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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paige Donaghy, Early career researcher, The University of Queensland The placenta and umbilical cord. Watercolour image, unknown artist, 19th century. Wellcome Collection, CC BY-SA Ever wondered where the placenta got its name? In Italy in the 1500s, the anatomist Matteo Realdo Colombo coined this term to describe ... <a title="How a 16th century Italian anatomist came up with the word ‘placenta’: it reminded him of a cake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/how-a-16th-century-italian-anatomist-came-up-with-the-word-placenta-it-reminded-him-of-a-cake-207323/" aria-label="Read more about How a 16th century Italian anatomist came up with the word ‘placenta’: it reminded him of a cake">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cameron Allen, Research Fellow, Monash University United Nations This week world leaders are gathering at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York to review progress against the Sustainable Development Goals. We’re halfway between when the goals were set in 2015 and when they need to be ... <a title="Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goals back on track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/well-behind-at-halftime-heres-how-to-get-the-un-sustainable-development-goals-back-on-track-206677/" aria-label="Read more about Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goals back on track">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Young, Collaborative Research Fellow, Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities (ISILC), Victoria University Shutterstock The Northern Hemisphere summer brought catastrophic fires and floods to many countries. Down south, the winter was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, fuelled by record ocean temperatures. Small wonder many Australians are ... <a title="Worried about heat and fire this summer? Here’s how to to prepare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/worried-about-heat-and-fire-this-summer-heres-how-to-to-prepare-212443/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about heat and fire this summer? Here’s how to to prepare">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Gerace, Senior Lecturer and Head of Course – Positive Psychology, CQUniversity Australia Have you either felt a sense of loss after binging the final episodes of a television series? Perhaps you’ve experienced this sadness on reaching the last page of a book that you’d been reading ... <a title="Neighbours vs Friends: we found out which beloved show fans mourned more when it ended" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/neighbours-vs-friends-we-found-out-which-beloved-show-fans-mourned-more-when-it-ended-212843/" aria-label="Read more about Neighbours vs Friends: we found out which beloved show fans mourned more when it ended">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Travelling on a train recently you couldn’t help but overhear two women deep in conversation about a mutual obsession with food, including emotional triggers that pushed them towards chocolate and pizza. They shared feeling guilty ... <a title="What does having a ‘good relationship with food’ mean? 4 ways to know if you’ve got one" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/what-does-having-a-good-relationship-with-food-mean-4-ways-to-know-if-youve-got-one-202622/" aria-label="Read more about What does having a ‘good relationship with food’ mean? 4 ways to know if you’ve got one">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christine Braid, Professional Learning and Development Facilitator in Literacy Education, Massey University If it wins the election, the National Party has vowed to shake up how children are taught to read and write. Part of this education overhaul includes a pledge to require the teaching of “structured ... <a title="National wants to change how NZ schools teach reading – but ‘structured literacy’ must be more than just a classroom checklist" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/national-wants-to-change-how-nz-schools-teach-reading-but-structured-literacy-must-be-more-than-just-a-classroom-checklist-213251/" aria-label="Read more about National wants to change how NZ schools teach reading – but ‘structured literacy’ must be more than just a classroom checklist">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Koplin, Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University & Honorary fellow, Melbourne Law School, Monash University Shutterstock Earlier this month, scientists at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health announced they had successfully grown “humanised” kidneys inside pig embryos. The scientists genetically altered the embryos to remove their ... <a title="Pigs with human brain cells and biological chips: how lab-grown hybrid lifeforms bamboozle scientific ethics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/pigs-with-human-brain-cells-and-biological-chips-how-lab-grown-hybrid-lifeforms-bamboozle-scientific-ethics-213357/" aria-label="Read more about Pigs with human brain cells and biological chips: how lab-grown hybrid lifeforms bamboozle scientific ethics">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Galloway, Associate Professor of Law, Griffith University Shutterstock In the polarised debate about the Voice to Parliament referendum, some proponents of the “no” vote have claimed the creation of the new advisory body would lead to the conversion of private land titles in Australia to native ... <a title="No, the Voice to Parliament would not force people to give up their private land" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/no-the-voice-to-parliament-would-not-force-people-to-give-up-their-private-land-212784/" aria-label="Read more about No, the Voice to Parliament would not force people to give up their private land">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock The Australian government spends A$6.7 billion a year on private health insurance rebates. These rebates are the government’s contribution towards the costs of individuals’ premiums. But our analysis shows higher rebates for people aged 65 and ... <a title="Who really benefits from private health insurance rebates? Not people who need cover the most" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/who-really-benefits-from-private-health-insurance-rebates-not-people-who-need-cover-the-most-212611/" aria-label="Read more about Who really benefits from private health insurance rebates? Not people who need cover the most">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Catherine Smith, Senior lecturer, The University of Melbourne Redd F/Unsplash The National School Reform Agreement is made about once every five years in Australia. This is the main way the federal government can steer changes in how Australian schools are run. The current reform agreement ends in ... <a title="70% of Australian students with a disability are excluded at school – the next round of education reforms can fix this" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/70-of-australian-students-with-a-disability-are-excluded-at-school-the-next-round-of-education-reforms-can-fix-this-213369/" aria-label="Read more about 70% of Australian students with a disability are excluded at school – the next round of education reforms can fix this">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ross Buckley, ARC Laureate Fellow, Scientia Professor of Law, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Back in 2017, The Economist published a headline that became a meme. It said data had become the new oil. By that it meant that the world’s biggest and most profitable companies no longer worked ... <a title="Like plumbing did for water, Australia’s ‘consumer data right’ could make your personal data safer and easier to share" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/like-plumbing-did-for-water-australias-consumer-data-right-could-make-your-personal-data-safer-and-easier-to-share-210969/" aria-label="Read more about Like plumbing did for water, Australia’s ‘consumer data right’ could make your personal data safer and easier to share">Read more</a>
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September 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government says replacing Australia’s retiring fleet of coal-fired power stations with nuclear energy would cost some $387 billion. The costing, put out by the Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, is a pre-emptive strike against the opposition, which ... <a title="Climate minister Chris Bowen says replacing coal-fired power stations with nuclear would cost $387 billion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/18/climate-minister-chris-bowen-says-replacing-coal-fired-power-stations-with-nuclear-would-cost-387-billion-213735/" aria-label="Read more about Climate minister Chris Bowen says replacing coal-fired power stations with nuclear would cost $387 billion">Read more</a>
