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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney Miguel Roberts?AP Elon Musk’s US$44 billion offer to buy Twitter and turn the social media platform into a private company is almost a done deal. But not quite. While Twitter’s board has endorsed his offer, Musk now needs the ... <a title="Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t quite a done deal: what happens now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/elon-musks-twitter-takeover-isnt-quite-a-done-deal-what-happens-now-181955/" aria-label="Read more about Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t quite a done deal: what happens now">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle Shutterstock Results of a new weight loss study were published this week, leading to headlines proclaiming intermittent fasting “isn’t a magic diet trick after all”. The researchers aimed to test whether adding a restriction on what ... <a title="Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/restricting-calories-leads-to-weight-loss-not-necessarily-the-window-of-time-you-eat-them-in-181942/" aria-label="Read more about Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vanessa Teague, Adjunct associate professor (ANU) and CEO, Thinking Cybersecurity, Australian National University Dan Peled/AAP As we head towards the federal election, you may be wondering why we can’t skip the polling booth queues and vote online instead. The reason is the difficulty of verifying that each ... <a title="Australia doesn’t have online voting for federal elections and we should keep it that way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/australia-doesnt-have-online-voting-for-federal-elections-and-we-should-keep-it-that-way-180865/" aria-label="Read more about Australia doesn’t have online voting for federal elections and we should keep it that way">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish John Wilson, Associate Professor in General Practice, University of Otago nocebo The COVID pandemic has highlighted several interesting features of modern medical practice – most recently the “nocebo” response, which may account for a significant number of side effects people experience following vaccination. Nocebo responses (from ... <a title="Anticipating a side effect makes it more likely you’ll experience it – this could contribute to vaccine hesitancy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/anticipating-a-side-effect-makes-it-more-likely-youll-experience-it-this-could-contribute-to-vaccine-hesitancy-180331/" aria-label="Read more about Anticipating a side effect makes it more likely you’ll experience it – this could contribute to vaccine hesitancy">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Clark, Deputy Engagement Editor, The Conversation Former independent federal MP Cathy McGowan has hit back at John Howard’s description of independent candidates as “anti-Liberal groupies”. In this Below the Line exclusive, McGowan says the former Prime Minister’s use of the term was clearly meant to be ... <a title="Below the Line: former independent Cathy McGowan hits back at John Howard’s ‘anti-Liberal groupies’ jibe – podcast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/below-the-line-former-independent-cathy-mcgowan-hits-back-at-john-howards-anti-liberal-groupies-jibe-podcast-182038/" aria-label="Read more about Below the Line: former independent Cathy McGowan hits back at John Howard’s ‘anti-Liberal groupies’ jibe – podcast">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Caldicott, Senior lecturer, Australian National University Shutterstock Days out from the event, festival goers for Canberra’s Groovin the Moo festival were told the event would no longer be offering a free drug checking service after Pill Testing Australia, which provides the testing service, had public liability ... <a title="Pill testing really does reduce the risk of harm for drug users" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/pill-testing-really-does-reduce-the-risk-of-harm-for-drug-users-181778/" aria-label="Read more about Pill testing really does reduce the risk of harm for drug users">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Lecturer, RMIT University This is part of a foreign policy election series looking at how Australia’s relations with the world have changed since the Morrison government came into power in 2019. You can read the other pieces here and here. It feels like a lifetime ... <a title="A brief history of the US-Australia alliance – and how it might change after the May election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/a-brief-history-of-the-us-australia-alliance-and-how-it-might-change-after-the-may-election-179377/" aria-label="Read more about A brief history of the US-Australia alliance – and how it might change after the May election">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra Eric Risberg/AP In a surprise capitulation, the board of Twitter has announced it will support a takeover bid by Elon Musk, the world’s richest person. But is it in the public ... <a title="What will Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter mean for ‘free speech’ on the platform?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/what-will-elon-musks-ownership-of-twitter-mean-for-free-speech-on-the-platform-181626/" aria-label="Read more about What will Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter mean for ‘free speech’ on the platform?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tristan Kennedy, Associate professor, Macquarie University Content warning: This article contains mentions of racial discrimination against First Nations people. Comments pages on social media too often constitute an echo-chamber for racist rhetoric being peddled by a combination of the misinformed and the malicious. It seems Australians have, ... <a title="‘Don’t read the comments’: misinformed and malicious comments stifle Indigenous voices" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/dont-read-the-comments-misinformed-and-malicious-comments-stifle-indigenous-voices-180576/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t read the comments’: misinformed and malicious comments stifle Indigenous voices">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Vice-chancellor’s fellow, La Trobe University AAP/Mick Tsikas Elections held in the shadow of war or overarching national security concerns tend to favour incumbents. In the three elections since the second world war that have been directly affected by security worries, incumbent governments have prevailed. In ... <a title="Morrison, Dutton go hard on national security – but will it have any effect on the election?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/morrison-dutton-go-hard-on-national-security-but-will-it-have-any-effect-on-the-election-181868/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison, Dutton go hard on national security – but will it have any effect on the election?">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock A Florida court recently overturned mask mandates on planes in the United States, saying the directive was unlawful. That decision is now under appeal. Before that, Australian ... <a title="Want to cut your chance of catching COVID on a plane? Wear a mask and avoid business class" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/want-to-cut-your-chance-of-catching-covid-on-a-plane-wear-a-mask-and-avoid-business-class-180333/" aria-label="Read more about Want to cut your chance of catching COVID on a plane? Wear a mask and avoid business class">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ro McFarlane, Assistant Professor in Ecological Public Health, University of Canberra Shutterstock Global wheat prices have soared since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. The two nations account for 30% of the world’s wheat production. That means many low-income nations who are net food importers are bracing for ... <a title="A year of hunger: how the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/04/27/a-year-of-hunger-how-the-russia-ukraine-war-is-worsening-climate-linked-food-shortages-181160/" aria-label="Read more about A year of hunger: how the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages">Read more</a>
