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December 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caroline Gurvich, Associate Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University Felicity Tai/Pexels By 2050, around 135 million people worldwide will be living with dementia. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. Women are more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease, even after accounting for women ... <a title="Does menopause hormone therapy increase or decrease your risk of dementia? Here’s the science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/does-menopause-hormone-therapy-increase-or-decrease-your-risk-of-dementia-heres-the-science-242111/" aria-label="Read more about Does menopause hormone therapy increase or decrease your risk of dementia? Here’s the science">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Diane Colombelli-Négrel, Senior Lecturer, Animal Behaviour, Flinders University On Granite Island off South Australia, a colony of little penguins is fighting to survive. About two decades ago, the penguins numbered 1,600 adults – now there are just 30. It is important for scientists to monitor and study ... <a title="‘Unseen world’: researchers capture fascinating footage of the world’s smallest penguins in a bid to save them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/unseen-world-researchers-capture-fascinating-footage-of-the-worlds-smallest-penguins-in-a-bid-to-save-them-245472/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Unseen world’: researchers capture fascinating footage of the world’s smallest penguins in a bid to save them">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robin Smit, Adjunct Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney Road transport is responsible for a substantial share of global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. So reducing these emissions is a high priority. In the European Union (EU), CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars ... <a title="Australians’ cars are typically larger, heavier and less efficient than in Europe – here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/australians-cars-are-typically-larger-heavier-and-less-efficient-than-in-europe-heres-why-243834/" aria-label="Read more about Australians’ cars are typically larger, heavier and less efficient than in Europe – here’s why">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Coates, Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute Iryna Inshyna/Shutterstock How much do you need to save for a comfortable retirement? It’s a big question, and you’ll often hear dire warnings you don’t have enough. But for most Australians, it’s a lot less than you might think. ... <a title="How much do you need to retire? It’s probably a lot less than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/how-much-do-you-need-to-retire-its-probably-a-lot-less-than-you-think-243596/" aria-label="Read more about How much do you need to retire? It’s probably a lot less than you think">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Christmas is the season to be jolly, but it’s wrapped in some cheerless trials. There’s car park mania, pre-dawn pilgrimages to purchase seafood, and the ever-perplexing question, “What should I buy family and friends for Christmas?” I ... <a title="Why a musical instrument is the perfect gift this Christmas (and some suggestions for which to get)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/why-a-musical-instrument-is-the-perfect-gift-this-christmas-and-some-suggestions-for-which-to-get-241789/" aria-label="Read more about Why a musical instrument is the perfect gift this Christmas (and some suggestions for which to get)">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Ogden, Associate Professor in Global Studies, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Downtown Mumbai. Getty Images Anyone who has followed New Zealand’s protracted trade negotiations with India will know any new announcement of progress needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Foreign Affairs Minister ... <a title="India is the new China – NZ needs to see the bigger picture in trade negotiations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/10/india-is-the-new-china-nz-needs-to-see-the-bigger-picture-in-trade-negotiations-245557/" aria-label="Read more about India is the new China – NZ needs to see the bigger picture in trade negotiations">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide At first blush, today’s announcement that Australia and Nauru have signed a security treaty offers something for both countries. Australia increases its influence in a region in which it feels threatened by China. Nauru receives economic assistance and ... <a title="At first glance, Australia’s new treaty with Nauru seems to be a win-win. But questions remain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/at-first-glance-australias-new-treaty-with-nauru-seems-to-be-a-win-win-but-questions-remain-245562/" aria-label="Read more about At first glance, Australia’s new treaty with Nauru seems to be a win-win. But questions remain">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University Victoria Police has announced it’s treating the Melbourne synagogue fire as a terrorist attack. The blaze at the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea soon appeared to many, including Prime Minister Anthony ... <a title="The Melbourne synagogue fire is being treated as a terror attack. Here’s why that matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/the-melbourne-synagogue-fire-is-being-treated-as-a-terror-attack-heres-why-that-matters-245558/" aria-label="Read more about The Melbourne synagogue fire is being treated as a terror attack. Here’s why that matters">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marika Sosnowski, Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne Sometimes nothing happens for years. And then years – decades even – happen in a few days. Over the past ten days, a range of Syrian rebel forces led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have mounted ... <a title="Why Bashar al-Assad’s security state collapsed so dramatically in Syria" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/why-bashar-al-assads-security-state-collapsed-so-dramatically-in-syria-245555/" aria-label="Read more about Why Bashar al-Assad’s security state collapsed so dramatically in Syria">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese has announced an Australian Federal Police Special Operation Taskforce to combat antisemitism, after criticism from within and outside the Jewish community that the government has not done enough to deal with the escalating issue. Following a meeting of ... <a title="Albanese announces antisemitism taskforce, as synagogue firebombing investigation upgraded" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/albanese-announces-antisemitism-taskforce-as-synagogue-firebombing-investigation-upgraded-245564/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese announces antisemitism taskforce, as synagogue firebombing investigation upgraded">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Siân Halcrow, Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Otago Content warning: this story deals with infant loss and human remains acquired historically for use within museum contexts. A collection of fetal and baby skeletal remains at the University of Otago’s W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum shows how those ... <a title="Forgotten histories: what fetal and baby remains in medical collections tell us about inequality" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/forgotten-histories-what-fetal-and-baby-remains-in-medical-collections-tell-us-about-inequality-244931/" aria-label="Read more about Forgotten histories: what fetal and baby remains in medical collections tell us about inequality">Read more</a>
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December 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Valdis Skudre/Shutterstock Concern has been rising over the use of a feed supplement, Bovaer 10, to reduce methane production in cows. Bovaer 10 consists of silicon dioxide (basically sand), propylene glycol (a food stabiliser approved by Food Safety ... <a title="Bovaer is added to cow feed to reduce methane emissions. Does it get into milk and meat? And is it harmful for humans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/12/09/bovaer-is-added-to-cow-feed-to-reduce-methane-emissions-does-it-get-into-milk-and-meat-and-is-it-harmful-for-humans-245364/" aria-label="Read more about Bovaer is added to cow feed to reduce methane emissions. Does it get into milk and meat? And is it harmful for humans?">Read more</a>
