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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Hall, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Cybersecurity, RMIT University Shutterstock We use internet-connected devices to access our bank accounts, keep our transport systems moving, communicate with our colleagues, listen to music, undertake commercially sensitive tasks – and order pizza. Digital security is integral to our lives, ... <a title="There are systems ‘guarding’ your data in cyberspace – but who is guarding the guards?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/there-are-systems-guarding-your-data-in-cyberspace-but-who-is-guarding-the-guards-183041/" aria-label="Read more about There are systems ‘guarding’ your data in cyberspace – but who is guarding the guards?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Morgan, Professor of general practice, Bond University Shutterstock The COVID medication Paxlovid has been available in Australia on the Pharmaceuticals Benefits Scheme (PBS) since the start of May, with eligible patients directed to talk to their GP for a prescription. Paxlovid is an oral treatment for ... <a title="I have mild COVID – should I take the antiviral Paxlovid?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/i-have-mild-covid-should-i-take-the-antiviral-paxlovid-183913/" aria-label="Read more about I have mild COVID – should I take the antiviral Paxlovid?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Emma Larouche, from the University of Canberra’s Media and Communications team, look at the first week of an Albanese government. They discuss Prime Minister Albanese’s trip to the Quad meeting, Foreign Minister ... <a title="VIDEO: Victors and feather dusters as election changes the guard" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/video-victors-and-feather-dusters-as-election-changes-the-guard-183971/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Victors and feather dusters as election changes the guard">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Wright, Associate Professor of Medical Imaging, Monash University Unsplash/Lux Graves, CC BY Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is the most common form of motor neuron disease. People with ALS progressively lose the ability to initiate and control muscle movements, including the ... <a title="On your back? Side? Face-down? Mice show how we sleep may trigger or protect our brain from diseases like ALS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/on-your-back-side-face-down-mice-show-how-we-sleep-may-trigger-or-protect-our-brain-from-diseases-like-als-181954/" aria-label="Read more about On your back? Side? Face-down? Mice show how we sleep may trigger or protect our brain from diseases like ALS">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kelly Burrowes, Senior Researcher, University of Auckland Shutterstock Like in many aspects of life, there remains an undercurrent of sex bias against women in the STEM fields. And this bias has a negative impact on not only women, but men too – and those who don’t fit ... <a title="Small step for Nature, giant leap across the gender gap: leading journal will make sex and gender reporting mandatory in research" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/small-step-for-nature-giant-leap-across-the-gender-gap-leading-journal-will-make-sex-and-gender-reporting-mandatory-in-research-183631/" aria-label="Read more about Small step for Nature, giant leap across the gender gap: leading journal will make sex and gender reporting mandatory in research">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney Supporters of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament have celebrated the commitment of the new Albanese government to put the issue to a referendum. But is government support enough? It’s a start, but the road to referendum success is ... <a title="Changing the Australian Constitution is not easy. But we need to stop thinking it’s impossible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/changing-the-australian-constitution-is-not-easy-but-we-need-to-stop-thinking-its-impossible-183626/" aria-label="Read more about Changing the Australian Constitution is not easy. But we need to stop thinking it’s impossible">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide Xinhua via AP Yet more proposed Chinese “security agreements” in the Pacific Islands have been leaked. The drafts have been described by critics as revealing “the ambitious scope of Beijing’s strategic intent in the Pacific” and its “coherent ... <a title="Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help China achieve its broader aims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/amplifying-narratives-about-the-china-threat-in-the-pacific-may-help-china-achieve-its-broader-aims-183917/" aria-label="Read more about Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help China achieve its broader aims">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ann Borda, Associate Professor, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock When a new coronavirus emerged from nature in 2019, it changed the world. But COVID-19 won’t be the last disease to jump across from the shrinking wild. Just this weekend, it was announced that Australia, ... <a title="AI could help us spot viruses like monkeypox before they cross over – and help conserve nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/ai-could-help-us-spot-viruses-like-monkeypox-before-they-cross-over-and-help-conserve-nature-182515/" aria-label="Read more about AI could help us spot viruses like monkeypox before they cross over – and help conserve nature">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Esterman, Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia Shutterstock Many of us are considering a long-delayed overseas trip. However, despite what our politicians are telling us, the pandemic is not over yet, and there is always the risk you could catch COVID on holiday ... <a title="Planning a holiday? What’s the COVID situation in Bali, Fiji, NZ and the UK?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/planning-a-holiday-whats-the-covid-situation-in-bali-fiji-nz-and-the-uk-182850/" aria-label="Read more about Planning a holiday? What’s the COVID situation in Bali, Fiji, NZ and the UK?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothée Bonnet, Researcher in evolutionary biology (DECRA fellow), Australian National University Shutterstock How fast is evolution? In adaptive evolution, natural selection causes genetic changes in traits that favour the survival and reproduction of individual organisms. Although Charles Darwin thought the process occurred over geological timescales, we have ... <a title="Wild animals are evolving faster than anybody thought" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/wild-animals-are-evolving-faster-than-anybody-thought-183633/" aria-label="Read more about Wild animals are evolving faster than anybody thought">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Thea van de Mortel, Professor, Nursing and Deputy Head (Learning & Teaching), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University Shutterstock As we head into winter, you may have a sniffly child under two years old at home. Is it just a cold? Or could it be COVID? ... <a title="Can you use rapid antigen tests in children under 2 years old?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/can-you-use-rapid-antigen-tests-in-children-under-2-years-old-182125/" aria-label="Read more about Can you use rapid antigen tests in children under 2 years old?">Read more</a>
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May 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Pickering, Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra For much of the past three decades, Australia has been viewed internationally as a laggard on climate change – and with good reason. Australia was the last of the G20 economies that ratified ... <a title="Laggard to leader? Labor could repair Australia’s tattered reputation on climate change, if it gets these things right" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/27/laggard-to-leader-labor-could-repair-australias-tattered-reputation-on-climate-change-if-it-gets-these-things-right-182860/" aria-label="Read more about Laggard to leader? Labor could repair Australia’s tattered reputation on climate change, if it gets these things right">Read more</a>
