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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Blazevich, Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock To win swimming gold in Tokyo, swimmers not only have to generate incredible power with their arms and legs to propel themselves through the water; they also have to overcome the relentless pull of the water’s drag while ... <a title="The science of underwater swimming: how staying submerged gives Olympians the winning edge" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/the-science-of-underwater-swimming-how-staying-submerged-gives-olympians-the-winning-edge-163721/" aria-label="Read more about The science of underwater swimming: how staying submerged gives Olympians the winning edge">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Anderson, Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne Martin Meissner/AP History shows there nothing in sport quite like an Olympics. Equally, there is nothing in Olympic history quite like what is happening now in Tokyo at the most expensive — and likely ... <a title="As the Tokyo Games begin, the stakes could not be higher for Japan — and the Olympics themselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/as-the-tokyo-games-begin-the-stakes-could-not-be-higher-for-japan-and-the-olympics-themselves-164389/" aria-label="Read more about As the Tokyo Games begin, the stakes could not be higher for Japan — and the Olympics themselves">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wes Mountain, Multimedia Editor The Tokyo Olympics officially open on July 23 – one year later than originally planned and in an Olympic stadium that will be empty of spectators thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. While Tokyo is not the first Olympics to have been rescheduled or ... <a title="Most expensive, greatest gender parity, most sports: Tokyo Olympics by the numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/most-expensive-greatest-gender-parity-most-sports-tokyo-olympics-by-the-numbers-164491/" aria-label="Read more about Most expensive, greatest gender parity, most sports: Tokyo Olympics by the numbers">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Adair, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney More than 200 nations are represented at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. As ever, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asserts the games are a means of unifying humanity through elite sport. At the same time, though, IOC ... <a title="The Olympic movement claims political neutrality. In reality, that ideal is often selectively applied" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/the-olympic-movement-claims-political-neutrality-in-reality-that-ideal-is-often-selectively-applied-164558/" aria-label="Read more about The Olympic movement claims political neutrality. In reality, that ideal is often selectively applied">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Joel Carrett/AAP The Greater Sydney lockdown began on June 26 and almost a month later, New South Wales is recording around 100 new COVID cases a day. We are also ... <a title="Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/is-delta-defeating-us-heres-why-the-variant-makes-contact-tracing-so-much-harder-164780/" aria-label="Read more about Is Delta defeating us? Here’s why the variant makes contact tracing so much harder">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Martin, Adjunct lecturer, University of Sydney Barbara Klump, Author provided In a small, isolated village in southern Sydney, the local sulphur-crested cockatoos are particularly clever. Once a week, when the neighbours roll their wheelie bins to the curb, cockies fly over and, with skillful dexterity, open ... <a title="Clever cockatoos in southern Sydney have learned to open curb-side bins — and it has global significance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/clever-cockatoos-in-southern-sydney-have-learned-to-open-curb-side-bins-and-it-has-global-significance-164794/" aria-label="Read more about Clever cockatoos in southern Sydney have learned to open curb-side bins — and it has global significance">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Hartney, Lecturer of Religion, University of Sydney Adam Calaitzis/Shutterstock Global developments in tertiary education suggest the critical scientific study of religion is endangered. One of the departments slated for extinguishment amid the pandemic-related upheavals was my own at the University of Sydney. This reflects a trend ... <a title="Unis are killing the critical study of religion, and it will only make campuses more religious" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/unis-are-killing-the-critical-study-of-religion-and-it-will-only-make-campuses-more-religious-164402/" aria-label="Read more about Unis are killing the critical study of religion, and it will only make campuses more religious">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Rowe, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Toru Hanai/AP There’ll be two types of Australian high jump in Tokyo this month. The first, most likely scripted, was Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s front row leap after Brisbane was awarded the ... <a title="The Brisbane Olympics are a leap into an unknowable future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/the-brisbane-olympics-are-a-leap-into-an-unknowable-future-164933/" aria-label="Read more about The Brisbane Olympics are a leap into an unknowable future">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Eric Surprenant/Shutterstock As one big international competition begins, another one is nearing its end. At least we hope so. I am, of course, talking about the Tokyo Olympic Games and the international roll-out of vaccines against COVID-19. Australia has been in ... <a title="We’re losing the vaccination race because of bungling, not bad luck" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/were-losing-the-vaccination-race-because-of-bungling-not-bad-luck-164853/" aria-label="Read more about We’re losing the vaccination race because of bungling, not bad luck">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Muecke, Professor of Writing, Flinders University Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. The Goolarabooloo community in Broome has been running the Lurujarri Heritage Trail for over 30 years. In July each year, tourists are welcomed ... <a title="‘What country have you walked?’ Why all Australians should walk an Indigenous heritage trail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/what-country-have-you-walked-why-all-australians-should-walk-an-indigenous-heritage-trail-162519/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What country have you walked?’ Why all Australians should walk an Indigenous heritage trail">Read more</a>
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July 23, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison this week more or less trashed Australia’s top advisory body on immunisation, in remarks that were at best ill-judged and at worst alarming. On Wednesday Morrison told a news conference he (or the government) made a “constant appeal” ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison wrong to try to influence advice from expert immunisation group" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/23/grattan-on-friday-morrison-wrong-to-try-to-influence-advice-from-expert-immunisation-group-164966/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison wrong to try to influence advice from expert immunisation group">Read more</a>
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July 22, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Wright, Postdoctoral Researcher in Photovoltaic Engineering, UNSW Shutterstock Solar power is already the cheapest form of electricity generation, and its cost will continue to fall as more improvements emerge in the technology and its global production. Now, new research is exploring what could be another major ... <a title="The sunlight that powers solar panels also damages them. ‘Gallium doping’ is providing a solution" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/07/22/the-sunlight-that-powers-solar-panels-also-damages-them-gallium-doping-is-providing-a-solution-164935/" aria-label="Read more about The sunlight that powers solar panels also damages them. ‘Gallium doping’ is providing a solution">Read more</a>
