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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Orlando, Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University Shutterstock This week, one Sydney high school made headlines for banning mobile phones during school hours. Phones can come to school but must stay in locked pouches allowing teachers to “focus on educating students”. This follows ... <a title="Another school has banned mobile phones but research shows bans don’t stop bullying or improve student grades" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/another-school-has-banned-mobile-phones-but-research-shows-bans-dont-stop-bullying-or-improve-student-grades-188435/" aria-label="Read more about Another school has banned mobile phones but research shows bans don’t stop bullying or improve student grades">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University People could have caught the virus from wild shrews. Shutterstock A new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China’s Shandong and Henan provinces. It’s related to Hendra and Nipah viruses, which ... <a title="What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/what-is-this-new-langya-virus-do-we-need-to-be-worried-188577/" aria-label="Read more about What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dallas Rogers, Head of Urbanism and Associate Professor of Urban Studies, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney The redevelopment of the 22-hectare Barangaroo precinct on Sydney Harbour has long been a masterclass in poor urban development governance and lack of due process. It was ... <a title="‘Let it rip’: Barangaroo, a masterclass in planning as deal-making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/let-it-rip-barangaroo-a-masterclass-in-planning-as-deal-making-188434/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Let it rip’: Barangaroo, a masterclass in planning as deal-making">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hannah Dahlen, Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University Shutterstock The tragic case of Annie Moylan, who died in Melbourne in 2017 from sepsis, when 18 weeks pregnant, has put a spotlight on this life-threatening condition. Delay in receiving blood ... <a title="Sepsis is serious during pregnancy, but thankfully it is still rare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/sepsis-is-serious-during-pregnancy-but-thankfully-it-is-still-rare-188361/" aria-label="Read more about Sepsis is serious during pregnancy, but thankfully it is still rare">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Chinese reaction to United States Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit further escalated tensions in our region, as China becomes more bellicose in language and action. On Wednesday, China’s Ambassador Xiao Qian spoke at the National Press Club. He talked ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: How far will China go? La Trobe’s Nick Bisley says its ‘risk appetite’ has gone up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/politics-with-michelle-grattan-how-far-will-china-go-la-trobes-nick-bisley-says-its-risk-appetite-has-gone-up-188536/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: How far will China go? La Trobe’s Nick Bisley says its ‘risk appetite’ has gone up">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation Shawn Thew/EPA/AP On June 24, the US Supreme Court denied a constitutional right to an abortion, overturning its Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. I covered this and two other late June right-wing decisions by the court in an early ... <a title="US Democrats gain ground before midterm elections as Kansas voters reject attempt to ban abortion" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/us-democrats-gain-ground-before-midterm-elections-as-kansas-voters-reject-attempt-to-ban-abortion-187994/" aria-label="Read more about US Democrats gain ground before midterm elections as Kansas voters reject attempt to ban abortion">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven W. Salisbury, PhD; Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland Herschel Hoffmeyer/Shutterstock For the first time, we have shown that a soft heel pad was crucial to how sauropod dinosaurs supported their immense weight, according to a new digital reconstruction of their feet. ... <a title="A key feature contributed to sauropods getting so enormous, new dino foot study reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/a-key-feature-contributed-to-sauropods-getting-so-enormous-new-dino-foot-study-reveals-188462/" aria-label="Read more about A key feature contributed to sauropods getting so enormous, new dino foot study reveals">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Apisalome Movono, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University Getty Images With Samoa fully reopening its borders on August 1, another Pacific country moved tentatively forwards after two years of border closures and little or no international tourism. But opening up is not as simple as flipping ... <a title="Pacific aviation is struggling to take off after the pandemic – how can the ‘blue continent’ stay connected?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/pacific-aviation-is-struggling-to-take-off-after-the-pandemic-how-can-the-blue-continent-stay-connected-187522/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific aviation is struggling to take off after the pandemic – how can the ‘blue continent’ stay connected?">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tim Johnson, Associate Professor, Curtin University Solarseven / Shutterstock Earth is the only planet we know of with continents, the giant landmasses that provide homes to humankind and most of Earth’s biomass. However, we still don’t have firm answers to some basic questions about continents: how did ... <a title="What created the continents? New evidence points to giant asteroids" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/what-created-the-continents-new-evidence-points-to-giant-asteroids-185606/" aria-label="Read more about What created the continents? New evidence points to giant asteroids">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Piero Moraro, Lecturer in Criminology, Edith Cowan University The recent transfer of a “difficult cohort” of teenagers to a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia raises familiar questions about Australia’s prison system. The 17 young detainees have “significant offending histories” and had for months been destroying infrastructure, ... <a title="Sending teens to maximum security prisons shows Australia needs to raise the age of criminal responsibility" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/sending-teens-to-maximum-security-prisons-shows-australia-needs-to-raise-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-187768/" aria-label="Read more about Sending teens to maximum security prisons shows Australia needs to raise the age of criminal responsibility">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University The recent global outbreak of monkeypox largely among men who have sex with men has raised concerns homophobia will undermine effective prevention efforts. There are also ... <a title="We need to talk about monkeypox without shame and blame" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/we-need-to-talk-about-monkeypox-without-shame-and-blame-188295/" aria-label="Read more about We need to talk about monkeypox without shame and blame">Read more</a>
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August 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Reem Abbas, Research Fellow, Auckland University of Technology Shutterstock/Joseph Sorrentino New Zealand’s healthcare policies for migrants rate among the top five countries globally. Yet research shows persistent health inequities among women and children with migrant and refugee backgrounds. The current health system reforms create opportunities to improve ... <a title="Why migrant and refugee women and children remain in the shadows of health reforms in New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/11/why-migrant-and-refugee-women-and-children-remain-in-the-shadows-of-health-reforms-in-new-zealand-186902/" aria-label="Read more about Why migrant and refugee women and children remain in the shadows of health reforms in New Zealand">Read more</a>
