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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Pearson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Monash University The number of women riding bikes has increased dramatically in cities globally, including a 50% rise in London during the COVID lockdown, and near-equal gender participation in Paris after pop-up bike lanes were put in place. In Australia, however, cycling ... <a title="How to get more women on bikes? Better biking infrastructure, designed by women" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/how-to-get-more-women-on-bikes-better-biking-infrastructure-designed-by-women-202147/" aria-label="Read more about How to get more women on bikes? Better biking infrastructure, designed by women">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Becky Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney Shutterstock On Friday, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) updated its review of proposed reforms to the regulation of nicotine vaping products. It reported the federal government is now “actively considering” the TGA’s advice. The TGA’s advice ... <a title="TGA review strengthens case for much tighter vape restrictions at the border" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/tga-review-strengthens-case-for-much-tighter-vape-restrictions-at-the-border-202506/" aria-label="Read more about TGA review strengthens case for much tighter vape restrictions at the border">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sam John, Senior Lecturer in Neural Engineering, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock Since it was founded in 2016, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) company Neuralink has had its moments in biotech news. Whether it was the time Musk promised his “link” would let people communicate telepathically, or ... <a title="We’ve been connecting brains to computers longer than you’d expect. These 3 companies are leading the way" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/weve-been-connecting-brains-to-computers-longer-than-youd-expect-these-3-companies-are-leading-the-way-197023/" aria-label="Read more about We’ve been connecting brains to computers longer than you’d expect. These 3 companies are leading the way">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The ‘Young Elderly’ are in essence the post-war baby-boomers. An average young elderly person in these charts was born around 1950 to 1952. The charts look at ‘quarterly excess deaths’, so do not show week-by-week fluctuations in deaths. For example, data for the very end of 2022 covers the whole ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – The Pandemic: Young Elderly Deaths in Europe, USA and New Zealand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-the-pandemic-young-elderly-deaths-in-europe-usa-and-new-zealand/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – The Pandemic: Young Elderly Deaths in Europe, USA and New Zealand">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yu Tao, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, The University of Western Australia State Library of Western Australia Does the discovery of a Ming Dynasty Buddha sculpture found near Shark Bay in remote Western Australia “rewrite history” and suggest the Chinese first visited Australia 600 years ago? Shark ... <a title="This Buddhist sculpture probably won’t ‘rewrite history’ – Western Australia already has a rich Chinese past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/this-buddhist-sculpture-probably-wont-rewrite-history-western-australia-already-has-a-rich-chinese-past-201770/" aria-label="Read more about This Buddhist sculpture probably won’t ‘rewrite history’ – Western Australia already has a rich Chinese past">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Milton Speer, Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock Global warming has led to higher summer temperatures across Sydney over the past 30 years. However, our data analysis shows very hot summer days are becoming much more common in Western Sydney ... <a title="Why Western Sydney is feeling the heat from climate change more than the rest of the city" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/why-western-sydney-is-feeling-the-heat-from-climate-change-more-than-the-rest-of-the-city-201477/" aria-label="Read more about Why Western Sydney is feeling the heat from climate change more than the rest of the city">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Political Roundup: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year This weekend saw a showdown between two tribes of contemporary gender politics: those in favour of progressing transgender rights versus women wishing to defend their spaces. It’s a debate with huge passion, outrage and consequences. The figure at the ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-the-ugly-stoking-of-a-culture-war-in-election-year/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Ugly stoking of a culture war in election year">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marie-Claire Seeley, PhD Candidate, Australian Dysautonomia and Arrhythmia Research Collaborative, University of Adelaide Shutterstock There is growing interest in a connective tissue condition called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. As more adults are diagnosed with autism, some might not be aware their history of bendy joints and clumsiness are indications ... <a title="Bendy joints, stretchy skin, clumsiness. Why hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is often missed – and what it has to do with autism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/bendy-joints-stretchy-skin-clumsiness-why-hypermobile-ehlers-danlos-syndrome-is-often-missed-and-what-it-has-to-do-with-autism-200168/" aria-label="Read more about Bendy joints, stretchy skin, clumsiness. Why hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is often missed – and what it has to do with autism">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hattie, Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock In 2008, I published my book Visible Learning, which aimed to explain what works best to help student learning. At the time, others claimed it was the world’s largest evidence-based study into the factors ... <a title="Education expert John Hattie’s new book draws on more than 130,000 studies to find out what helps students learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/education-expert-john-hatties-new-book-draws-on-more-than-130-000-studies-to-find-out-what-helps-students-learn-201952/" aria-label="Read more about Education expert John Hattie’s new book draws on more than 130,000 studies to find out what helps students learn">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Naylor, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Massey University Getty Images As New Zealand considers how to better prepare for a future affected by climate change, the insurance sector needs to be part the discussion on where and how we build our homes. This involvement should include input ... <a title="How and where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme weather – the insurance industry can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/how-and-where-we-build-needs-to-change-in-the-face-of-more-extreme-weather-the-insurance-industry-can-help-202326/" aria-label="Read more about How and where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme weather – the insurance industry can help">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bomikazi Zeka, Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra Photo by Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels, CC BY With the cost of living and interest rates rising, a growing number of Australians are struggling to manage their finances. Many are experiencing real financial stress. But even in ... <a title="Are you financially literate? Here are 7 signs you’re on the right track" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/are-you-financially-literate-here-are-7-signs-youre-on-the-right-track-202331/" aria-label="Read more about Are you financially literate? Here are 7 signs you’re on the right track">Read more</a>
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March 27, 2023
By Johnny Blades, RNZ The House journalist An increased appetite to learn te reo Māori among members and staff from different parts of the Parliamentary system means the work of Parliament’s Māori Language Service is in demand more than ever. Compared to several years ago there’s now also significantly more acknowledgement of and referral to Māori ... <a title="Keeping the flow – the use of te reo Māori at NZ’s Parliament" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/27/keeping-the-flow-the-use-of-te-reo-maori-at-nzs-parliament/" aria-label="Read more about Keeping the flow – the use of te reo Māori at NZ’s Parliament">Read more</a>
