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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rhys Thomas White, Scientist, Genomics and Bioinformatics, ESR Getty Images Anyone who has spent time inside a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) knows it’s intense. For the tiny babies cared for in these wards, any infection could prove fatal. Great care is taken to prevent the spread ... <a title="Genome sequencing developed to trace COVID is now protecting babies in intensive care from infectious diseases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/genome-sequencing-developed-to-trace-covid-is-now-protecting-babies-in-intensive-care-from-infectious-diseases-240299/" aria-label="Read more about Genome sequencing developed to trace COVID is now protecting babies in intensive care from infectious diseases">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Guastella, Professor and Clinical Psychologist, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health, University of Sydney ABO Photography/Shutterstock Neurodevelopmental conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism affect about one in ten children. These conditions impact learning, behaviour and development. Executive function delays ... <a title="What are executive function delays? Research shows they’re similar in ADHD and autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/what-are-executive-function-delays-research-shows-theyre-similar-in-adhd-and-autism-238760/" aria-label="Read more about What are executive function delays? Research shows they’re similar in ADHD and autism">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mike Lee, Professor in Evolutionary Biology (jointly appointed with South Australian Museum), Flinders University Pictrider/Shutterstock Welcome to our ‘Light and health’ series. Over six articles, we look at how light affects our physical and mental health in sometimes surprising ways. For most of our evolutionary history, human ... <a title="How light helped shape our skin colour, eyes and curly hair" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/how-light-helped-shape-our-skin-colour-eyes-and-curly-hair-237240/" aria-label="Read more about How light helped shape our skin colour, eyes and curly hair">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Karolis Kavolelis/Shutterstock Statements have been circulating online, including leading news platforms, that battery electric cars will greatly increase the average mass of the on-road fleet. This claim is used as an argument against ... <a title="Do electric cars greatly increase the average mass of cars on the road? Not in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/do-electric-cars-greatly-increase-the-average-mass-of-cars-on-the-road-not-in-australia-240555/" aria-label="Read more about Do electric cars greatly increase the average mass of cars on the road? Not in Australia">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kayla Mildren, PhD Candidate in the politics of school uniform policies, Griffith University A Queensland tribunal has ruled it is not discriminatory for a school to require girls to wear a skirt at formal events. The private high school said girls needed to wear skirts for occasions ... <a title="Why do some schools still force girls to wear skirts or dresses?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/why-do-some-schools-still-force-girls-to-wear-skirts-or-dresses-241484/" aria-label="Read more about Why do some schools still force girls to wear skirts or dresses?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Former General Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president today. Twenty-five years ago he was a pariah, and for good reason. ... <a title="Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, finds democracy ‘very tiring’. Are darker days ahead for the country?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/20/indonesias-new-president-prabowo-subianto-finds-democracy-very-tiring-are-darker-days-ahead-for-the-country-241256/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia’s new president, Prabowo Subianto, finds democracy ‘very tiring’. Are darker days ahead for the country?">Read more</a>
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October 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The Labor Party has won a seventh consecutive ACT election. The ACT uses the Hare Clark proportional representation method with five five-member electorates, for a total of ... <a title="Labor retains office at ACT election; US presidential election remains on a knife’s edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/20/labor-retains-office-at-act-election-us-presidential-election-remains-on-a-knifes-edge-241678/" aria-label="Read more about Labor retains office at ACT election; US presidential election remains on a knife’s edge">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jens O. Zinn, T.R. Ashworth Associate Professor in Sociology, The University of Melbourne Climate change is increasing the risk of extreme weather events for Australian households. Floods and bushfires are becoming more likely and severe. As a result, household insurance costs are soaring – tripling in some ... <a title="How extreme weather and costs of housing and insurance trap some households in a vicious cycle" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/how-extreme-weather-and-costs-of-housing-and-insurance-trap-some-households-in-a-vicious-cycle-241572/" aria-label="Read more about How extreme weather and costs of housing and insurance trap some households in a vicious cycle">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Carson, Senior Research Fellow, School of Medicine, The University of Western Australia Do you wash your hands every time you use the toilet? How about before you handle food? Be honest. Australia’s Food Safety Information Council has released its latest report card on the country’s hand ... <a title="1 in 5 Australians admit they don’t wash their hands every time they use the toilet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/1-in-5-australians-admit-they-dont-wash-their-hands-every-time-they-use-the-toilet-241481/" aria-label="Read more about 1 in 5 Australians admit they don’t wash their hands every time they use the toilet">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephanie Wescott, Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences, Monash University Disturbing details emerged this week about AFL men’s football team GWS’ end-of-year event, themed “controversial couples”. The AFL handed down a range of sanctions to the players involved, including fines and suspensions. While those defending the players ... <a title="Sex dolls and ‘Diddy’ costumes: the latest AFL drama shows Australian sport still can’t eradicate misogyny" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/sex-dolls-and-diddy-costumes-the-latest-afl-drama-shows-australian-sport-still-cant-eradicate-misogyny-241562/" aria-label="Read more about Sex dolls and ‘Diddy’ costumes: the latest AFL drama shows Australian sport still can’t eradicate misogyny">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Parmeter, Research scholar, Middle East studies, Australian National University The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, one of the masterminds behind the group’s horrific October 7 2023 attack on southern Israel, is no doubt a consequential moment in Israel’s year-long war against Hamas. But is it ... <a title="Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death is a defining moment, but it will not end the war" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/hamas-leader-yahya-sinwars-death-is-a-defining-moment-but-it-will-not-end-the-war-241666/" aria-label="Read more about Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death is a defining moment, but it will not end the war">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeannie Marie Paterson, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne Meteoritka/Shutterstock In Australia, it’s scam victims who foot the bill for the overwhelming majority of the money lost to scams each year. A 2023 review by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) found banks detected and ... <a title="Could a recent ruling change the game for scam victims? Here’s why the banks will be watching closely" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/18/could-a-recent-ruling-change-the-game-for-scam-victims-heres-why-the-banks-will-be-watching-closely-241558/" aria-label="Read more about Could a recent ruling change the game for scam victims? Here’s why the banks will be watching closely">Read more</a>
