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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Schmidt, Professor of Chemistry, UNSW Sydney Yoann Boyer / Unsplash Is there a “fourth phase of water”? From time to time you might see people talking up the health benefits of so-called hexagonal water, or structured water, or exclusion-zone (EZ) water. A few weeks ago Kourtney ... <a title="Don’t fall for the snake oil claims of ‘structured water’. A chemist explains why it’s nonsense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/dont-fall-for-the-snake-oil-claims-of-structured-water-a-chemist-explains-why-its-nonsense-188159/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t fall for the snake oil claims of ‘structured water’. A chemist explains why it’s nonsense">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryle Rigney, Director, Indigenous Nations Collaborative Futures Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the wording of the referendum question to enable a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament. It would seem Albanese has made a solid ... <a title="Establishing a Voice to Parliament could be an opportunity for Indigenous Nation Building. Here’s what that means" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/establishing-a-voice-to-parliament-could-be-an-opportunity-for-indigenous-nation-building-heres-what-that-means-187534/" aria-label="Read more about Establishing a Voice to Parliament could be an opportunity for Indigenous Nation Building. Here’s what that means">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong It’s 14 years since former NSW rail chief Len Harper described the rail link between Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, as “inadequate for current and future needs”. And it’s 31 years since former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam ... <a title="More than ever, it’s time to upgrade the Sydney–Melbourne railway" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/more-than-ever-its-time-to-upgrade-the-sydney-melbourne-railway-187169/" aria-label="Read more about More than ever, it’s time to upgrade the Sydney–Melbourne railway">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katinka van de Ven, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Rural Criminology, HASSE, University of New England & Visiting Fellow, Drug Policy Modelling Program, SPRC, University of New South Wales, University of New England Shutterstock There’s a long history and growing evidence base that the use of performance enhancing ... <a title="Is it ethical to allow soldiers to take performance enhancing drugs such as steroids?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/is-it-ethical-to-allow-soldiers-to-take-performance-enhancing-drugs-such-as-steroids-180947/" aria-label="Read more about Is it ethical to allow soldiers to take performance enhancing drugs such as steroids?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Canberra GettyImages The authors are cultural men who have undertaken learning on and through Country with Elders in NSW, Queensland, and the Northern Territory. This piece is the product of their own experience and understanding and is not intended to represent ... <a title="‘I am Country, and Country is me!’ Indigenous ways of teaching could be beneficial for all children" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/i-am-country-and-country-is-me-indigenous-ways-of-teaching-could-be-beneficial-for-all-children-187424/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I am Country, and Country is me!’ Indigenous ways of teaching could be beneficial for all children">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aleryk Fricker, Lecturer, Indigenous Education, Deakin University GettyImages The recent decision to transport juvenile offenders into an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia shows the youth justice system is in crisis. The findings of the Don Dale Royal Commission, and the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths ... <a title="‘Decolonising’ classrooms could help keep First Nations kids in school and away from police" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/decolonising-classrooms-could-help-keep-first-nations-kids-in-school-and-away-from-police-188067/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Decolonising’ classrooms could help keep First Nations kids in school and away from police">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lara Herrero, Research Leader in Virology and Infectious Disease, Griffith University For many people with COVID, their recovery isn’t linear. United States President Joe Biden is one such person – he continues to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, and has experienced the return ... <a title="Why do some people who take Paxlovid for COVID get ‘rebound’ symptoms? Or test positive again, like President Biden?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/why-do-some-people-who-take-paxlovid-for-covid-get-rebound-symptoms-or-test-positive-again-like-president-biden-188002/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some people who take Paxlovid for COVID get ‘rebound’ symptoms? Or test positive again, like President Biden?">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government has released the draft wording for enshrining an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the constitution. Anthony Albanese is making a referendum a priority but history tells us how hard these are to pass. Tom Calma, Chancellor of ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Calma on the Indigenous Voice to parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/politics-with-michelle-grattan-tom-calma-on-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-188164/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tom Calma on the Indigenous Voice to parliament">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Agnew, Senior Lecturer of Economics, University of Canterbury Getty Images Low English literacy rates in Pasifika students are a key predictor of exclusion from school, an analysis of ten years of data has found. Our study analysed a cohort of over 43,000 students from their first ... <a title="More investment in literacy skills is needed if NZ is serious about ending persistent disparities for Pasifika students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/more-investment-in-literacy-skills-is-needed-if-nz-is-serious-about-ending-persistent-disparities-for-pasifika-students-187854/" aria-label="Read more about More investment in literacy skills is needed if NZ is serious about ending persistent disparities for Pasifika students">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon KA Robson, Professor, CQUniversity Australia Ajay Narendra, Author provided The American biologist E.O. Wilson famously called invertebrates “the little things that run the world”. Despite their great importance, we still know very little about the worms, insects and other small creatures that make up the majority ... <a title="Where are all the ants? World-first ‘treasure map’ reveals hotspots for rare species" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/where-are-all-the-ants-world-first-treasure-map-reveals-hotspots-for-rare-species-188092/" aria-label="Read more about Where are all the ants? World-first ‘treasure map’ reveals hotspots for rare species">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle H Lim, Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist, Swinburne University of Technology Loneliness has been a huge concern since the start of the COVID pandemic. One review published in May, which looked at loneliness studies across many countries, found loneliness was more common since the start of ... <a title="4 ways we can recover from the loneliness of the COVID pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/4-ways-we-can-recover-from-the-loneliness-of-the-covid-pandemic-187856/" aria-label="Read more about 4 ways we can recover from the loneliness of the COVID pandemic">Read more</a>
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August 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Crowley, Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania Shutterstock After a decade of climate policy failure, Wednesday brought good news and slightly less good news for Australian action on climate change. The good news: the nation will soon have a substantive target for ... <a title="The Greens have backed Labor’s 43% target – but don’t think Australia’s climate wars are over " class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/04/the-greens-have-backed-labors-43-target-but-dont-think-australias-climate-wars-are-over-188156/" aria-label="Read more about The Greens have backed Labor’s 43% target – but don’t think Australia’s climate wars are over ">Read more</a>
