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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Bennett, Professor in School of History and Classics, University of Tasmania Edward Jenner vaccinating his son, held by Mrs Jenner; a maid rolls up her sleeve, a man stands outside holding a cow. Coloured engraving by C. Manigaud after E Hamman. The Wellcome Collection. As the ... <a title="Eradicating smallpox: the global vaccination push that brought the world ‘arm-to-arm’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/eradicating-smallpox-the-global-vaccination-push-that-brought-the-world-arm-to-arm-162091/" aria-label="Read more about Eradicating smallpox: the global vaccination push that brought the world ‘arm-to-arm’">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology Sue Ogrocki/AP/AAP When the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officially begin on Friday night, they will do so with the host city under a state of emergency due to COVID-19. For the first time in history, all Olympic events will ... <a title="To watch or not to watch? The Tokyo Games raises difficult questions for fans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/to-watch-or-not-to-watch-the-tokyo-games-raises-difficult-questions-for-fans-164712/" aria-label="Read more about To watch or not to watch? The Tokyo Games raises difficult questions for fans">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology Sue Ogrocki/AP/AAP When the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officially begin on Friday night, they will do so with the host city under a state of emergency due to COVID-19. For the first time in history, all Olympic events will ... <a title="To watch or not watch? The Tokyo Games raises difficult questions for fans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/to-watch-or-not-watch-the-tokyo-games-raises-difficult-questions-for-fans-164712/" aria-label="Read more about To watch or not watch? The Tokyo Games raises difficult questions for fans">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Towle, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Otago Author provided, Author provided Teeth can tell us a lot about the evolution of prehistoric humans, and our latest study of one of our species’ close relatives may finally resolve a long-standing mystery. The genus Paranthropus is closely related to ... <a title="Fossil tooth fractures and microscopic detail of enamel offer new clues about human diet and evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/fossil-tooth-fractures-and-microscopic-detail-of-enamel-offer-new-clues-about-human-diet-and-evolution-163653/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil tooth fractures and microscopic detail of enamel offer new clues about human diet and evolution">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. It’s nearly a week since the “Howl of a Protest” took place throughout the country, and we’re still talking about the rural revolt. What are the farmers’ concerns? Are they legitimate? Has the rural-urban divide has become too deep, and will any of this have an impact on politics in Wellington? ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the rural revolt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-seriousness-of-the-rural-revolt/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Seriousness of the rural revolt">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Finland and Greece are in the East of Europe, but generally thought of as western countries, having not been behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ during the Cold War. They can be seen as a benchmark to help understand the other Eastern European countries. And, like other eastern countries, they had low levels ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: East Europe in the European Union, Excess Deaths in Context" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-covid19-east-europe-in-the-european-union-excess-deaths-in-context/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Covid19: East Europe in the European Union, Excess Deaths in Context">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock To win swimming gold in Tokyo, swimmers not only have to generate incredible power with their arms and legs to propel themselves through the water; they also have to overcome the relentless pull of the water’s drag while ... <a title="The science of underwater swimming: how staying submerged gives Olympians the winning edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/the-science-of-underwater-swimming-how-staying-submerged-gives-olympians-the-winning-edge-163721/" aria-label="Read more about The science of underwater swimming: how staying submerged gives Olympians the winning edge">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Martin Meissner/AP History shows there nothing in sport quite like an Olympics. Equally, there is nothing in Olympic history quite like what is happening now in Tokyo at the most expensive — and likely ... <a title="As the Tokyo Games begin, the stakes could not be higher for Japan — and the Olympics themselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/as-the-tokyo-games-begin-the-stakes-could-not-be-higher-for-japan-and-the-olympics-themselves-164389/" aria-label="Read more about As the Tokyo Games begin, the stakes could not be higher for Japan — and the Olympics themselves">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wes Mountain, Multimedia Editor The Tokyo Olympics officially open on July 23 – one year later than originally planned and in an Olympic stadium that will be empty of spectators thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Tokyo is not the first Olympics to have been rescheduled or ... <a title="Most expensive, greatest gender parity, most sports: Tokyo Olympics by the numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/most-expensive-greatest-gender-parity-most-sports-tokyo-olympics-by-the-numbers-164491/" aria-label="Read more about Most expensive, greatest gender parity, most sports: Tokyo Olympics by the numbers">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney More than 200 nations are represented at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. As ever, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asserts the games are a means of unifying humanity through elite sport. At the same time, though, IOC ... <a title="The Olympic movement claims political neutrality. In reality, that ideal is often selectively applied" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/the-olympic-movement-claims-political-neutrality-in-reality-that-ideal-is-often-selectively-applied-164558/" aria-label="Read more about The Olympic movement claims political neutrality. In reality, that ideal is often selectively applied">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Joel Carrett/AAP The Greater Sydney lockdown began on June 26 and almost a month later, New South Wales is recording around 100 new COVID cases a day. We are also ... <a title="Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/is-delta-defeating-us-heres-why-the-variant-makes-contact-tracing-so-much-harder-164780/" aria-label="Read more about Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Martin, Adjunct lecturer, University of Sydney Barbara Klump, Author provided In a small, isolated village in southern Sydney, the local sulphur-crested cockatoos are particularly clever. Once a week, when the neighbours roll their wheelie bins to the curb, cockies fly over and, with skillful dexterity, open ... <a title="Clever cockatoos in southern Sydney have learned to open curb-side bins — and it has global significance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/clever-cockatoos-in-southern-sydney-have-learned-to-open-curb-side-bins-and-it-has-global-significance-164794/" aria-label="Read more about Clever cockatoos in southern Sydney have learned to open curb-side bins — and it has global significance">Read more</a>
