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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Taylor, PhD Candidate in climate justice, Queensland University of Technology paintings, Shutterstock This week, a Senate committee examining Australia’s disaster resilience tabled its long-awaited report in parliament. The 151-page report makes ten recommendations. These concern funding arrangements, mental health supports, emergency volunteering models, and the need ... <a title="Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/disaster-season-looms-but-the-senate-inquiry-has-failed-to-empower-communities-236124/" aria-label="Read more about Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Brown, Head of Policy and Engagement, Climateworks Centre Much of the climate conversation in Australia to date has centred on actions to limit global warming, recognising that each increment of warming contributes to worsening climate extremes. In a recently released book, Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving ... <a title="‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-australias-survival-in-a-warmer-world-will-be-a-mammoth-multi-tasking-effort-236337/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peta-Anne Zimmerman, Senior Lecturer/Program Advisor, Griffith Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Program, Griffith University MedVecArt/Shutterstock Google searches for “NSW scabies outbreak” have spiked over recent days in light of an outbreak of the contagious skin condition in New South Wales. According to the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health ... <a title="Scabies: what to know about the outbreak of this contagious skin condition in hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/scabies-what-to-know-about-the-outbreak-of-this-contagious-skin-condition-in-hospitals-236482/" aria-label="Read more about Scabies: what to know about the outbreak of this contagious skin condition in hospitals">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad E Tucker, Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, Australian National University For the more than 100,000 years humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures all around the world have stories and records incorporating this ... <a title="Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/only-100-years-ago-the-milky-way-was-visible-from-central-paris-heres-how-we-can-get-the-night-sky-back-236221/" aria-label="Read more about Only 100 years ago the Milky Way was visible from central Paris. Here’s how we can get the night sky back">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hensher, Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney MT-R/Shutterstock Announcing the directive to work “primarily in an approved office”, NSW Premier Chris Minns said overseas studies showed people were less productive when working from home. “There is a drop in mentorship. There is ... <a title="Making workers return to the office might not make them any more productive, despite what the NSW premier says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/making-workers-return-to-the-office-might-not-make-them-any-more-productive-despite-what-the-nsw-premier-says-236310/" aria-label="Read more about Making workers return to the office might not make them any more productive, despite what the NSW premier says">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Hopkins, Lecturer in Communication, University of Southern Queensland Over the course of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Charlotte Dujardin went from being Great Britain’s most successful Olympics dressage rider to one of the most digitally shamed athletes in the history of the internet. A video emerged which ... <a title="The Paris Olympics horse-whipping scandal shows the dangers of ‘Disneyfication’ in horse sports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/the-paris-olympics-horse-whipping-scandal-shows-the-dangers-of-disneyfication-in-horse-sports-235672/" aria-label="Read more about The Paris Olympics horse-whipping scandal shows the dangers of ‘Disneyfication’ in horse sports">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nancy Kong, Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney MikeDotta/Shutterstock Loneliness isn’t just awful for individuals – it has society-wide impacts too. It significantly contributes to mental health issues, sleep disorders, cardiovascular disease, and early death. Researchers have even ... <a title="Lonely extroverts, happy hermits: why being alone isn’t the same as being lonely – and why it matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/lonely-extroverts-happy-hermits-why-being-alone-isnt-the-same-as-being-lonely-and-why-it-matters-235767/" aria-label="Read more about Lonely extroverts, happy hermits: why being alone isn’t the same as being lonely – and why it matters">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Newton, Professor of Exercise Medicine, Edith Cowan University Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock As the Paris 2024 Olympics come to a close, athletes who’ve pushed themselves to their limits and beyond will be focused on recovery. Even “weekend warriors” know the value of careful management after a long run ... <a title="Pneumatic compression therapy – can it really help Olympians (or you) recover after exercise?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/pneumatic-compression-therapy-can-it-really-help-olympians-or-you-recover-after-exercise-236228/" aria-label="Read more about Pneumatic compression therapy – can it really help Olympians (or you) recover after exercise?">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Will Jeffery, Sessional Academic, Discipline of Film Studies, University of Sydney A loved activity of mine is experiencing one of my favourite films with a live orchestra in a concert hall. Even though I’ve seen these films many times, either in the theatre or at home, and ... <a title="Film and its music cannot exist without each other – that’s why I love seeing films in a concert hall" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/film-and-its-music-cannot-exist-without-each-other-thats-why-i-love-seeing-films-in-a-concert-hall-233110/" aria-label="Read more about Film and its music cannot exist without each other – that’s why I love seeing films in a concert hall">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cristian Damir Martinez Vega, PhD candidate in Historical Musicology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Getty Images Whenever the music of Richard Wagner is performed, the composer’s famously antisemitic views come back into sharper focus. With a harrowing conflict in the Middle East and rising antisemitism elsewhere, ... <a title="Wagner in Auckland: can performing a famously antisemitic composer hit the right note in 2024?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/wagner-in-auckland-can-performing-a-famously-antisemitic-composer-hit-the-right-note-in-2024-236218/" aria-label="Read more about Wagner in Auckland: can performing a famously antisemitic composer hit the right note in 2024?">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Simkin, Senior Curator of Human Biology and Medicine, Museums Victoria Research Institute Why do people yawn while seeing other people who yawn? —Mithra, age 7, Chennai Yawning happens when you open your mouth, take a deep breath and take in air without even thinking about it. ... <a title="Curious Kids: Why do I need to yawn when someone else yawns?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/curious-kids-why-do-i-need-to-yawn-when-someone-else-yawns-235040/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: Why do I need to yawn when someone else yawns?">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Davis, Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Edith Cowan University Western Australian wildflowers draw the crowds Robert A. Davis, Author provided Have you ever liked or shared a social media post about nature? It could have been a photo of a rare orchid or an unusual bird. ... <a title="Liked to death? The social media race for nature photos can trash ecosystems – or trigger rapid extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/liked-to-death-the-social-media-race-for-nature-photos-can-trash-ecosystems-or-trigger-rapid-extinction-235951/" aria-label="Read more about Liked to death? The social media race for nature photos can trash ecosystems – or trigger rapid extinction">Read more</a>
