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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debbie Passey, Digital Health Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Science and Invention / World Radio History In 1874, a surgeon in South Australia telegraphed wound care instructions for a patient 2,000 kilometres away. A few years later, in 1879, a letter in The Lancet medical journal ... <a title="From science fiction to telemedicine: the surprising 150-year history of long-range medical treatment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/from-science-fiction-to-telemedicine-the-surprising-150-year-history-of-long-range-medical-treatment-235213/" aria-label="Read more about From science fiction to telemedicine: the surprising 150-year history of long-range medical treatment">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tenaw Tiruye, Postdoctoral Researcher, Cancer Epidemiology and Population Health, University of South Australia PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Every year more than 24,000 Australian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, making it the most frequently diagnosed cancer among Australian men. Despite high survival rates – around 96% of ... <a title="Many men diagnosed with prostate cancer experience poor mental health. We need to support them better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/many-men-diagnosed-with-prostate-cancer-experience-poor-mental-health-we-need-to-support-them-better-236330/" aria-label="Read more about Many men diagnosed with prostate cancer experience poor mental health. We need to support them better">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Blanche Verlie, Horizon Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Sydney The deep complexities of climate change raise a myriad of challenges for humanity – not least of which is how best to respond. Should we throw ourselves into slashing carbon emissions and stabilising Earth’s climate as soon ... <a title="Clive Hamilton says dreams of a safe climate are ‘wishful thinking’ – but the young and the vulnerable will keep fighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/clive-hamilton-says-dreams-of-a-safe-climate-are-wishful-thinking-but-the-young-and-the-vulnerable-will-keep-fighting-236335/" aria-label="Read more about Clive Hamilton says dreams of a safe climate are ‘wishful thinking’ – but the young and the vulnerable will keep fighting">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gwyn McClelland, Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England Gwyn McClelland Japan’s population crisis isn’t letting up, despite ongoing efforts by its government to boost fertility rates. According to data released in June, birth rates fell for the eighth consecutive year in 2023, reaching a record ... <a title="How do 4,500 people become 250? The stark reality of life on Japan’s rapidly depopulating Gotō Islands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/how-do-4-500-people-become-250-the-stark-reality-of-life-on-japans-rapidly-depopulating-goto-islands-235778/" aria-label="Read more about How do 4,500 people become 250? The stark reality of life on Japan’s rapidly depopulating Gotō Islands">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Pomeroy, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Canterbury The government’s recently announced plans to “transform maths education” have set off a heated debate over how the subject is taught in classrooms. Primary and intermediate schools will now have a new maths curriculum starting in 2025 ... <a title="The numbers don’t add up: why the government needs to slow down on sweeping changes to NZ’s maths curriculum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/09/the-numbers-dont-add-up-why-the-government-needs-to-slow-down-on-sweeping-changes-to-nzs-maths-curriculum-236222/" aria-label="Read more about The numbers don’t add up: why the government needs to slow down on sweeping changes to NZ’s maths curriculum">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government might be likened to the harried house-husband struggling with untidy rooms, dog hairs on the carpet, and piles of clothes in or waiting for the washing machine. All this, with a property inspection looming that threatens a ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Albanese government has a lot of housework ahead of voters’ property inspection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/grattan-on-friday-albanese-government-has-a-lot-of-housework-ahead-of-voters-property-inspection-236334/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Albanese government has a lot of housework ahead of voters’ property inspection">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle O’Shea, Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University Africa Voice/Shutterstock Olympian Tom Daley is the most decorated diver in Britain’s history. He is also an avid knitter. At the Paris 2024 Olympics Daley added a fifth medal to his collection – and caught the world’s ... <a title="Knitting helps Tom Daley switch off. Its mental health benefits are not just for Olympians" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/knitting-helps-tom-daley-switch-off-its-mental-health-benefits-are-not-just-for-olympians-236051/" aria-label="Read more about Knitting helps Tom Daley switch off. Its mental health benefits are not just for Olympians">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney From December the typical early childhood educator and carer will get a pay rise of at least $103 per week. By the following December, it will be more, taking the total ... <a title="Giving early childhood educators an extra 15% is good policy, and even better politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/giving-early-childhood-educators-an-extra-15-is-good-policy-and-even-better-politics-236336/" aria-label="Read more about Giving early childhood educators an extra 15% is good policy, and even better politics">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Sanderson, Dean of Research and Professor of Information Retrieval, RMIT University In his landmark ruling against Google earlier this week, United States district judge Amit Mehta said the tech giant has built “the industry’s highest quality search engine”. Judge Mehta made clear this was partly because ... <a title="A US judge just called Google the ‘highest quality search engine’. But how do we determine ‘quality’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/a-us-judge-just-called-google-the-highest-quality-search-engine-but-how-do-we-determine-quality-236308/" aria-label="Read more about A US judge just called Google the ‘highest quality search engine’. But how do we determine ‘quality’?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University For decades, Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company, Woodside, has eyed off a prize: the largest known unconventional gas fields in the nation. But there’s a problem. The enormous Brecknock, Calliance and Torosa gas fields are hundreds of ... <a title="Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/huge-gas-fields-under-a-coral-reef-will-a-rejection-on-environmental-grounds-stop-woodsides-browse-project-236145/" aria-label="Read more about Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milad Haghani, Senior Lecturer of Urban Mobility, Public Safety & Disaster Risk, UNSW Sydney Taylor Swift’s Eras’ Tour concerts in Vienna, scheduled for August 8–10, have been cancelled due to a foiled terrorist plot. The events were expected to draw around 65,000 attendees each night. Two suspects ... <a title="The cancellation of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows is the latest incident in a long history of concert terrorism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/the-cancellation-of-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-shows-is-the-latest-incident-in-a-long-history-of-concert-terrorism-236392/" aria-label="Read more about The cancellation of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows is the latest incident in a long history of concert terrorism">Read more</a>
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August 8, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nick Fuller, Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader, University of Sydney Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash If you’re a parent, you’ll be well-acquainted with one of the more hotly debated parenting topics: screen time and kids. On the one hand, screen time helps kids learn, develop creativity and supports social ... <a title="We’re told to limit kids’ screen time. But how does it actually affect their health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/08/08/were-told-to-limit-kids-screen-time-but-how-does-it-actually-affect-their-health-235322/" aria-label="Read more about We’re told to limit kids’ screen time. But how does it actually affect their health?">Read more</a>
