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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caleb Ferguson, Professor of Nursing; Director of Health Innnovations, University of Wollongong LightField Studios/shutterstock Wearable trackers and monitors (such as smartwatches) are increasingly popular and sophisticated. For people living with heart conditions, they can provide important information, including updates about abnormalities in heart rate and rhythm. But ... <a title="Is your smartwatch making you anxious? Wearables can lead people to stress more about their health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/is-your-smartwatch-making-you-anxious-wearables-can-lead-people-to-stress-more-about-their-health-235596/" aria-label="Read more about Is your smartwatch making you anxious? Wearables can lead people to stress more about their health">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Keating, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney There has been plenty of rain, sweat and tears shed at the Paris Olympics this week. But the pool at the heart of La Defénce Arena has suffered a drought of world records that has athletes and officials scratching their heads. ... <a title="Is the shallow pool in Paris really slowing Olympic swimmers down? Here’s what the science says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/is-the-shallow-pool-in-paris-really-slowing-olympic-swimmers-down-heres-what-the-science-says-235884/" aria-label="Read more about Is the shallow pool in Paris really slowing Olympic swimmers down? Here’s what the science says">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Mesagno, Senior Lecturer – Sport and Exercise Psychology, Research Fellow – Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University Australia’s soccer team entered Paris with high hopes of notching their first Olympic medal but those aspirations came crashing down with defeat to the United States. Even without ... <a title="Despair after four years of pressure: how do Olympians deal with disappointment?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/despair-after-four-years-of-pressure-how-do-olympians-deal-with-disappointment-227904/" aria-label="Read more about Despair after four years of pressure: how do Olympians deal with disappointment?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Phillips, Associate Professor in Education, The University of Queensland In recent years, the climate emergency has sparked a global response from children and young people. The School Strikes for Climate movement is a prominent example. Through this activism, children express their frustration at political systems that ... <a title="Are young climate activists finally being heard? Our research shows adults support youth voice to parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/are-young-climate-activists-finally-being-heard-our-research-shows-adults-support-youth-voice-to-parliament-235409/" aria-label="Read more about Are young climate activists finally being heard? Our research shows adults support youth voice to parliament">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Schunker, ARC Future Fellow, University of Newcastle Aurora seen from the International Space Station. ESA/NASA Few sights in the night sky are as awe-inspiring as aurora. The vibrant dancing lights – usually seen close to the planet’s poles – are produced by a wind of charged ... <a title="I heard there’s an aurora coming. How do I check?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/i-heard-theres-an-aurora-coming-how-do-i-check-235869/" aria-label="Read more about I heard there’s an aurora coming. How do I check?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Pascoe, Research fellow in ecology and land management, The University of Melbourne Mark le Pla, Author provided On January 1 this year, the commercial logging of native forests ended in Victoria and Western Australia. It was one of the most significant changes in the history of ... <a title="Restoring logged forests doesn’t mean locking them up as ‘wilderness’ – it means actively managing them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/restoring-logged-forests-doesnt-mean-locking-them-up-as-wilderness-it-means-actively-managing-them-232140/" aria-label="Read more about Restoring logged forests doesn’t mean locking them up as ‘wilderness’ – it means actively managing them">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Dew, Professor of Sociology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images A diagnosis of life-limiting cancer can be overwhelming and cause feelings of panic and anxiety. But for some people, it provides a license to live life differently, including quitting toxic jobs and ... <a title="Cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but for some it gives permission to live more radically" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/cancer-diagnosis-can-be-devastating-but-for-some-it-gives-permission-to-live-more-radically-233782/" aria-label="Read more about Cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but for some it gives permission to live more radically">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hayley Green, Senior Lecturer – Forensic Anthropology, Western Sydney University ESB Professional/Shutterstock Sometimes it’s unclear how or why a person died. A detailed examination of the body after death, known as an autopsy or postmortem, can help find answers. Despite what you may have seen on TV ... <a title="What happens in an autopsy? A forensics expert explains" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/what-happens-in-an-autopsy-a-forensics-expert-explains-232603/" aria-label="Read more about What happens in an autopsy? A forensics expert explains">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc C-Scott, Deputy Associate Dean of Learning & Teaching, Senior Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University If you’ve watched the nightly news on Channel 7 or the ABC lately, you might think their Olympics coverage is lacking vision of, well, the Olympics. The ABC’s sports program Offsiders ... <a title="Why is there so little Olympics footage in the news? Here’s how the multibillion-dollar video rights industry works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/why-is-there-so-little-olympics-footage-in-the-news-heres-how-the-multibillion-dollar-video-rights-industry-works-235763/" aria-label="Read more about Why is there so little Olympics footage in the news? Here’s how the multibillion-dollar video rights industry works">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deanna Stuart-Butler, Indigenous Research Officer, The University of Queensland Australian national data show First Nations women face almost twice the risk of stillbirth or “sorry business babies” compared to non-First Nations women. To address this inequity, Australia’s national stillbirth action plan focuses on ensuring culturally safe stillbirth ... <a title="First Nations women are at greater risk of stillbirth. Here’s why – and what we can do about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/first-nations-women-are-at-greater-risk-of-stillbirth-heres-why-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-232914/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations women are at greater risk of stillbirth. Here’s why – and what we can do about it">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Eileen Baldry, Professor Emerita of Criminology, UNSW Sydney Vadzim Mashkou/Shutterstock In 2008, Australia agreed to six targets to “close the gap” – to reduce the disparities between Indigenous people and the rest of the population in health, education and employment. There was little progress in the years ... <a title="New Closing the Gap data shows more First Nations Australians are in prison. Why?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/new-closing-the-gap-data-shows-more-first-nations-australians-are-in-prison-why-235786/" aria-label="Read more about New Closing the Gap data shows more First Nations Australians are in prison. Why?">Read more</a>
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August 1, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Levan Tielidze, Research Fellow in glacial geomorphology, Monash University Author provided As global temperatures inch upwards year after year, the world’s glaciers retreat. These rivers of ice and the even larger ice sheets which cover Greenland and Antarctica are melting – and the melt is speeding up. Glaciers ... <a title="From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/01/from-microbes-to-mammals-we-tracked-the-rapid-rise-of-new-ecosystems-as-glaciers-retreat-and-ice-sheets-melt-235687/" aria-label="Read more about From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt">Read more</a>
