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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock With Christmas around the corner and COVID-19 case numbers rising, it’s important to keep getting tested when you have symptoms, have been exposed to the virus, or ... <a title="When is it OK to take a rapid antigen test for COVID rather than lining up for a PCR swab?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/when-is-it-ok-to-take-a-rapid-antigen-test-for-covid-rather-than-lining-up-for-a-pcr-swab-173487/" aria-label="Read more about When is it OK to take a rapid antigen test for COVID rather than lining up for a PCR swab?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Shutterstock In recent years, the Victoria and New South Wales governments have both unveiled strategies to move more freight across the country by rail and ease the increasing pressure of goods moving through the two largest container ports. The ... <a title="Instead of putting more massive trucks on our roads, we need to invest in our rail network" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/instead-of-putting-more-massive-trucks-on-our-roads-we-need-to-invest-in-our-rail-network-172491/" aria-label="Read more about Instead of putting more massive trucks on our roads, we need to invest in our rail network">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roger Patulny, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wollongong Shutterstock As we resume our social lives after strict COVID restrictions have lifted, many of us are finding it’s time to take stock of our friendships. Recent research I’ve been involved in found friendship networks were shrinking in ... <a title="Lost touch with friends during lockdown? Here’s how to reconnect (and let go of ‘toxic’ ones)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/lost-touch-with-friends-during-lockdown-heres-how-to-reconnect-and-let-go-of-toxic-ones-172853/" aria-label="Read more about Lost touch with friends during lockdown? Here’s how to reconnect (and let go of ‘toxic’ ones)">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peng Du, Associate Professor, University of Auckland Shutterstock/Andrey_Popov Our stomach is a wonderful organ that turns what we eat into the nutrients and energy we need to maintain our health. At first glance, it might appear as a simple extendable muscular bag, but it has many sophisticated ... <a title="The stomach moves to a rhythm of gentle contractions. Any change can be an early signal of gastric disease" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/the-stomach-moves-to-a-rhythm-of-gentle-contractions-any-change-can-be-an-early-signal-of-gastric-disease-173647/" aria-label="Read more about The stomach moves to a rhythm of gentle contractions. Any change can be an early signal of gastric disease">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ksenia Sawczak, Head, Research and Development, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney The acting minister for education and youth, Stuart Robert, wrote a letter last week to Australian Research Council (ARC) CEO Sue Thomas, listing four demands. These included changes to ARC funding models ... <a title="Latest government bid to dictate research directions builds on a decade of failure" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/latest-government-bid-to-dictate-research-directions-builds-on-a-decade-of-failure-173834/" aria-label="Read more about Latest government bid to dictate research directions builds on a decade of failure">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. You can sign up to NZ Politics Daily as well as New Zealand Political Roundup columns for free here. Today’s content Parliament, parties, polling Richard Harman (Politik): Delta’s big victim; Jacinda Ardern and her ... <a title="Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 17 2021" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/newsletter-new-zealand-politics-daily-december-17-2021/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – December 17 2021">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bruno Alves Buzatto, Principal Biologist at Bennelongia Environmental Consultants, The University of Western Australia Paul E. Marek, Bruno A. Buzatto, William A. Shear, Jackson C. Means, Dennis G. Black, Mark S. Harvey, Juanita Rodriguez, Scientific Reports., Author provided Millipedes were the first land animals, and today we ... <a title="1 millipede, 1,306 legs: we just discovered the world’s leggiest animal hiding in Western Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/1-millipede-1-306-legs-we-just-discovered-the-worlds-leggiest-animal-hiding-in-western-australia-173753/" aria-label="Read more about 1 millipede, 1,306 legs: we just discovered the world’s leggiest animal hiding in Western Australia">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Deakin University As we reach the end of 2021 and cast our eyes towards 2022, we can begin to imagine what life in the “post-pandemic” world might look like. But before we do this, it’s vital we look back and learn every lesson ... <a title="COVID in Victoria: 262 days in lockdown, 3 stunning successes and 4 avoidable failures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/covid-in-victoria-262-days-in-lockdown-3-stunning-successes-and-4-avoidable-failures-172408/" aria-label="Read more about COVID in Victoria: 262 days in lockdown, 3 stunning successes and 4 avoidable failures">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madeline Taylor, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University Shutterstock When it comes to solar energy, Australia has a huge natural advantage with an abundance of sun and vast, flat expanses of land. This makes it relatively easy to build solar farms across the continent. Some proposed projects, however, overlap ... <a title="Farmers shouldn’t have to compete with solar companies for land. We need better policies so everyone can benefit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/farmers-shouldnt-have-to-compete-with-solar-companies-for-land-we-need-better-policies-so-everyone-can-benefit-173333/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers shouldn’t have to compete with solar companies for land. We need better policies so everyone can benefit">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shirley Alexander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education and Students), University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock One could be forgiven for thinking moving lectures online is the only change to the higher education experience to come from the COVID-19 pandemic. Barely a day goes by without a headline that ... <a title="COVID has changed students’ needs and expectations. How do universities respond?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/covid-has-changed-students-needs-and-expectations-how-do-universities-respond-172863/" aria-label="Read more about COVID has changed students’ needs and expectations. How do universities respond?">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Messer, Honorary Associate Professor in Creative Writing and Literature, Macquarie University Jane Messer You need thalassa therapy, the woman said to me, knowing I was ever so anxious and sad about too many things. These included my mother’s months in hospital and decline from Alzheimer’s, made ... <a title="Friday essay: morning thalassa – the calm, salt therapy of Sydney’s women’s pool" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/friday-essay-morning-thalassa-the-calm-salt-therapy-of-sydneys-womens-pool-171386/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: morning thalassa – the calm, salt therapy of Sydney’s women’s pool">Read more</a>
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December 17, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Benin bronze sculptures, part of an exhibition in Germany in 2021. GettyImages The Southland town of Gore is best known for its giant statue of a brown trout and the ... <a title="Imperial loot in a small-town gallery in New Zealand? The curious case of Gore’s ‘Benin bronzes’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/17/imperial-loot-in-a-small-town-gallery-in-new-zealand-the-curious-case-of-gores-benin-bronzes-173424/" aria-label="Read more about Imperial loot in a small-town gallery in New Zealand? The curious case of Gore’s ‘Benin bronzes’">Read more</a>
