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Month: March 2025

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Do eggs really make you constipated? A gut expert on what the evidence says

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vincent Ho, Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University Popovo Bros/Shutterstock You might’ve heard too many eggs make you constipated. Influencers on Instagram claim it too. The United Kingdom has slang for it – being “egg bound”. Eggs were once blamed for raising blood cholesterol ... <a title="Do eggs really make you constipated? A gut expert on what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/do-eggs-really-make-you-constipated-a-gut-expert-on-what-the-evidence-says-249370/" aria-label="Read more about Do eggs really make you constipated? A gut expert on what the evidence says">Read more</a>

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Flooding in the Sahara, Amazon tributaries drying and warming tipping over 1.5°C – 2024 broke all the wrong records

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew King, Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne Climate change is the most pressing problem humanity will face this century. Tracking how the climate is actually changing has never been more critical. Today, the World Meteorological ... <a title="Flooding in the Sahara, Amazon tributaries drying and warming tipping over 1.5°C – 2024 broke all the wrong records" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/flooding-in-the-sahara-amazon-tributaries-drying-and-warming-tipping-over-1-5-c-2024-broke-all-the-wrong-records-252490/" aria-label="Read more about Flooding in the Sahara, Amazon tributaries drying and warming tipping over 1.5°C – 2024 broke all the wrong records">Read more</a>

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Cardio and strength training boost health as you age. But don’t forget balance exercises to reduce your chance of falls

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Tiedemann, Professor of Physical Activity and Health, University of Sydney shurkin_son/Shutterstock We all recognise the benefits of regular aerobic or cardiovascular exercise to support our heart and lung health. Being active is also good for our social and mental health. And strength training promotes strong bones ... <a title="Cardio and strength training boost health as you age. But don’t forget balance exercises to reduce your chance of falls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/cardio-and-strength-training-boost-health-as-you-age-but-dont-forget-balance-exercises-to-reduce-your-chance-of-falls-249375/" aria-label="Read more about Cardio and strength training boost health as you age. But don’t forget balance exercises to reduce your chance of falls">Read more</a>

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How Jia Zhangke’s film Caught by the Tides uses 20 years of footage to capture a changing China

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thomas Moran, Lecturer in the Department of English, Creative Writing and Film, University of Adelaide MK2 Films Chinese independent director Jia Zhangke’s new film Caught by the Tides, now in select Australian cinemas, provides a unique vision of China’s rapid social transformation in the 21st century. Using ... <a title="How Jia Zhangke’s film Caught by the Tides uses 20 years of footage to capture a changing China" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/how-jia-zhangkes-film-caught-by-the-tides-uses-20-years-of-footage-to-capture-a-changing-china-252392/" aria-label="Read more about How Jia Zhangke’s film Caught by the Tides uses 20 years of footage to capture a changing China">Read more</a>

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Hipkins accuses PM of undermining NZ’s nuclear-free stance in India memo

March 19, 2025

RNZ News New Zealand opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins is accusing the prime minister of reversing a long-held foreign policy during his current trip to India to help secure a free trade agreement between the two countries. “It seems our foreign policy is up for grabs at the moment,” he said, citing Prime Minister Christopher ... <a title="Hipkins accuses PM of undermining NZ’s nuclear-free stance in India memo" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/hipkins-accuses-pm-of-undermining-nzs-nuclear-free-stance-in-india-memo/" aria-label="Read more about Hipkins accuses PM of undermining NZ’s nuclear-free stance in India memo">Read more</a>

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Peter Dutton wants to deport criminal dual citizens. We already have laws for that

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luke Beck, Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has floated the idea of amending the Australian Constitution to allow government ministers to strip dual citizens of their Australian citizenship if they commit serious crimes related to terrorism. Almost immediately, Dutton’s coalition colleague and ... <a title="Peter Dutton wants to deport criminal dual citizens. We already have laws for that" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/peter-dutton-wants-to-deport-criminal-dual-citizens-we-already-have-laws-for-that-252507/" aria-label="Read more about Peter Dutton wants to deport criminal dual citizens. We already have laws for that">Read more</a>

