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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.
Angling, Rocking, Shallowing and Pairing could help women get …
WEBApr 15, 2021 · The researchers have identified four specific techniques that women can use that were previously unnamed in the literature: “Angling”, “Rocking”, “Shallowing”, and “Pairing”. The second OMGYES Pleasure Report surveyed over 3,000 US women, ranging in age from 18-93, and identified these four techniques as working for most women ...
Neanderthal blood genetically linked to Aboriginal Aussies
WEBJul 29, 2021 · In addition, a distinct genetic link between the Neanderthal blood types and the blood types of an Aboriginal Australian and an indigenous Papuan suggests the possibility of mating between Neanderthals and modern humans before modern humans migrated to Southeast Asia. The Neanderthal individuals also had blood type alleles associated with ...
Opposable thumbs evolved 2 million years ago - Scimex
WEBJan 29, 2021 · Looking back at fossils, they used virtual muscle modelling to discover that thumb opposition first appeared approximately 2 million years ago and was not found in the earliest proposed stone tool makers. Funder: Aspects of this research were supported by the European Research Counci- Q20l (ERC CoG no. …
EXPERT REACTION: First microplastics found in Antarctic snow
WEBJun 8, 2022 · In a world first, a NZ study has confirmed microplastics are present in Antarctica's Ross Island region. Kiwi researchers analysed fresh snow from 19 sites in the region, finding an average concentration of 29 microplastic particles per litre of melted snow. These microplastics most likely come from plastic products used at local scientific ...
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 …
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 ...
Beliefs around good and evil tested across cultures - Scimex
WEBJun 10, 2020 · An international team, including New Zealanders, tested a new survey asking participants across 28 cultures about the strength of such beliefs. Not only do the researchers say the survey is acceptable to test the concept across different cultures, but they found that Asian countries, the USA, and Northern Cyprus tended to be high on moral ...
Women are just as good as men at Olympic shooting, unless the
WEBSep 28, 2023 · 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.
COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in anxiety and ... - Scimex
WEBMar 3, 2022 · In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25 per cent, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO). The data suggests that women have been more severely impacted than men and that young people are disproportionally at risk of …
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