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WEBPublicly released: Mon 9 Sep 2024 at 1244 AEST | 1444 NZST. Australian Psychologist. From experiencing career-ending injuries to facing a barrage of criticism on social media, the 2024 Olympics have highlighted once again the physical and mental toll that can weigh heavily on men and women in sport.
Women are just as good as men at Olympic shooting, unless the
WEBPeer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. A US and Spanish analysis of a mixed-gender shooting competition held during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, which included 177 male and 178 female shooters, found women performed just as well as men when targets were stationary. However, men …
Impacts of coastal protection structures take place over decades
WEBSep 8, 2021 · Researchers have analysed decades of surveys documenting the environmental response to coastal protection structures at an iconic stretch of the northern New South Wales beaches, finding that some impacts can take years to eventuate. Published in Marine Geology, the researchers assessed six surveys throughout 1967 to 2020 to observe the ...
Streetlights could make leaves from surrounding trees harder for ...
WEBAug 5, 2024 · Now scientists writing in Frontiers in Plant Science have found that exposure to high levels of artificial light at night makes tree leaves grow tougher and harder for insects to eat, threatening urban food chains. “We noticed that, compared to natural ecosystems, tree leaves in most urban ecosystems generally show little sign of insect damage.
Regular blood and plasma donation reduces firefighters' PFAS levels
WEBApr 11, 2022 · Regular blood or plasma donations can reduce levels of PFAS in the blood, according to a world-first clinical trial from Macquarie University and Fire Rescue Victoria published in JAMA Network Open. This is the first time an intervention has been found to reduce PFAS levels. PFAS, known as per and polyfluroalkyl substances, are a group of ...
A century of cinema shows movies are rife with gender stereotypes
WEBDec 22, 2022 · Potentially harmful gender stereotypes have been played out in film in actions as much as words, according to international researchers who used machine learning to investigate over 100 years of film. Analysing over 1.2 million scenes from 912 movies spanning 1909 to 2013, the researchers say …
Sick of UTIs? Spraying this vaccine in your mouth could help
WEBApr 7, 2024 · Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) can be prevented for up to nine years in more than half of people given an oral spray-based vaccine and is a potential alternative to antibiotic treatments, finds research. Initial results from the first long-term follow-up study of the safety and effectiveness of the MV140 vaccine for recurrent UTIs ...
Global ocean temperatures have been rising for the past 12,000 …
WEBJan 28, 2021 · Media release From: Springer Nature Climate science: Sea temperatures rising for past 12,000 years (N&V) Global sea surface temperatures have been rising for the past 12,000 years, suggests a study published in Nature.The study helps to reconcile previous differences between climate models and data used to reconstruct historical changes in the climate during the Holocene.
Trans women’s heart-lung capacity and strength exceed cis
WEBOct 5, 2022 · Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. Observational study: A study in which the subject is observed to see if there is a relationship between two or more things (eg: the consumption of diet drinks and obesity). Observational studies cannot prove that …
Horridus is here! Meet the world's most complete triceratops
WEBMar 7, 2022 · Horridus, the world’s most complete and finely preserved Triceratops will be unveiled for the first time at Melbourne Museum on Saturday 12 March. After 67-million years, audiences will come face-to-face with Horridus as part of the museum’s monumental new exhibition Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs. Organisation/s: Museums Victoria.