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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Karg, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology Sue Ogrocki/AP/AAP When the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officially begin on Friday night, they will do so with the host city under a state of emergency due to COVID-19. For the first time in history, all Olympic events will ... <a title="To watch or not watch? The Tokyo Games raises difficult questions for fans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/to-watch-or-not-watch-the-tokyo-games-raises-difficult-questions-for-fans-164712/" aria-label="Read more about To watch or not watch? The Tokyo Games raises difficult questions for fans">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Towle, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Otago Author provided, Author provided Teeth can tell us a lot about the evolution of prehistoric humans, and our latest study of one of our species’ close relatives may finally resolve a long-standing mystery. The genus Paranthropus is closely related to ... <a title="Fossil tooth fractures and microscopic detail of enamel offer new clues about human diet and evolution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/fossil-tooth-fractures-and-microscopic-detail-of-enamel-offer-new-clues-about-human-diet-and-evolution-163653/" aria-label="Read more about Fossil tooth fractures and microscopic detail of enamel offer new clues about human diet and evolution">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock To win swimming gold in Tokyo, swimmers not only have to generate incredible power with their arms and legs to propel themselves through the water; they also have to overcome the relentless pull of the water’s drag while ... <a title="The science of underwater swimming: how staying submerged gives Olympians the winning edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/the-science-of-underwater-swimming-how-staying-submerged-gives-olympians-the-winning-edge-163721/" aria-label="Read more about The science of underwater swimming: how staying submerged gives Olympians the winning edge">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Martin Meissner/AP History shows there nothing in sport quite like an Olympics. Equally, there is nothing in Olympic history quite like what is happening now in Tokyo at the most expensive — and likely ... <a title="As the Tokyo Games begin, the stakes could not be higher for Japan — and the Olympics themselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/as-the-tokyo-games-begin-the-stakes-could-not-be-higher-for-japan-and-the-olympics-themselves-164389/" aria-label="Read more about As the Tokyo Games begin, the stakes could not be higher for Japan — and the Olympics themselves">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wes Mountain, Multimedia Editor The Tokyo Olympics officially open on July 23 – one year later than originally planned and in an Olympic stadium that will be empty of spectators thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Tokyo is not the first Olympics to have been rescheduled or ... <a title="Most expensive, greatest gender parity, most sports: Tokyo Olympics by the numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/most-expensive-greatest-gender-parity-most-sports-tokyo-olympics-by-the-numbers-164491/" aria-label="Read more about Most expensive, greatest gender parity, most sports: Tokyo Olympics by the numbers">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney More than 200 nations are represented at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. As ever, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asserts the games are a means of unifying humanity through elite sport. At the same time, though, IOC ... <a title="The Olympic movement claims political neutrality. In reality, that ideal is often selectively applied" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/the-olympic-movement-claims-political-neutrality-in-reality-that-ideal-is-often-selectively-applied-164558/" aria-label="Read more about The Olympic movement claims political neutrality. In reality, that ideal is often selectively applied">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Joel Carrett/AAP The Greater Sydney lockdown began on June 26 and almost a month later, New South Wales is recording around 100 new COVID cases a day. We are also ... <a title="Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/is-delta-defeating-us-heres-why-the-variant-makes-contact-tracing-so-much-harder-164780/" aria-label="Read more about Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Martin, Adjunct lecturer, University of Sydney Barbara Klump, Author provided In a small, isolated village in southern Sydney, the local sulphur-crested cockatoos are particularly clever. Once a week, when the neighbours roll their wheelie bins to the curb, cockies fly over and, with skillful dexterity, open ... <a title="Clever cockatoos in southern Sydney have learned to open curb-side bins — and it has global significance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/clever-cockatoos-in-southern-sydney-have-learned-to-open-curb-side-bins-and-it-has-global-significance-164794/" aria-label="Read more about Clever cockatoos in southern Sydney have learned to open curb-side bins — and it has global significance">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Hartney, Lecturer of Religion, University of Sydney Adam Calaitzis/Shutterstock Global developments in tertiary education suggest the critical scientific study of religion is endangered. One of the departments slated for extinguishment amid the pandemic-related upheavals was my own at the University of Sydney. This reflects a trend ... <a title="Unis are killing the critical study of religion, and it will only make campuses more religious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/unis-are-killing-the-critical-study-of-religion-and-it-will-only-make-campuses-more-religious-164402/" aria-label="Read more about Unis are killing the critical study of religion, and it will only make campuses more religious">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Toru Hanai/AP There’ll be two types of Australian high jump in Tokyo this month. The first, most likely scripted, was Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s front row leap after Brisbane was awarded the ... <a title="The Brisbane Olympics are a leap into an unknowable future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/the-brisbane-olympics-are-a-leap-into-an-unknowable-future-164933/" aria-label="Read more about The Brisbane Olympics are a leap into an unknowable future">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Eric Surprenant/Shutterstock As one big international competition begins, another one is nearing its end. At least we hope so. I am, of course, talking about the Tokyo Olympic Games and the international roll-out of vaccines against COVID-19. Australia has been in ... <a title="We’re losing the vaccination race because of bungling, not bad luck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/were-losing-the-vaccination-race-because-of-bungling-not-bad-luck-164853/" aria-label="Read more about We’re losing the vaccination race because of bungling, not bad luck">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Muecke, Professor of Writing, Flinders University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. The Goolarabooloo community in Broome has been running the Lurujarri Heritage Trail for over 30 years. In July each year, tourists are welcomed ... <a title="‘What country have you walked?’ Why all Australians should walk an Indigenous heritage trail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/what-country-have-you-walked-why-all-australians-should-walk-an-indigenous-heritage-trail-162519/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What country have you walked?’ Why all Australians should walk an Indigenous heritage trail">Read more</a>
