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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gianluca Demartini, Associate professor, The University of Queensland The information we encounter online everyday can be misleading, incomplete or fabricated. Being exposed to “fake news” on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter can influence our thoughts and decisions. We’ve already seen misinformation interfere with elections ... <a title="Users (and their bias) are key to fighting fake news on Facebook – AI isn’t smart enough yet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/users-and-their-bias-are-key-to-fighting-fake-news-on-facebook-ai-isnt-smart-enough-yet-123767/" aria-label="Read more about Users (and their bias) are key to fighting fake news on Facebook – AI isn’t smart enough yet">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Howard Manns, Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University Not to put a damper on things, but Australian food hasn’t always made us happy little Vegemites. One needn’t look further than the humble meat pie to see how our love/hate relationship with Aussie tucker has evolved. In the early ... <a title="How Australians talk about tucker is a story that’ll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/how-australians-talk-about-tucker-is-a-story-thatll-make-you-want-to-eat-the-bum-out-of-an-elephant-121492/" aria-label="Read more about How Australians talk about tucker is a story that’ll make you want to eat the bum out of an elephant">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kirrie J Ballard, Professor, Speech Pathology, University of Sydney Sam is a high school drama teacher — articulate, funny, smart. It’s an ordinary day and she isn’t feeling great, but pushes through. At morning tea, she spills coffee down her shirt; at lunch she notices a strange ... <a title="In a chatty world, losing your speech can be alienating. But there’s help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/in-a-chatty-world-losing-your-speech-can-be-alienating-but-theres-help-121943/" aria-label="Read more about In a chatty world, losing your speech can be alienating. But there’s help">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Penelope Carroll, Researcher in Public Health, Massey University Our research project explored the everyday lives of disabled young people, aged from 12 to 25 years, with mobility, vision and hearing impairments. We measured and asked them about factors that enabled or constrained their opportunities to fully participate ... <a title="Comic explainer: young disabled New Zealanders on the barriers to a better life" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/comic-explainer-young-disabled-new-zealanders-on-the-barriers-to-a-better-life-122226/" aria-label="Read more about Comic explainer: young disabled New Zealanders on the barriers to a better life">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jagannath Adhikari, Sessional Lecturer, UNSW Reducing emissions from deforestation and farming is an urgent global priority if we want to control climate change. However, like many climate change problems, the solution is complicated. Cutting down forests to plant edible crops feeds some of the world’s hungriest people. ... <a title="‘Edible forests’ can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/edible-forests-can-fight-land-clearing-and-world-hunger-at-the-same-time-122540/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Edible forests’ can fight land clearing and world hunger at the same time">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Kristin Merga, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University Reading aloud can help young children learn about new words and how to sound them. There’s great value too in providing opportunities for children to enjoy regular silent reading, which is sustained reading of materials they select ... <a title="10 ways to get the most out of silent reading in schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/10-ways-to-get-the-most-out-of-silent-reading-in-schools-123531/" aria-label="Read more about 10 ways to get the most out of silent reading in schools">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lili Pâquet, Lecturer in Writing, University of New England In Dervla McTiernan’s book, The Scholar, published earlier this year, women are consistently used as the “fall guys” for men with high aspirations. Two young women are killed when they uncover fraud. Another female colleague is then framed ... <a title="From crime fighters to crime writers – a new batch of female authors brings stories that are closer to home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/from-crime-fighters-to-crime-writers-a-new-batch-of-female-authors-brings-stories-that-are-closer-to-home-123770/" aria-label="Read more about From crime fighters to crime writers – a new batch of female authors brings stories that are closer to home">Read more</a>
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September 23, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison was frank, when quizzed at a news conference during his visit to Washington, on whether he would be seeking to travel to China in the next year. “Well, you have to be invited to go,” he said. With ... <a title="View from The Hill: To go to China you have to be invited: Morrison" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/23/view-from-the-hill-to-go-to-china-you-have-to-be-invited-morrison-123978/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: To go to China you have to be invited: Morrison">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2019
By Michael Andrew Social media and tech industries have been replicating the ugliest aspects of capitalism from the 1800s, according to an AUT computer science lecturer. Associate Professor Tony Clear says that social media and tech executives are taking advantage of unregulated markets in a similar way as wealthy industrialists or “robber barons” who exploited ... <a title="Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says lecturer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/22/ethics-needed-in-computing-and-tech-to-stop-robber-barons-says-lecturer/" aria-label="Read more about Ethics needed in computing and tech to stop ‘robber barons’, says lecturer">Read more</a>
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September 22, 2019
Op-Ed by Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) In less than ten days world leaders will be gathering at the United Nations in New York for the Climate Action Summit. Their goal is simple; to increase ambition and accelerate action in the ... <a title="Op-Ed: Confronting the new climate reality in Asia and the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/22/op-ed-confronting-the-new-climate-reality-in-asia-and-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Confronting the new climate reality in Asia and the Pacific">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra [embedded content] University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Leigh Sullivan discusses Scott Morrison’s new family law inquiry with Michelle Grattan. They also speak of the developments in the Tamil family from Biloela’s case, and the UN barring Australia from speaking at ... <a title="VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the family law inquiry – and the UN climate change summit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/20/video-michelle-grattan-on-the-family-law-inquiry-and-the-un-climate-change-summit-123928/" aria-label="Read more about VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the family law inquiry – and the UN climate change summit">Read more</a>
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September 20, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dries Verstraete, Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Design and Propulsion, University of Sydney CC BY-ND Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer your questions about climate change. If you have a question you’d like an expert to ... <a title="Climate explained: why don’t we have electric aircraft?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/20/climate-explained-why-dont-we-have-electric-aircraft-123910/" aria-label="Read more about Climate explained: why don’t we have electric aircraft?">Read more</a>
