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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leanne Hassett, Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, University of Sydney Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock Around 4.4 million Australians, or 18% of our population, live with disability. This number is likely to rise as our population ages. Adults living with disability can experience a range of benefits from participating in community-based ... <a title="A new year means new fitness goals. But options for people with disability are few and far between" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/a-new-year-means-new-fitness-goals-but-options-for-people-with-disability-are-few-and-far-between-220143/" aria-label="Read more about A new year means new fitness goals. But options for people with disability are few and far between">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ralph Trancoso, Adjunct Associate Professor in Climate Change, The University of Queensland Three to five billion people – or up to two-thirds of the world’s population – are set to be affected by projected rainfall changes by the end of the century unless the world rapidly ramps ... <a title="Up to 5 billion people to be hit by rainfall changes this century if CO₂ emissions are not curbed, research shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/up-to-5-billion-people-to-be-hit-by-rainfall-changes-this-century-if-co-emissions-are-not-curbed-research-shows-221004/" aria-label="Read more about Up to 5 billion people to be hit by rainfall changes this century if CO₂ emissions are not curbed, research shows">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ava Kalinauskas, Research Associate, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney Former President Donald Trump’s commanding, and expected, victory in this week’s Iowa caucuses has confirmed his frontrunner status in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. With his closest rivals Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley ... <a title="Why two largely white and tiny states still matter so much to the US presidential election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/why-two-largely-white-and-tiny-states-still-matter-so-much-to-the-us-presidential-election-221306/" aria-label="Read more about Why two largely white and tiny states still matter so much to the US presidential election">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Felice Jacka, Alfred Deakin Professor, Deakin University studiostoks/Shutterstock Feeding astronauts on a long mission to Mars goes well beyond ensuring they have enough nutrients and calories to survive their multi-year journey. Providing astronauts with the right diet is also paramount in supporting their mental and cognitive health, ... <a title="Space travel taxes astronauts’ brains. But microbes on the menu could help in unexpected ways" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/space-travel-taxes-astronauts-brains-but-microbes-on-the-menu-could-help-in-unexpected-ways-216355/" aria-label="Read more about Space travel taxes astronauts’ brains. But microbes on the menu could help in unexpected ways">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Shane Clifton, Associate Professor of Practice, School of Health Sciences and the Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, The Dreamer, opens with a story about meeting Jim Carrey, who, at the time, was method acting and portraying comedian Andy ... <a title="Dave Chappelle has built a reputation for ‘punching down’ on trans people – and now he’s targeting disabled people" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/dave-chappelle-has-built-a-reputation-for-punching-down-on-trans-people-and-now-hes-targeting-disabled-people-220774/" aria-label="Read more about Dave Chappelle has built a reputation for ‘punching down’ on trans people – and now he’s targeting disabled people">Read more</a>
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January 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Colin Bednall, Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock With the new year underway employers are beginning to resume normal business activities and restart their hiring process. Similarly, many school and university graduates are beginning their job search after a well-earned break. While ... <a title="6 questions you should be ready to answer to smash that job interview" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/17/6-questions-you-should-be-ready-to-answer-to-smash-that-job-interview-220848/" aria-label="Read more about 6 questions you should be ready to answer to smash that job interview">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Of course, on the day of the first nominating contest for the 2024 US presidential election, there was a storm. In Iowa over the weekend, blizzards described as “life-threatening” by the National Weather ... <a title="Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it any less shocking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/donald-trumps-stroll-to-victory-in-iowa-was-a-foregone-conclusion-this-doesnt-make-it-any-less-shocking-221207/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it any less shocking">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Of course, on the day of the first nominating contest for the 2024 US presidential election, there was a storm. In Iowa over the weekend, blizzards described as “life-threatening” by the National Weather ... <a title="Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it less shocking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/donald-trumps-stroll-to-victory-in-iowa-was-a-foregone-conclusion-this-doesnt-make-it-less-shocking-221207/" aria-label="Read more about Donald Trump’s stroll to victory in Iowa was a foregone conclusion. This doesn’t make it less shocking">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgie Russell, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University Foxys Forest Manufacture/Shutterstock In January, many people are setting new year’s resolutions around healthy eating. Achieving these is often challenging – it can be difficult to change our eating habits. But healthy diets can ... <a title="Our ‘food environments’ affect what we eat. Here’s how you can change yours to support healthier eating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/our-food-environments-affect-what-we-eat-heres-how-you-can-change-yours-to-support-healthier-eating-220770/" aria-label="Read more about Our ‘food environments’ affect what we eat. Here’s how you can change yours to support healthier eating">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Scott, Professor in Law, University of Canterbury In 2023 the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order. Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, continued its illegal invasion in Ukraine. Israel’s response to the October terrorist ... <a title="New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/new-zealand-can-learn-from-south-africa-the-gambia-and-others-when-it-comes-to-international-accountability-221114/" aria-label="Read more about New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others when it comes to international accountability">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick O’Connor, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide Shutterstock Climate change and biodiversity loss are arguably the greatest environmental challenges the world faces. The way we use land is crucial in finding solutions to these problems. In theory, actions such as revegetation and avoiding land clearing can tackle ... <a title="Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/climate-change-and-nature-loss-are-our-biggest-environmental-problems-so-why-isnt-the-market-tackling-them-together-219899/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems – so why isn’t the market tackling them together?">Read more</a>
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January 16, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kettlewell, Senior lecturer, Economics Department, University of Technology Sydney Still from You Are What You Eat. Netflix A new Netflix documentary, You Are What You Eat, showcases sets of identical twins as they adopt different diets. For eight weeks one twin follows a vegan diet while ... <a title="Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/16/netflixs-you-are-what-you-eat-uses-a-twin-study-heres-why-studying-twins-is-so-important-for-science-221012/" aria-label="Read more about Netflix’s You Are What You Eat uses a twin study. Here’s why studying twins is so important for science">Read more</a>
