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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gemma Perry, Post doctoral researcher, Bond University Shutterstock There are plenty of health claims about humming. They include reducing stress, helping you breathe more easily, relieving sinus congestion, lowering your blood pressure and lifting your mood. That’s a lot of potential benefits for something that comes pretty ... <a title="Is humming healthy? Mmm, here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/is-humming-healthy-mmm-heres-what-the-evidence-says-209586/" aria-label="Read more about Is humming healthy? Mmm, here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Kerry, Lecturer in Sociology, Charles Darwin University More than half of Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Buddhists feel reluctant to “come out” to their Buddhist communities and nearly one in six have been told directly that being LGBTQIA+ isn’t in keeping with the Buddha’s teachings. These are some of ... <a title="‘Don’t say anything about it’: why so many LGBTQIA+ Buddhists feel pressure to hide their identities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/dont-say-anything-about-it-why-so-many-lgbtqia-buddhists-feel-pressure-to-hide-their-identities-212253/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Don’t say anything about it’: why so many LGBTQIA+ Buddhists feel pressure to hide their identities">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Barnett, Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology CDC / Unsplash You feel unwell, and visit your doctor. They ask some questions and take some blood for testing; a few days later they call to say you have been diagnosed with a disease. What are the ... <a title="Tests that diagnose diseases are less reliable than you’d expect. Here’s why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/tests-that-diagnose-diseases-are-less-reliable-than-youd-expect-heres-why-213359/" aria-label="Read more about Tests that diagnose diseases are less reliable than you’d expect. Here’s why">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Kildea, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney When Australians vote on the Voice to Parliament referendum on October 14, ballots from the Northern Territory and the ACT will be treated differently from those of the states. The same goes for votes cast by ... <a title="State and territory ballots will be counted differently at the Voice referendum – is that fair?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/state-and-territory-ballots-will-be-counted-differently-at-the-voice-referendum-is-that-fair-212703/" aria-label="Read more about State and territory ballots will be counted differently at the Voice referendum – is that fair?">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Mazzucchelli, Associate professor, Curtin University The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has seen increasing numbers of children with developmental delay or disability receive support within clinical settings. It’s also seen reduced support in other settings, including home and school. Bruce Bonyhady, often referred to as the ... <a title="The NDIS has a parent problem. Changes could involve parents more in disability support and reduce stress" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/the-ndis-has-a-parent-problem-changes-could-involve-parents-more-in-disability-support-and-reduce-stress-212099/" aria-label="Read more about The NDIS has a parent problem. Changes could involve parents more in disability support and reduce stress">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keiko CP Bostwick, Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney RDNE Stock Project/Pexels Academic challenges and difficulties are inevitable parts of school – this is how students learn. So researchers have long been interested in the ways students navigate these challenges and how to help them cope better. Recent ... <a title="What helps students cope with academic setbacks? Our research shows a sense of belonging at school is key" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/what-helps-students-cope-with-academic-setbacks-our-research-shows-a-sense-of-belonging-at-school-is-key-213362/" aria-label="Read more about What helps students cope with academic setbacks? Our research shows a sense of belonging at school is key">Read more</a>
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September 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Harcourt, Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits China later this year he will encounter a nation whose future is about as uncertain as it was 50 years ago when Gough Whitlam became the first Australian prime ... <a title="In China, Albanese might find an economy as uncertain as Japan’s 30 years ago" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/19/in-china-albanese-might-find-an-economy-as-uncertain-as-japans-30-years-ago-213539/" aria-label="Read more about In China, Albanese might find an economy as uncertain as Japan’s 30 years ago">Read more</a>
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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>
