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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>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Myra Williamson, Senior Lecturer in Law, Auckland University of Technology Getty Images Peace in the Middle East seems further away than ever. The assassinations of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, the threat of Iranian retaliation against Israel, and the ongoing catastrophe in Gaza have all put the region ... <a title="The World Court says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land is illegal: 4 steps NZ can take now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/the-world-court-says-israels-occupation-of-palestinian-land-is-illegal-4-steps-nz-can-take-now-235878/" aria-label="Read more about The World Court says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land is illegal: 4 steps NZ can take now">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
We have been lied to for decades about the creation of Israel. It was born in sin, and it continues to live in sin, writes Jonathan Cook. COMMENTARY: By Jonathan Cook The headline above, about yet another Israeli operation to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians in the tiny, besieged and utterly destroyed enclave of Gaza, was ... <a title="Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/jonathan-cook-nothings-changed-since-1948-except-now-israels-excuses-dont-work/" aria-label="Read more about Jonathan Cook: Nothing’s changed since 1948 – except now Israel’s excuses don’t work">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debbie Passey, Digital Health Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Science and Invention / World Radio History In 1874, a surgeon in South Australia telegraphed wound care instructions for a patient 2,000 kilometres away. A few years later, in 1879, a letter in The Lancet medical journal ... <a title="From science fiction to telemedicine: the surprising 150-year history of long-range medical treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/from-science-fiction-to-telemedicine-the-surprising-150-year-history-of-long-range-medical-treatment-235213/" aria-label="Read more about From science fiction to telemedicine: the surprising 150-year history of long-range medical treatment">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tenaw Tiruye, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cancer Epidemiology and Population Health, University of South Australia PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Every year more than 24,000 Australian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, making it the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Australian men. Despite high survival rates – around 96% of ... <a title="Many men diagnosed with prostate cancer experience poor mental health. We need to support them better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/many-men-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer-experience-poor-mental-health-we-need-to-support-them-better-236330/" aria-label="Read more about Many men diagnosed with prostate cancer experience poor mental health. We need to support them better">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blanche Verlie, Horizon Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Sydney The deep complexities of climate change raise a myriad of challenges for humanity – not least of which is how best to respond. Should we throw ourselves into slashing carbon emissions and stabilising Earth’s climate as soon ... <a title="Clive Hamilton says dreams of a safe climate are ‘wishful thinking’ – but the young and the vulnerable will keep fighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/clive-hamilton-says-dreams-of-a-safe-climate-are-wishful-thinking-but-the-young-and-the-vulnerable-will-keep-fighting-236335/" aria-label="Read more about Clive Hamilton says dreams of a safe climate are ‘wishful thinking’ – but the young and the vulnerable will keep fighting">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwyn McClelland, Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England Gwyn McClelland Japan’s population crisis isn’t letting up, despite ongoing efforts by its government to boost fertility rates. According to data released in June, birth rates fell for the eighth consecutive year in 2023, reaching a record ... <a title="How do 4,500 people become 250? The stark reality of life on Japan’s rapidly depopulating Gotō Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/how-do-4-500-people-become-250-the-stark-reality-of-life-on-japans-rapidly-depopulating-goto-islands-235778/" aria-label="Read more about How do 4,500 people become 250? The stark reality of life on Japan’s rapidly depopulating Gotō Islands">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Pomeroy, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Canterbury The government’s recently announced plans to “transform maths education” have set off a heated debate over how the subject is taught in classrooms. Primary and intermediate schools will now have a new maths curriculum starting in 2025 ... <a title="The numbers don’t add up: why the government needs to slow down on sweeping changes to NZ’s maths curriculum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/the-numbers-dont-add-up-why-the-government-needs-to-slow-down-on-sweeping-changes-to-nzs-maths-curriculum-236222/" aria-label="Read more about The numbers don’t add up: why the government needs to slow down on sweeping changes to NZ’s maths curriculum">Read more</a>
