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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bianca Cannon, GP and Lecturer at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney Pexels/Laura Garcia How are babies made? Giaan, age 8 Thanks for your interesting question, Giaan! Lots of kids your age wonder about how babies are made. It’s an important question because making babies allows the ... <a title="Curious Kids: how are babies made?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/curious-kids-how-are-babies-made-190447/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: how are babies made?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University Shutterstock Christmas comes but once a year – as do Christmas party games. With such little practice it’s hard to get good at any of them. Let me help. I’m going to share with you some expert tips, tested through mathematical ... <a title="How to win the gift-stealing game Bad Santa, according to a mathematician" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/how-to-win-the-gift-stealing-game-bad-santa-according-to-a-mathematician-196483/" aria-label="Read more about How to win the gift-stealing game Bad Santa, according to a mathematician">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Amery, Clinical Education Coordinator – Speech Pathology, Charles Darwin University Machado-Joseph-Disease (MJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects muscles in the body, including those required for speech. It is prevalent in some remote First Nations communities in the Northern Territory and Queensland. Yolŋu First Nations ... <a title="A rare disease in the Top End affects muscles for speech. Here’s how we’re designing alternative ways to communicate in Yolŋu languages" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/a-rare-disease-in-the-top-end-affects-muscles-for-speech-heres-how-were-designing-alternative-ways-to-communicate-in-yolnu-languages-195923/" aria-label="Read more about A rare disease in the Top End affects muscles for speech. Here’s how we’re designing alternative ways to communicate in Yolŋu languages">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim M Caudwell, Lecturer – Psychology | Chair, Researchers in Behavioural Addictions, Alcohol and Drugs (BAAD), Charles Darwin University Louis Hansel/Unsplash You’re catching up with a few friends before you go out. Everyone’s having a drink, listening to some tunes, and the mood is good. A ride ... <a title="Want to pre-drink before going out? It probably won’t save you money, and can be risky to boot" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/want-to-pre-drink-before-going-out-it-probably-wont-save-you-money-and-can-be-risky-to-boot-195098/" aria-label="Read more about Want to pre-drink before going out? It probably won’t save you money, and can be risky to boot">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Georgie Russell, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University Shutterstock Holidays are a time when lots of us tend to overindulge in food and drink, and many people gain weight. Once gained, weight is difficult to lose, and it is likely that much ... <a title="Your tendency to overindulge these holidays could relate to your ‘eating personality’. Which type are you?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/your-tendency-to-overindulge-these-holidays-could-relate-to-your-eating-personality-which-type-are-you-196295/" aria-label="Read more about Your tendency to overindulge these holidays could relate to your ‘eating personality’. Which type are you?">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Hepburn, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University Shutterstock To tackle the energy crisis about to send our bills skywards, the Albanese government last week capped gas prices temporarily in the east coast market, proposing a figure of A$12 per gigajoule. A gigajoule of gas has the ... <a title="Yes, the government’s price cap is overly generous to gas producers. But it was necessary" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/yes-the-governments-price-cap-is-overly-generous-to-gas-producers-but-it-was-necessary-196597/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, the government’s price cap is overly generous to gas producers. But it was necessary">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Westaway, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland Deal Lewis/AAP Apart from managing the land, Indigenous people have also managed waterways, including the Murray River and the Darling/Baaka River, for thousands of years. Like many Indigenous peoples of Australia, ... <a title="Aboriginal people have spent centuries building in the Darling River. Now there are plans to demolish these important structures" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/aboriginal-people-have-spent-centuries-building-in-the-darling-river-now-there-are-plans-to-demolish-these-important-structures-195966/" aria-label="Read more about Aboriginal people have spent centuries building in the Darling River. Now there are plans to demolish these important structures">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By William Clarke, Professor of Waste Management, The University of Queensland Shutterstock Only 24% of local councils in Australia separately collect household food organics and garden organics (FOGO) waste. Another 16% provide garden waste collection only. This limited progress has prompted the federal government to push back the ... <a title="Despite government delays, food waste recycling bins are coming to your kitchen sooner than you think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/despite-government-delays-food-waste-recycling-bins-are-coming-to-your-kitchen-sooner-than-you-think-195734/" aria-label="Read more about Despite government delays, food waste recycling bins are coming to your kitchen sooner than you think">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sally Patfield, Senior Research Fellow, Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle Marina Stoichkova/Pexels This week, year 12 results have been released in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania. Other states will follow next week. The Higher School Certificate and its equivalents are seen as ... <a title="‘They don’t expect a lot of me, they just want me to go to uni’: first-in-family students show how we need a broader definition of ‘success’ in year 12" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/they-dont-expect-a-lot-of-me-they-just-want-me-to-go-to-uni-first-in-family-students-show-how-we-need-a-broader-definition-of-success-in-year-12-196284/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They don’t expect a lot of me, they just want me to go to uni’: first-in-family students show how we need a broader definition of ‘success’ in year 12">Read more</a>
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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock On a December night 50 years ago, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed in the Everglades, Florida. Miraculously, 77 people survived the initial impact but then endured a traumatic wait for rescue in the alligator infested swamp, surrounded ... <a title="‘Tis the season to be jolly: singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/tis-the-season-to-be-jolly-singing-christmas-carols-together-isnt-just-a-tradition-its-also-good-for-you-193855/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Tis the season to be jolly: singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will forever be known as “the bulldozer”, and he lived up to his self-description at the Robodebt royal commission this week. It was vintage Morrison, verbally lumbering about, up and down side streets of varying relevance, as he ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/grattan-on-friday-morrison-endures-the-witness-box-while-albanese-enjoys-being-in-the-box-seat-with-the-senate-196662/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Narayan, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, The University of Queensland Craig Garrett/Unsplash Koalas have adapted to Australia’s rugged terrains. But bushfires, land clearing and other extreme threats can mean they suffer prolonged stress – and this has a significant effect on their wellbeing. Stress can make ... <a title="Testing the stress levels of rescued koalas allows us to tweak their care so more survive in the wild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/testing-the-stress-levels-of-rescued-koalas-allows-us-to-tweak-their-care-so-more-survive-in-the-wild-196224/" aria-label="Read more about Testing the stress levels of rescued koalas allows us to tweak their care so more survive in the wild">Read more</a>
