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August 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University Parkinson’s disease, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease common in elderly people, is twice as prevalent in men than women. A new study published this month suggests the sex gene (SRY on the male-specific Y chromosome) plays a role in ... <a title="The sex gene SRY and Parkinson’s disease: how genes act differently in male and female brains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/the-sex-gene-sry-and-parkinsons-disease-how-genes-act-differently-in-male-and-female-brains-121764/" aria-label="Read more about The sex gene SRY and Parkinson’s disease: how genes act differently in male and female brains">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sebastian Leuzinger, Associate Professor, Auckland University of Technology CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, please send it ... <a title="Climate explained: why plants don’t simply grow faster with more carbon dioxide in air" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/climate-explained-why-plants-dont-simply-grow-faster-with-more-carbon-dioxide-in-air-115907/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why plants don’t simply grow faster with more carbon dioxide in air">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Garrick, University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University What’s happening in Hong Kong right now has direct bearings on Australia. It goes to an issue crucial to our position in a world economic order that is likely to be shaped less by the United States, still ... <a title="Hong Kong fears losing its rule of law; the rest of the world should worry too" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/hong-kong-fears-losing-its-rule-of-law-the-rest-of-the-world-should-worry-too-121807/" aria-label="Read more about Hong Kong fears losing its rule of law; the rest of the world should worry too">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tanya Latty, Senior Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. Insects have always been intimately connected with agriculture. Pest insects can cause tremendous damage, while helpful insects like pollinators and predators provide free ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Eleanor Anne Ormerod, the self taught agricultural entomologist who tasted a live newt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/hidden-women-of-history-eleanor-anne-ormerod-the-self-taught-agricultural-entomologist-who-tasted-a-live-newt-120158/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Eleanor Anne Ormerod, the self taught agricultural entomologist who tasted a live newt">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zac Rogers, Research Lead, Jeff Bleich Centre for the US Alliance in Digital Technology, Security, and Governance, Flinders University Back in the 1990s – a lifetime ago in internet terms – the Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells published several books charting the rise of information networks. He predicted ... <a title="Regulating Facebook, Google and Amazon is hard given their bewildering complexity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/regulating-facebook-google-and-amazon-is-hard-given-their-bewildering-complexity-111821/" aria-label="Read more about Regulating Facebook, Google and Amazon is hard given their bewildering complexity">Read more</a>
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August 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnee Shay, Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow, School of Education and Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland When you think of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander kid, or in fact any kid, imagine what’s possible. Don’t define us through the lens of disadvantage ... <a title="The Imagination Declaration: young Indigenous Australians want to be heard – but will we listen?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/14/the-imagination-declaration-young-indigenous-australians-want-to-be-heard-but-will-we-listen-121569/" aria-label="Read more about The Imagination Declaration: young Indigenous Australians want to be heard – but will we listen?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison has voiced his intention to shake up the federal public service – seeking to make it more efficient in implementing the government’s agenda. A review of the public service led by David Thodey is now finished. Meanwhile, Professor ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: on the ‘creeping crisis’ in the public service" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-on-the-creeping-crisis-in-the-public-service-121818/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: on the ‘creeping crisis’ in the public service">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jacqueline Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Melbourne From young adults to people in their 60s, everyday functioning in today’s world can place high demands on our attention and memory skills. Memory lapses such as forgetting an appointment, losing our keys, forgetting a distant relative’s ... <a title="Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/memory-and-attention-difficulties-are-often-part-of-a-normal-life-119539/" aria-label="Read more about Memory and attention difficulties are often part of a normal life">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gillian Triggs, Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne If anyone doubts the need for a charter of rights in Australia, the Banerji decision of the High Court handed down last week demonstrates why legislative protection for our common law freedoms has become a matter of national urgency. We ... <a title="Why an Australian charter of rights is a matter of national urgency" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/why-an-australian-charter-of-rights-is-a-matter-of-national-urgency-121411/" aria-label="Read more about Why an Australian charter of rights is a matter of national urgency">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Banks, Professor of Conservation Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. Where did rats first come from? – Lewis, age 7, Brisbane. Rats are everywhere – at least ... <a title="Curious Kids: where did rats first come from?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/curious-kids-where-did-rats-first-come-from-121307/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: where did rats first come from?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, ARC DECRA fellow, University of Melbourne Many Australians have just shivered through a cold weekend of wintry weather, with widespread snowfall across Victoria and parts of New South Wales. The snow was welcomed by skiers and snowboarders alike, with over a metre of snow at ... <a title="Snow at the footy? Just how unusual was last weekend’s weather?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/snow-at-the-footy-just-how-unusual-was-last-weekends-weather-121802/" aria-label="Read more about Snow at the footy? Just how unusual was last weekend’s weather?">Read more</a>
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August 13, 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards. Prisoner voting ban Jo Moir (RNZ): NZ First tightlipped on prisoners’ voting rights Derek Cheng (Herald): Jacinda Ardern against blanket right to vote for all prisoners Dan Satherley (Newshub): Restoring ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2019" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/13/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-august-13-2019/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 13 2019">Read more</a>
