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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Celeste Rodriguez Louro, Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow, Discipline of Linguistics, The University of Western Australia Indigenous Australians experience poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous Australians. They are sick more often, die younger and are at higher risk of serious health complications, including heart disease. One way ... <a title="Yarns from the heart: the role of Aboriginal English in Indigenous health communication" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/yarns-from-the-heart-the-role-of-aboriginal-english-in-indigenous-health-communication-163892/" aria-label="Read more about Yarns from the heart: the role of Aboriginal English in Indigenous health communication">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Paterson, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of New England Javier Ortega-Hernández, Author provided Charles Darwin famously discussed the “imperfections” of the geological record in his book On The Origin of Species. He correctly pointed out that unless conditions are just right, it’s unlikely for organisms to ... <a title="Ancient brains: a look inside the extraordinary preservation of a 310-million-year-old nervous system" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/ancient-brains-a-look-inside-the-extraordinary-preservation-of-a-310-million-year-old-nervous-system-164321/" aria-label="Read more about Ancient brains: a look inside the extraordinary preservation of a 310-million-year-old nervous system">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adam Osth, Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne YouTube With roughly half of Australia in lockdown at the moment, a common experience is a warped sense of time and poor memory. What day is it? What week is it? Did I go to the supermarket yesterday, or ... <a title="How the Groundhog Day grind of lockdown scrambles your memory and sense of time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/how-the-groundhog-day-grind-of-lockdown-scrambles-your-memory-and-sense-of-time-164951/" aria-label="Read more about How the Groundhog Day grind of lockdown scrambles your memory and sense of time">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Joseph, Professor of Human Rights Law, Griffith University Despite assurances from Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia was at “the front of the queue” for COVID-19 vaccines, Australia’s rate of vaccination ranks last in the OECD. Nevertheless, Australia is still ahead of scores of other nations ... <a title="How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/how-australias-fickleness-on-covid-vaccines-is-perpetuating-global-vaccine-inequity-165001/" aria-label="Read more about How Australia’s fickleness on COVID vaccines is perpetuating global vaccine inequity">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julie Leask, Professor, University of Sydney As we try to control COVID-19, many people are keen to know what proportion of the population will need to be vaccinated in order to reach “herd immunity”. It’s a reasonable question. People are asking because they want to know when ... <a title="When will we reach herd immunity? Here are 3 reasons that’s a hard question to answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/when-will-we-reach-herd-immunity-here-are-3-reasons-thats-a-hard-question-to-answer-164560/" aria-label="Read more about When will we reach herd immunity? Here are 3 reasons that’s a hard question to answer">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicky Wright, Research Fellow, University of Sydney Shutterstock This month we’ve seen some crazy, devastating weather. Perth recorded its wettest July in decades, with 18 straight days of relentless rain. Overseas, parts of Europe and China have endured extensive flooding, with hundreds of lives lost and hundreds ... <a title="A wet winter, a soggy spring: what is the negative Indian Ocean Dipole, and why is it so important?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/a-wet-winter-a-soggy-spring-what-is-the-negative-indian-ocean-dipole-and-why-is-it-so-important-164957/" aria-label="Read more about A wet winter, a soggy spring: what is the negative Indian Ocean Dipole, and why is it so important?">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cath Ferguson, Senior research fellow, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock A parliamentary inquiry is looking into how to improve adult literacy in Australia. Having a low level of literacy is not the same thing as being illiterate. The definition of “illiterate” is the inability to read or write. ... <a title="Yes adult literacy should be improved. But governments can make their messages easier to read right now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/yes-adult-literacy-should-be-improved-but-governments-can-make-their-messages-easier-to-read-right-now-164621/" aria-label="Read more about Yes adult literacy should be improved. But governments can make their messages easier to read right now">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patricia Ranald, Honorary research associate, University of Sydney Prime Minister Morrison and Trade Minister Birmingham sign the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement in November 2020, Canberra. Lukas Coch/AAP The 16-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement signed in November 2020 between Australia and 14 nations including Singapore, Japan ... <a title="How a new trade deal could make it harder to improve life for Australians in aged care" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/how-a-new-trade-deal-could-make-it-harder-to-improve-life-for-australians-in-aged-care-164947/" aria-label="Read more about How a new trade deal could make it harder to improve life for Australians in aged care">Read more</a>
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July 27, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alastair Blanshard, Paul Eliadis Chair of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Queensland Konstantinos Livadas/Shutterstock In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. In Book Two of the Republic, Plato famously ... <a title="If I could go anywhere: Greek cake shops, the Athenian countryside and the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/27/if-i-could-go-anywhere-greek-cake-shops-the-athenian-countryside-and-the-sanctuary-of-artemis-at-brauron-164357/" aria-label="Read more about If I could go anywhere: Greek cake shops, the Athenian countryside and the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, La Trobe University Daniel Pockett/AAP One can totally understand the frustration around where the AstraZeneca vaccine fits in our vaccine rollout in Australia. At a time when we’re grappling with so much uncertainty, we need unambiguous information from the federal government about who ... <a title="Yes, there’s confusion about ATAGI’s AstraZeneca advice. But it’s in an extremely difficult position" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/yes-theres-confusion-about-atagis-astrazeneca-advice-but-its-in-an-extremely-difficult-position-164633/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, there’s confusion about ATAGI’s AstraZeneca advice. But it’s in an extremely difficult position">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra After making itself a mega target in 2019, Labor has confirmed it will be a small one in 2022 by promising an Albanese government would keep the 2024 income tax cuts and not disturb negative gearing and capital gains tax. ... <a title="View from The Hill: Labor wouldn’t disturb tax cuts, negative gearing in ‘small target’ strategy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/view-from-the-hill-labor-wouldnt-disturb-tax-cuts-negative-gearing-in-small-target-strategy-165084/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Labor wouldn’t disturb tax cuts, negative gearing in ‘small target’ strategy">Read more</a>
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July 26, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Caitlyn Forster, PhD Candidate, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney Andreas Karyadi / Shutterstock Olympians spend years training to be the best of the best. Scientists and sportspeople have spent decades researching the mechanics of the human body to ensure our elite athletes are ... <a title="How do Olympic athletes stack up against invertebrates? Not very well" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/26/how-do-olympic-athletes-stack-up-against-invertebrates-not-very-well-164488/" aria-label="Read more about How do Olympic athletes stack up against invertebrates? Not very well">Read more</a>
