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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julia Low, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Food (Sensory Science), RMIT University ESA / NASA Astronauts often report that the joy of eating is lost in space. Food that tastes fabulous on Earth may become bland and boring in orbit. In fact, despite carefully designed diets, space ... <a title="Astronauts don’t eat enough because food tastes bland in space. We’re trying to work out why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/astronauts-dont-eat-enough-because-food-tastes-bland-in-space-were-trying-to-work-out-why-234468/" aria-label="Read more about Astronauts don’t eat enough because food tastes bland in space. We’re trying to work out why">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily Moore, PhD Candidate in Classics and Archaeology, The University of Melbourne Vasilii L/Shutterstock You might have heard of a group of women in Ancient Rome known as the “Vestal Virgins”. These female virginal guardians of the sacred flame of Rome could be buried alive for breaking ... <a title="In Ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins achieved power most women were denied – but at great cost" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/in-ancient-rome-the-vestal-virgins-achieved-power-most-women-were-denied-but-at-great-cost-232987/" aria-label="Read more about In Ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins achieved power most women were denied – but at great cost">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University By the time Julius Caesar died with the words “Et tu, Brute?” on his lips, political assassinations were already a common occurrence. But have they become rarer in modern times? Was the attempted assassination of former US President Donald ... <a title="Political assassinations are not just an American problem – they have been all too frequent throughout history" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/political-assassinations-are-not-just-an-american-problem-they-have-been-all-too-frequent-throughout-history-234683/" aria-label="Read more about Political assassinations are not just an American problem – they have been all too frequent throughout history">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie A Steel, Senior Lecturer in Motor Learning and Skill Acquisition, Western Sydney University matimix/Shutterstock “Look for the gap!” “Move into space!” “Who’s free?” Sound familiar? From the sidelines to the field, court or pitch, no matter the team sport, looking for relevant information in the playing ... <a title="Faster, stronger … smarter? New research shows the importance of brain training for junior athletes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/faster-stronger-smarter-new-research-shows-the-importance-of-brain-training-for-junior-athletes-232981/" aria-label="Read more about Faster, stronger … smarter? New research shows the importance of brain training for junior athletes">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justin Keogh, Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University Pressmaster/Shutterstock The science is clear: resistance training is crucial to ageing well. Lifting weights (or doing bodyweight exercises like lunges, squats or push-ups) can help you live independently for longer, make your bones ... <a title="Want the health benefits of strength training but not keen on the gym? Try ‘exercise snacking’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/want-the-health-benefits-of-strength-training-but-not-keen-on-the-gym-try-exercise-snacking-232374/" aria-label="Read more about Want the health benefits of strength training but not keen on the gym? Try ‘exercise snacking’">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images Where should real political power and authority reside in New Zealand? Since last year’s election, that’s been the central question behind a number of significant policy reversals. Water ... <a title="The government wants to give local bodies more power – that should include the power to tax" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/the-government-wants-to-give-local-bodies-more-power-that-should-include-the-power-to-tax-234812/" aria-label="Read more about The government wants to give local bodies more power – that should include the power to tax">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian A. Wright, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University Five eagerly anticipated events in the Paris Olympics will be the mens and womens 10 kilometre marathon swimming races, as well as the 1,500 metre swimming section of three triathlon events. Why? Because all will be ... <a title="For a century, it’s been illegal to swim in the Seine. Will Paris’s clean-up make the river safe for Olympic swimmers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/for-a-century-its-been-illegal-to-swim-in-the-seine-will-pariss-clean-up-make-the-river-safe-for-olympic-swimmers-231705/" aria-label="Read more about For a century, it’s been illegal to swim in the Seine. Will Paris’s clean-up make the river safe for Olympic swimmers?">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Analysis by Keith Rankin. In November 1928, New Zealand had its own ‘Biden moment’ when the 72-year-old Sir Joseph Ward appeared to promise that, if his party won that year’s election, the New Zealand Government would borrow £70 million in 1 year, as a fiscal super-stimulus that would get New Zealand out of the economic ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay – New Zealand’s Joe (Biden/Ward) moment" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/keith-rankin-essay-new-zealands-joe-biden-ward-moment/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay – New Zealand’s Joe (Biden/Ward) moment">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rémi Quirion, Scientifique en chef du Québec et professeur au Département de psychiatrie de l’Université McGill, McGill University States should be more aware of how cities and local governments can help them carry out their diplomatic and scientific strategies. In major global discussions, city-level governments are often ... <a title="Cities around the world share many challenges. To address them, they need to develop science diplomacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/cities-around-the-world-share-many-challenges-to-address-them-they-need-to-develop-science-diplomacy-233509/" aria-label="Read more about Cities around the world share many challenges. To address them, they need to develop science diplomacy">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jade Portingale, PhD Candidate, School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne Franz12 / Shutterstock Most of the time, our brains are very good at blending together input from all our senses into a seamless, unified conscious experience of “my body”. When this process of integrating different ... <a title="Virtual reality ‘embodiment illusions’ may help the skewed perceptions behind body image disturbances" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/virtual-reality-embodiment-illusions-may-help-the-skewed-perceptions-behind-body-image-disturbances-230867/" aria-label="Read more about Virtual reality ‘embodiment illusions’ may help the skewed perceptions behind body image disturbances">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Griffin, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, The University of Queensland Marian Weyo/Shutterstock Since May, a number of poultry farms around Australia have faced outbreaks of avian influenza, or bird flu. These outbreaks have been devastating for the poultry farms affected, necessitating large-scale culls, and have caused ... <a title="Bird flu isn’t spreading in humans for now. But there are vaccines in the pipeline if that changes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/bird-flu-isnt-spreading-in-humans-for-now-but-there-are-vaccines-in-the-pipeline-if-that-changes-232993/" aria-label="Read more about Bird flu isn’t spreading in humans for now. But there are vaccines in the pipeline if that changes">Read more</a>
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July 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kate Marie Quigley, DECRA Research Fellow in molecular ecology, James Cook University Victor Huertas, Author provided The Great Barrier Reef is world famous – it’s the largest coral reef system in the world and home to tens of thousands of species. No wonder it is World Heritage listed. ... <a title="Beyond the Barrier Reef: Australia’s 3 other World Heritage reefs are also in trouble" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/07/17/beyond-the-barrier-reef-australias-3-other-world-heritage-reefs-are-also-in-trouble-234268/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond the Barrier Reef: Australia’s 3 other World Heritage reefs are also in trouble">Read more</a>
