MIL-OSI Australia: 10 December 2018 Australia’s middle aged men in lyrca on the rise The number of middle-aged Australian men who cycle on weekends has doubled in recent years, but the rise of the so-called ‘Mamils’ is confined to men in more affluent suburbs, says research in today’s Medical Journal of Australia.
Source: University of Sydney University of Sydney authors who led the research said the Mamil study was prompted by media attention given to depicting and satirising this group and the importance of physical activity for preventing lifestyle diseases like cardiovascular disease. “The origins of the Mamil species are unclear, but the first descriptions, from around […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: How researchers assess whether medications work
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yasmine Probst, Senior lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong This article is in the series This is research, where we ask academics to share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science. Today’s piece explains how clinical trials assess drug effectiveness. Ear infections, […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Human rights in 2018 – ten issues that made headlines
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Chappell, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute; Professor of Law, UNSW On December 10, the world marks 70 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Regrettably, instead of the anniversary signalling the enduring impact of human rights, some are fearing the […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: We asked five experts: should I lie to my children about Santa?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sophie Heizer, Commissioning Editor, Education, The Conversation Ah yes, December. Christmas trees and decorations are popping up in shop windows, the weather is warming up, and the school holiday period looms. This may be exciting or distressing, depending on your relationship with your family. Not everyone celebrates […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Grey nomad lifestyle provides a model for living remotely
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy Moore, PhD Candidate, Melbourne School of Design, Monash University Every other year, retired couple Jorg and Jan journey some 5,000 kilometres in their campervan from Port Fairy in southeastern Australia to Broome in the far northwest for a change of lifestyle and scenery. There they catch […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Wood, Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute Who wouldn’t want cheaper power? And who wouldn’t enjoy a bit of a stoush between the big bad generators and the government, trying to break them up on our behalf? Even if it was largely tangential to keeping prices low. […]
Read More →MIL-Evening Report: Blowing up the Parthenon: the power of a symbol
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bronwen Neil, Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University The Parthenon is one of the most famous and recognisable buildings in the world. Designed as a testimony to Athenian greatness, visible miles from the Acropolis (the citadel) on which it stands, the Parthenon still stands proudly among the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Results of Operation Solo Safe
Source: Victoria Police Yarra and Melbourne Highway Patrol members detected over two hundred mobile phone offences during the four days of Operation Solo Safe. Operation Safe Solo was conducted after statistics indicated that 10 per cent of road trauma involving motorcycles state-wide occurred in the inner-city suburbs, primarily the CBD area and arterial roads such […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Name release – paraglider dies on Mt Maunganui
Source: New Zealand Police Police can now release the name of the person who died in a paragliding crash at Mt Maunganui on Friday (07 December) He was 48-year-old Richard Leslie Marriner from Tauranga. Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this time. His death has been referred to the Coroner. ENDS Issued […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Global: How the absence of blow flies overturned a wrongful conviction
Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Gail Anderson, Professor of Criminology, Undergraduate Director, Simon Fraser University On Jan. 2, 2018, Kirstin Blaise Lobato, who was charged and convicted of murder, walked free from a Nevada prison due entirely to forensic entomology. Forensic entomologists study the insects colonizing a dead body to estimate how long […]
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