperts! 🎂
