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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Harris, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, UNSW Sydney Perfect Wave/Shutterstock In an episode of ABC’s Four Corners this week, the use of spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain was brought into question. Spinal cord stimulators are devices implanted surgically which deliver electric impulses directly to the ... <a title="Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/evidence-doesnt-support-spinal-cord-stimulators-for-chronic-back-pain-and-they-could-cause-harm-227358/" aria-label="Read more about Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Caddy-Retalic, Ecologist, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide Adwo/Shutterstock Large areas of concrete and asphalt absorb and radiate heat, creating an “urban heat island effect”. It puts cities at risk of overheating as they are several degrees warmer than surrounding areas. One of the best ... <a title="Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/adelaide-is-losing-75-000-trees-a-year-tree-removal-laws-must-be-tightened-if-we-want-our-cities-to-be-liveable-and-green-216990/" aria-label="Read more about Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carol Richards, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Australia’s big supermarkets have been put on notice. A Treasury-commissioned review recommends making the existing voluntary food and grocery code of conduct mandatory. The voluntary code sets standards for wholesalers, retailers and suppliers to try and ensure fair negotiations over ... <a title="Supermarkets need to change the way they operate in Australia. But how do we get them to do this?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/supermarkets-need-to-change-the-way-they-operate-in-australia-but-how-do-we-get-them-to-do-this-227445/" aria-label="Read more about Supermarkets need to change the way they operate in Australia. But how do we get them to do this?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fatemeh Aminpour, Lecturer, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney Author provided, CC BY-NC-ND One in seven people worldwide are neurodivergent. They may have a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental condition such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism – or traits that mean their thinking style differs from ... <a title="What is biophilic design? 3 ways ‘green’ buildings work better for neurodivergent people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/what-is-biophilic-design-3-ways-green-buildings-work-better-for-neurodivergent-people-226003/" aria-label="Read more about What is biophilic design? 3 ways ‘green’ buildings work better for neurodivergent people">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sean Ulm, Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures, James Cook University Blue Lagoon at Jiigurru (Lizard Island Group) where the first pieces of pottery were found. Sean Ulm Pottery was largely unknown in Australia before the recent past, despite well-known pottery ... <a title="Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/aboriginal-people-made-pottery-and-sailed-to-distant-offshore-islands-thousands-of-years-before-europeans-arrived-226391/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal people made pottery and sailed to distant offshore islands thousands of years before Europeans arrived">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania Many Australians have in recent years been impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, but what about sport participation? While many Australians, and their children, enjoy participating in sports, it can be a ... <a title="No cash, no play? Have cost-of-living pressures impacted sports participation in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/no-cash-no-play-have-cost-of-living-pressures-impacted-sports-participation-in-australia-226613/" aria-label="Read more about No cash, no play? Have cost-of-living pressures impacted sports participation in Australia?">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Beckett, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Innovation – School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney Natalia Sharygina/Shutterstock Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know about them? This month, The Conversation’s experts explore ... <a title="Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/drugs-like-ozempic-wont-cure-obesity-but-they-might-make-us-more-fat-phobic-219309/" aria-label="Read more about Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Doddridge, Senior Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania Armin Rose/Shutterstock In 1897, the former whaling ship RV Belgica left Antwerp in Belgium and set sail due south. It was the first voyage of what would become known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. ... <a title="The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/the-limits-of-ice-what-a-19th-century-expedition-trapped-in-sea-ice-for-a-year-tells-us-about-antarcticas-future-224063/" aria-label="Read more about The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Anderson, Professor and Director, Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University Every year, NAPLAN tests are used to see how Australian students are tracking in reading, writing and maths. And every year, we see analysis that Indigenous students are lagging behind their non-Indigenous peers. But what if we ... <a title="We have a new way of looking at data that shows what’s working for Indigenous school kids and what isn’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/we-have-a-new-way-of-looking-at-data-that-shows-whats-working-for-indigenous-school-kids-and-what-isnt-225900/" aria-label="Read more about We have a new way of looking at data that shows what’s working for Indigenous school kids and what isn’t">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edith Jennifer Hill, Associate Lecturer, Flinders University Adonis Page/Shutterstock The new documentary Quiet on Set investigates children’s television station Nickelodeon from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. The five-part series highlights the abuse many child actors faced while working for the station. The child stars on ... <a title="Quiet on Set highlights how we don’t keep child stars safe – in Hollywood or online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/quiet-on-set-highlights-how-we-dont-keep-child-stars-safe-in-hollywood-or-online-226826/" aria-label="Read more about Quiet on Set highlights how we don’t keep child stars safe – in Hollywood or online">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Shaw, Professor of Politics, Massey University Getty Images Thirty years ago, frustrated with wild swings of the policy pendulum and the arrogance of successive Labour and National governments, New Zealanders changed the electoral rules. The old first-past-the-post (FPP) electoral system was replaced with the mixed member ... <a title="NZ’s government is relying on executive power to govern – that’s not how MMP was meant to work" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/nzs-government-is-relying-on-executive-power-to-govern-thats-not-how-mmp-was-meant-to-work-227352/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s government is relying on executive power to govern – that’s not how MMP was meant to work">Read more</a>
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April 10, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled new rules governing company mergers that will bring more of them under scrutiny to ensure they don’t worsen competition. Chalmers says the changes – to be formally announced on Wednesday in a speech released ahead ... <a title="More mergers to come under scrutiny in another leg of Chalmers’ competition policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/04/10/more-mergers-to-come-under-scrutiny-in-another-leg-of-chalmers-competition-policy-227454/" aria-label="Read more about More mergers to come under scrutiny in another leg of Chalmers’ competition policy">Read more</a>
