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July 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Ordway, Assistant Professor Sport Management and Sport Integrity Lead, University of Canberra Shelby Houlihan blames a pork burrito for her positive drug test that cost her a chance to compete in Tokyo. Charlie Neibergall/AP It’s been a tough year for doping control officers trying to access ... <a title="Banned from the Olympics for a bad burrito? Anti-doping efforts shouldn’t start from a position of guilt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/20/banned-from-the-olympics-for-a-bad-burrito-anti-doping-efforts-shouldnt-start-from-a-position-of-guilt-163890/" aria-label="Read more about Banned from the Olympics for a bad burrito? Anti-doping efforts shouldn’t start from a position of guilt">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology GettyImages With most COVID-19 restrictions now lifted in England, the world is watching to see what this so-called “freedom day” will bring. Some scepticism is warranted, given Britain’s approach throughout the pandemic has hardly been a success. By ... <a title="Could Britain be sued for reopening and putting the world at risk from new COVID variants?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/20/could-britain-be-sued-for-reopening-and-putting-the-world-at-risk-from-new-covid-variants-164705/" aria-label="Read more about Could Britain be sued for reopening and putting the world at risk from new COVID variants?">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levi Osuagwu, Research fellow, Western Sydney University CDC New South Wales reported 98 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Twenty of those were infectious while in the community, a number which needs to get close to zero before the lockdown can end. To reduce the ... <a title="Understanding how African-Australians think about COVID can help tailor public health messaging" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/20/understanding-how-african-australians-think-about-covid-can-help-tailor-public-health-messaging-164398/" aria-label="Read more about Understanding how African-Australians think about COVID can help tailor public health messaging">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher J. O’Bryan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland Pixabay Whether you call them feral pigs, boar, swine, hogs, or even razorbacks, wild pigs are one of the most damaging invasive species on Earth, and they’re notorious for damaging agriculture ... <a title="‘One of the most damaging invasive species on Earth’: wild pigs release the same emissions as 1 million cars each year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/20/one-of-the-most-damaging-invasive-species-on-earth-wild-pigs-release-the-same-emissions-as-1-million-cars-each-year-163250/" aria-label="Read more about ‘One of the most damaging invasive species on Earth’: wild pigs release the same emissions as 1 million cars each year">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nan Bahr, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students), Southern Cross University Shutterstock This is the first article in a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. From about August each year, young people in year 10 go through a round of interviews ... <a title="Choosing your senior school subjects doesn’t have to be scary. Here are 6 things to keep in mind" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/20/choosing-your-senior-school-subjects-doesnt-have-to-be-scary-here-are-6-things-to-keep-in-mind-160257/" aria-label="Read more about Choosing your senior school subjects doesn’t have to be scary. Here are 6 things to keep in mind">Read more</a>
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July 20, 2021
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage By Richard Kohn, Ph.D.From Columbia, MD Recently, there have been reports in the news media that Nicaragua is destroying its rain forests and allowing beef ranchers to convert them to pastures in the country’s vast nature reserves. A network of supposed human rights and environmental groups are calling ... <a title="Nicaragua: U.S. sanctions will disrupt sustainable beef production and reforestation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/20/nicaragua-u-s-sanctions-will-disrupt-sustainable-beef-production-and-reforestation/" aria-label="Read more about Nicaragua: U.S. sanctions will disrupt sustainable beef production and reforestation">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne AAP/Darren England This week’s Newspoll, conducted July 14-17 from a sample of 1,506, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a two-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll three weeks ago. This is the biggest ... <a title="Labor gains clear Newspoll lead during Sydney lockdown, but will the economy save the Coalition?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/labor-gains-clear-newspoll-lead-during-sydney-lockdown-but-will-the-economy-save-the-coalition-164557/" aria-label="Read more about Labor gains clear Newspoll lead during Sydney lockdown, but will the economy save the Coalition?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ken Purnell, Professor of Education, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock New South Wales recently announced it would trial different start and finish times for various year levels in primary schools. The reported aims include reducing traffic congestion and providing more flexibility to certain families, including shift workers. In Queensland, ... <a title="More sleep, less traffic: here’s what we know about the benefits of staggered school start (and finish) times" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/more-sleep-less-traffic-heres-what-we-know-about-the-benefits-of-staggered-school-start-and-finish-times-164313/" aria-label="Read more about More sleep, less traffic: here’s what we know about the benefits of staggered school start (and finish) times">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dr Dani Larkin, Lecturer/Deputy Director of the Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW In January, an unnamed incarcerated Aboriginal woman on remand at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT was the victim of an alleged strip search undertaken by four guards in full riot gear in full view ... <a title="Excessive strip-searching shines light on discrimination of Aboriginal women in the criminal justice system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/excessive-strip-searching-shines-light-on-discrimination-of-aboriginal-women-in-the-criminal-justice-system-163969/" aria-label="Read more about Excessive strip-searching shines light on discrimination of Aboriginal women in the criminal justice system">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emrah Baki Ulas, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney The two key objectives of museums — exhibition and preservation — are often in conflict. Exhibiting an object and exposing it to elements like lighting, fluctuating temperature, humidity and variable air quality can cause damage and degradation. The ... <a title="How museums could light up and display more of the world’s precious objects for longer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/how-museums-could-light-up-and-display-more-of-the-worlds-precious-objects-for-longer-163974/" aria-label="Read more about How museums could light up and display more of the world’s precious objects for longer">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Antibiotics treat infections caused by bacteria. But they can also destroy the good bacteria in your gut. For some people, this results in an upset stomach and diarrhoea. One UK review of the research looked ... <a title="What should you eat after you’ve been on antibiotics? And can probiotics and prebiotics get your gut back to normal?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/what-should-you-eat-after-youve-been-on-antibiotics-and-can-probiotics-and-prebiotics-get-your-gut-back-to-normal-163363/" aria-label="Read more about What should you eat after you’ve been on antibiotics? And can probiotics and prebiotics get your gut back to normal?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University A fan at the All Blacks v Fiji test match in New Zealand, July 17. GettyImages The current serious outbreak of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Fiji is pushing already stretched health and community resources to the brink. ... <a title="Fijians harness the fundraising power of social media as their government struggles with the COVID-19 crisis" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/19/fijians-harness-the-fundraising-power-of-social-media-as-their-government-struggles-with-the-covid-19-crisis-164390/" aria-label="Read more about Fijians harness the fundraising power of social media as their government struggles with the COVID-19 crisis">Read more</a>
