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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine R. Smith, Professor of Eye & Vision Health, Flinders University Syphilis is a sexually transmissible infectious disease that has plagued humankind for centuries. Today, syphilis is diagnosed rapidly by a simple blood test, and easily treated with an inexpensive antibiotic. However, the disease may masquerade as ... <a title="Syphilis is making a come-back, and causing some unusual health problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/syphilis-is-making-a-come-back-and-causing-some-unusual-health-problems-109658/" aria-label="Read more about Syphilis is making a come-back, and causing some unusual health problems">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa A Williams, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW The pursuit of happiness and health is a popular endeavour, as the preponderance of self-help books would attest. Yet it is also fraught. Despite ample advice from experts, individuals regularly engage in activities that may only have short-term ... <a title="Having a sense of meaning in life is good for you — so how do you get one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/having-a-sense-of-meaning-in-life-is-good-for-you-so-how-do-you-get-one-110361/" aria-label="Read more about Having a sense of meaning in life is good for you — so how do you get one?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Lecturer, Languages and Literature of Ancient Israel, Macquarie University In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. The world’s first known author is widely considered to be Enheduanna, a woman who lived in the 23rd century BCE in ancient Mesopotamia (approximately 2285 ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Enheduanna, princess, priestess and the world’s first known author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/hidden-women-of-history-enheduanna-princess-priestess-and-the-worlds-first-known-author-109185/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Enheduanna, princess, priestess and the world’s first known author">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul McGreevy, Professor of Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare Science, University of Sydney Veterinarians have a professional and moral obligation to reduce or prevent any negative health impacts of disorders in animals. But what if animals are bred with known disorders? And what if those disorders are ... <a title="Vets can do more to reduce the suffering of flat-faced dog breeds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/vets-can-do-more-to-reduce-the-suffering-of-flat-faced-dog-breeds-110702/" aria-label="Read more about Vets can do more to reduce the suffering of flat-faced dog breeds">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Words are powerful, and a rich vocabulary can provide young people with significant advantages. Successful vocabulary development is associated with better vocational, academic and health outcomes. When parents read books aloud to their children from an early ... <a title="Read aloud to your children to boost their vocabulary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/read-aloud-to-your-children-to-boost-their-vocabulary-111427/" aria-label="Read more about Read aloud to your children to boost their vocabulary">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University This is the second of two articles looking at the increasing reliance of Australian cities on desalination plants to supply drinking water, with less emphasis on the alternatives of water recycling and demand management. So what is ... <a title="When water is scarce, we can’t afford to neglect the alternatives to desalination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/when-water-is-scarce-we-cant-afford-to-neglect-the-alternatives-to-desalination-111249/" aria-label="Read more about When water is scarce, we can’t afford to neglect the alternatives to desalination">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carley Ruiz, Research Assistant, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University A teenager’s first job can be deeply rewarding, a step towards independence and building skills. But that job may also involve an early taste of exploitative workplace behaviours, including abuse, bullying and harassment. There are numerous cases of ... <a title="Welcome to your first job: expect to be underpaid, bullied, harassed or exploited in some way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/welcome-to-your-first-job-expect-to-be-underpaid-bullied-harassed-or-exploited-in-some-way-110438/" aria-label="Read more about Welcome to your first job: expect to be underpaid, bullied, harassed or exploited in some way">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra An extraordinary amount of hype and some confected hysteria preceded Tuesday’s vote on the medical transfer legislation. The government threw everything at trying to avoid a defeat. In a last stand, it fell back on a constitutional argument – backed ... <a title="View from the Hill: Shorten’s victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/view-from-the-hill-shortens-victory-will-bring-dangerous-counter-strikes-from-a-desperate-government-111666/" aria-label="Read more about View from the Hill: Shorten’s victory will bring dangerous counter strikes from a desperate government">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney The Morrison government has been defeated in the House of Representatives by the passage of a government bill containing amendments made against its wishes that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island and Nauru. At ... <a title="The government was defeated on the ‘medivac’ bill, but that does not mean the end of the government" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/the-government-was-defeated-on-the-medivac-bill-but-that-does-not-mean-the-end-of-the-government-111635/" aria-label="Read more about The government was defeated on the ‘medivac’ bill, but that does not mean the end of the government">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Chinna, Senior Honorary Research Fellow, University of Western Australia Review: Sunset, Perth Festival 2019 On a humid night with strong easterlies blowing across the river, the opening night audience for dance-theatre performance Sunset was ushered towards the Sunset Heritage Precinct, on the banks of the Swan ... <a title="Sunset, a danced evocation of love, loss, and rebirth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/sunset-a-danced-evocation-of-love-loss-and-rebirth-111531/" aria-label="Read more about Sunset, a danced evocation of love, loss, and rebirth">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Ransley, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Sydney Optical illusions are cleverly designed to distort reality, but did you know that the same distortions occur frequently in everyday life? Our ability to see involves the brain moulding raw sensory data into a refined form. Some of the refinements ... <a title="Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/why-visual-illusions-appear-in-everyday-objects-from-nature-to-architecture-111178/" aria-label="Read more about Why visual illusions appear in everyday objects – from nature to architecture">Read more</a>
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February 12, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University Climate change gets blamed for a lot of things these days: inundating small islands, fueling catastrophic fires, amping-up hurricanes and smashing Arctic sea ice. But a global review of insect research has found another casualty: 40% ... <a title="Climate change is killing off Earth’s little creatures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/12/climate-change-is-killing-off-earths-little-creatures-109719/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change is killing off Earth’s little creatures">Read more</a>
