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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven Conway, Senior Lecturer – Games and Interactivity, Swinburne University of Technology EA Sports EA Sports and FIFA will part ways after almost 30 years of collaboration. This is surprising for a number of reasons, not least because it is such a large part of EA’s success: ... <a title="FIFA and EA sports are splitting: a look at 30 years of game innovation, and what fans can expect next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/fifa-and-ea-sports-are-splitting-a-look-at-30-years-of-game-innovation-and-what-fans-can-expect-next-182851/" aria-label="Read more about FIFA and EA sports are splitting: a look at 30 years of game innovation, and what fans can expect next">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christina Zorbas, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University Shutterstock The cost of living is on the rise. The recent Consumer Price Index (a measure of inflation of a standard basket of goods) revealed Australians’ grocery baskets are one of the biggest casualties. The latest data tell us the ... <a title="Yes, $5 for lettuce is too much. Government should act to stem the rising cost of healthy eating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/yes-5-for-lettuce-is-too-much-government-should-act-to-stem-the-rising-cost-of-healthy-eating-182295/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, $5 for lettuce is too much. Government should act to stem the rising cost of healthy eating">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rohitash Chandra, Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Machine learning and other artificial intelligence (AI) methods have had immense success with scientific and technical tasks such as predicting how protein molecules fold and recognising faces in a crowd. However, the application of these methods to ... <a title="AI, philosophy and religion: what machine learning can tell us about the Bhagavad Gita" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/ai-philosophy-and-religion-what-machine-learning-can-tell-us-about-the-bhagavad-gita-182517/" aria-label="Read more about AI, philosophy and religion: what machine learning can tell us about the Bhagavad Gita">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Narelle Miragliotta, Senior Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese faced off in the third and final leaders’ debate on Wednesday night on the Seven network, ten days ahead of the federal election on May 21. Both leaders were criticised after the previous ... <a title="Were minor parties the big winners? 3 experts on the final leaders’ debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/were-minor-parties-the-big-winners-3-experts-on-the-final-leaders-debate-182848/" aria-label="Read more about Were minor parties the big winners? 3 experts on the final leaders’ debate">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Martin Whiting, Professor of Animal Behaviour, Macquarie University Martin Whiting, Author provided Invasive species offer a rare research opportunity, as they often colonise new environments very different to their native habitat. One such species is the Jackson’s three-horned chameleon (Triocerus j. xantholophus), which was accidentally introduced to ... <a title="A tug of war between survival and fitness: how chameleons become even brighter without predators around" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/a-tug-of-war-between-survival-and-fitness-how-chameleons-become-even-brighter-without-predators-around-182427/" aria-label="Read more about A tug of war between survival and fitness: how chameleons become even brighter without predators around">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine R. Smith, Professor of Eye & Vision Health, Flinders University Shutterstock Toxoplasma gondii is probably the most successful parasite in the world today. This microscopic creature is capable of infecting any mammal or bird, and people across all continents are infected. Once infected, a person carries ... <a title="One in three people are infected with _Toxoplasma_ parasite – and the clue could be in our eyes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/one-in-three-people-are-infected-with-toxoplasma-parasite-and-the-clue-could-be-in-our-eyes-182418/" aria-label="Read more about One in three people are infected with _Toxoplasma_ parasite – and the clue could be in our eyes">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Reidy, Lecturer, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Shutterstock The global pandemic might have revealed the importance of robust public health infrastructure, but we still have trouble grasping the vital need to invest in it. An analogy might help. Wellington’s recently opened Transmission Gully motorway ... <a title="Why the budget should treat public health like transport – vital infrastructure with long-term economic benefits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/why-the-budget-should-treat-public-health-like-transport-vital-infrastructure-with-long-term-economic-benefits-180322/" aria-label="Read more about Why the budget should treat public health like transport – vital infrastructure with long-term economic benefits">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Healy, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University Shutterstock Cost of living is a major focus in this election campaign, and yet political leaders have been unacceptably silent on the disproportionate impact of climate change on Australians with low incomes. This is ... <a title="Climate change hits low-income earners harder – and poor housing in hotter cities is a disastrous combination" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/climate-change-hits-low-income-earners-harder-and-poor-housing-in-hotter-cities-is-a-disastrous-combination-180960/" aria-label="Read more about Climate change hits low-income earners harder – and poor housing in hotter cities is a disastrous combination">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Abelson, Economist, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Most Australian voters are either Baby Boomers (born 1946 to 1964), Generation Xers (1965 to 1980) or Millennials (1981 to 1996). And at one time or another most have been told that their generation is ... <a title="How well off you are depends on who you are. Comparing the lives of Australia’s Millennials, Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/12/how-well-off-you-are-depends-on-who-you-are-comparing-the-lives-of-australias-millennials-gen-xers-and-baby-boomers-172064/" aria-label="Read more about How well off you are depends on who you are. Comparing the lives of Australia’s Millennials, Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
RNZ News The New Zealand government’s immigration decisions amount to a “white immigration policy”, creating a two-tier system that will entrench inequities, claims the Green Party. National and ACT are also critical of the moves announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and top ministers at a Business NZ lunch in Auckland today. The new policy ... <a title="Greens condemn ‘two-tier’ NZ migrant policy as entrenching inequities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/greens-condemn-two-tier-nz-migrant-policy-as-entrenching-inequities/" aria-label="Read more about Greens condemn ‘two-tier’ NZ migrant policy as entrenching inequities">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will bring you a programme in two parts. First, they will provide a brief roundup of Russia’s Victory Day on May 9th and what to make of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin’s speech. PLUS, they will evaluate a raft of election ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Putin’s Speech + Election Results + China-Solomons Deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-putins-speech-election-results-china-solomons-deal/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Putin’s Speech + Election Results + China-Solomons Deal">Read more</a>
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May 11, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Danielle Wood is the CEO of the Grattan Institute, an independent think tank, Its purpose is to research and advocate policies to improve Australians’ lives. Wood laments the dearth of policy debate in this election. “There was a lot of ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute’s Danielle Wood on election’s thin policy debate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/11/politics-with-michelle-grattan-grattan-institutes-danielle-wood-on-elections-thin-policy-debate-182863/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Grattan Institute’s Danielle Wood on election’s thin policy debate">Read more</a>
