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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, La Trobe University Untitled Tamer A Soliman / Shutterstock Neanderthals, the closest cousins of modern humans, lived in parts of Europe and Asia until their extinction some 30,000 years ago. Genetic studies are revealing ever more about ... <a title="Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What happened?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/modern-human-dna-contains-bits-from-all-over-the-neanderthal-genome-except-the-y-chromosome-what-happened-230984/" aria-label="Read more about Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What happened?">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra James, Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University SeventyFour/Shutterstock Globally, more than 1 million curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are contracted every day in people aged 15–49. These include chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis, among others. In Australia, it’s estimated one in ... <a title="Why don’t people disclose STIs to a sexual partner? Stigma has a lot to do with it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/why-dont-people-disclose-stis-to-a-sexual-partner-stigma-has-a-lot-to-do-with-it-231914/" aria-label="Read more about Why don’t people disclose STIs to a sexual partner? Stigma has a lot to do with it">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tyler Rohr, Lecturer in Southern Ocean Biogeochemical Modelling, IMAS, University of Tasmania ESA, CC BY-SA As the world struggles to decarbonise, it’s becoming increasingly clear we’ll need to both rapidly reduce emissions and actively remove carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ... <a title="Marine CO₂ removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the ocean’s tiniest animals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/marine-co-removal-technologies-could-depend-on-the-appetite-of-the-oceans-tiniest-animals-227156/" aria-label="Read more about Marine CO₂ removal technologies could depend on the appetite of the ocean’s tiniest animals">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Samantha Vlcek, Lecturer in inclusive education, RMIT University Karolina Grabowska/Pexels, CC BY We know children often miss more school days in the winter months, as sickness sets in. But at this time of year, parents and teachers can also notice children disengaging from preferred activities and finding ... <a title="Is your child experiencing ‘winter burnout’? Here’s what to look out for" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/is-your-child-experiencing-winter-burnout-heres-what-to-look-out-for-231830/" aria-label="Read more about Is your child experiencing ‘winter burnout’? Here’s what to look out for">Read more</a>
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June 17, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Supporters of Yang Hengjun, the Australian citizen incarcerated in China, have urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to ask Chinese Premier Li Qiang to have the ailing author released “on medical parole” or otherwise transferred to Australia. Ahead of the Albanese-Li ... <a title="Anthony Albanese to raise differences while stressing positives in talks with Chinese premier" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/17/anthony-albanese-to-raise-differences-while-stressing-positives-in-talks-with-chinese-premier-232569/" aria-label="Read more about Anthony Albanese to raise differences while stressing positives in talks with Chinese premier">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sharon Goldfeld, Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children’s Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute It’s well-known that children raised in families experiencing financial stress face greater risks of psychological and educational difficulties and behavioural problems ... <a title="What happens when you give a low-income family $26,000 in their child’s first year? We think we’ve found out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/what-happens-when-you-give-a-low-income-family-26-000-in-their-childs-first-year-we-think-weve-found-out-219104/" aria-label="Read more about What happens when you give a low-income family $26,000 in their child’s first year? We think we’ve found out">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jaya Dantas, Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor of International Health, Curtin University Aleksandar Malivuk/Shutterstock Earlier this week, Moderna announced positive results for its phase 3 clinical trial of a combined vaccine against COVID and influenza. So what exactly did the trial ... <a title="Results are looking promising for a combined COVID and flu vaccine. Here’s how it could benefit public health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/results-are-looking-promising-for-a-combined-covid-and-flu-vaccine-heres-how-it-could-benefit-public-health-232278/" aria-label="Read more about Results are looking promising for a combined COVID and flu vaccine. Here’s how it could benefit public health">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Irina Ponomareva, Adjunct Research Fellow in Griffith Center for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR), Griffith University Irina Ponomareva Investigation of a sacred area at Avon Downs in Jangga Country, Central Queensland, has uncovered evidence of stone tool production in a place that was traditionally restricted to women. ... <a title="We dated a sacred Aboriginal women’s site used for birthing ceremonies and discovered 7,000 years of tool making" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/we-dated-a-sacred-aboriginal-womens-site-used-for-birthing-ceremonies-and-discovered-7-000-years-of-tool-making-231717/" aria-label="Read more about We dated a sacred Aboriginal women’s site used for birthing ceremonies and discovered 7,000 years of tool making">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Netflix Last night, millions of people will have tuned into Netflix and other streaming services to binge their favourite shows, including the (much anticipated) second part of Bridgerton season three. Streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, Stan and Prime ... <a title="Don’t feel bad about bingeing TV. Humans have binged stories for thousands of years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/dont-feel-bad-about-bingeing-tv-humans-have-binged-stories-for-thousands-of-years-231713/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t feel bad about bingeing TV. Humans have binged stories for thousands of years">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matt Fitzpatrick, Professor in International History, Flinders University In Europe, the slogan “never again fascism” is one that still resonates. The death and destruction wrought by hyper-nationalist, authoritarian states in the first half of the 20th century still haunts the nightmares of successive generations. But, as the ... <a title="Why are Europeans – including the young – being pushed to the far right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/why-are-europeans-including-the-young-being-pushed-to-the-far-right-232253/" aria-label="Read more about Why are Europeans – including the young – being pushed to the far right?">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Williams, Associate Professor, Griffith University, Griffith University Many a government has spent generously to woo voters in election years. Some might even say recklessly. But, even by that standard, the cash splashed this week by the Queensland Labor government under Premier Steven Miles is eye-watering – ... <a title="Queensland government splashes the cash around – but it’s unlikely to save it in the October election" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/queensland-government-splashes-the-cash-around-but-its-unlikely-to-save-it-in-the-october-election-232259/" aria-label="Read more about Queensland government splashes the cash around – but it’s unlikely to save it in the October election">Read more</a>
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June 14, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katharine Wallis, Professor of General Practice, The University of Queensland PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock Around one in seven Australians take antidepressants. The decision to start is often made in a time of crisis, with the thought they might help for a period and then be stopped. Most ... <a title="Many people get withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop antidepressants. So how can you safely stop?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/14/many-people-get-withdrawal-symptoms-when-they-try-to-stop-antidepressants-so-how-can-you-safely-stop-231822/" aria-label="Read more about Many people get withdrawal symptoms when they try to stop antidepressants. So how can you safely stop?">Read more</a>