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A stronger neck can help young athletes reduce their risk of concussion

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Gaviglio, Lecturer Strength and Conditioning, University of Southern Queensland Dziurek/Shutterstock During Australia’s winter sports seasons, hundreds of thousands of children will take to the field in contact sports like rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules and soccer. With this comes the ever-present risk of concussions, which ... <a title="A stronger neck can help young athletes reduce their risk of concussion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/a-stronger-neck-can-help-young-athletes-reduce-their-risk-of-concussion-251250/" aria-label="Read more about A stronger neck can help young athletes reduce their risk of concussion">Read more</a>

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Massacre at 2 am – Israel resumes indiscriminate attacks against Gaza, killing 400+ people

March 19, 2025

Israel says President Donald Trump green lit a scorched-earth bombing of Gaza that wiped out entire families and killed dozens of infants and other children. By Abubaker Abed in Deil Al-Balah, Gaza, and Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News The US-backed Israeli government resumed its intense genocidal attacks on Gaza early yesterday morning, unleashing a ... <a title="Massacre at 2 am – Israel resumes indiscriminate attacks against Gaza, killing 400+ people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/massacre-at-2-am-israel-resumes-indiscriminate-attacks-against-gaza-killing-400-people/" aria-label="Read more about Massacre at 2 am – Israel resumes indiscriminate attacks against Gaza, killing 400+ people">Read more</a>

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Sand-sized fossils hold secrets to the history of climate change

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuhao Dai, Research Fellow in Earth Sciences, Australian National University N-2-s/Shutterstock Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid global warming, the mass melting of glaciers, and the end of the last ice age. Much ... <a title="Sand-sized fossils hold secrets to the history of climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/sand-sized-fossils-hold-secrets-to-the-history-of-climate-change-250928/" aria-label="Read more about Sand-sized fossils hold secrets to the history of climate change">Read more</a>

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Dozens of surfers fell ill after swimming in seas that turned into a ‘bacterial smoothie’ of sea foam. What was in it?

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ipek Kurtböke, Associate Professor in Microbiology, University of the Sunshine Coast Anthony Rowland Two windswept beaches 80km south of Adelaide have been closed to the public after locals reported “more than 100” surfers fell ill on the weekend. Their symptoms included “a sore throat, dry cough and ... <a title="Dozens of surfers fell ill after swimming in seas that turned into a ‘bacterial smoothie’ of sea foam. What was in it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/dozens-of-surfers-fell-ill-after-swimming-in-seas-that-turned-into-a-bacterial-smoothie-of-sea-foam-what-was-in-it-252506/" aria-label="Read more about Dozens of surfers fell ill after swimming in seas that turned into a ‘bacterial smoothie’ of sea foam. What was in it?">Read more</a>

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Married At First Sight should be a platform to talk about domestic violence – too much is left unsaid

March 19, 2025

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Toone, Lecturer in Social Work, University of South Australia Nine Married at First Sight Australia (colloquially known as “MAFS”) is one of Australia’s most popular reality TV shows, averaging two million viewers an episode. But this year’s season has come under fire for multiple narratives plagued ... <a title="Married At First Sight should be a platform to talk about domestic violence – too much is left unsaid" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/married-at-first-sight-should-be-a-platform-to-talk-about-domestic-violence-too-much-is-left-unsaid-251485/" aria-label="Read more about Married At First Sight should be a platform to talk about domestic violence – too much is left unsaid">Read more</a>

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West Papua liberation group demands Indonesia releases 12 arrested activists

March 19, 2025

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan liberation advocacy group has condemned the arrest of 12 activists by Indonesian police and demanded their immediate release. The West Papuan activists from the West Papua People’s Liberation Movement (GR-PWP) were arrested for handing out pamphlets supporting the new “Boycott Indonesia” campaign. The GR-PWP activists were arrested in Sentani ... <a title="West Papua liberation group demands Indonesia releases 12 arrested activists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/03/19/west-papua-liberation-group-demands-indonesia-releases-12-arrested-activists/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua liberation group demands Indonesia releases 12 arrested activists">Read more</a>