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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Timothy Bennett, PhD Student, School of Computing, Australian National University Better Images of AI / Alan Warburton, CC BY-SA Doomsaying is an old occupation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a complex subject. It’s easy to fear what you don’t understand. These three truths go some way towards ... <a title="No, AI probably won’t kill us all – and there’s more to this fear campaign than meets the eye" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/no-ai-probably-wont-kill-us-all-and-theres-more-to-this-fear-campaign-than-meets-the-eye-206614/" aria-label="Read more about No, AI probably won’t kill us all – and there’s more to this fear campaign than meets the eye">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Antje Deckert, Associate Professor (Criminology), Auckland University of Technology Getty Images When TVNZ cancelled reality TV show Police Ten 7 earlier this year, it certainly rattled some law-and-order cages. The show’s former host Graham Bell, who described suspects variously as “creeps, halfwits, low-lifes, mongrels and lunatics”, claimed ... <a title="Did ‘wokeness’ cancel Police Ten 7? New research suggests racial stereotyping was the real culprit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/did-wokeness-cancel-police-ten-7-new-research-suggests-racial-stereotyping-was-the-real-culprit-206494/" aria-label="Read more about Did ‘wokeness’ cancel Police Ten 7? New research suggests racial stereotyping was the real culprit">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Pang, Research Fellow in Psychology, Monash University Shutterstock The human brain is made up of around 86 billion neurons, linked by trillions of connections. For decades, scientists have believed that we need to map this intricate connectivity in detail to understand how the structured patterns of ... <a title="Have we got the brain all wrong? A new study shows its shape is more important than its wiring" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/have-we-got-the-brain-all-wrong-a-new-study-shows-its-shape-is-more-important-than-its-wiring-206573/" aria-label="Read more about Have we got the brain all wrong? A new study shows its shape is more important than its wiring">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Gapps, Historian and Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle Benjamin Duterrau, The Conciliation 1840, oil on canvas. Purchased by the Friends of TMAG and the Board of Trustees, 1945. Collection: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, AG79. Note of warning: This article refers to deceased Aboriginal people, their ... <a title="In the 1800s, colonisers attempted to listen to First Nations people. It didn’t stop the massacres" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/in-the-1800s-colonisers-attempted-to-listen-to-first-nations-people-it-didnt-stop-the-massacres-204538/" aria-label="Read more about In the 1800s, colonisers attempted to listen to First Nations people. It didn’t stop the massacres">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Magdalena Plebanski, Professor of Immunology, RMIT University Philippe Leone/Unsplash Influenza, or the flu, is a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets from coughing and sneezing. It can cause the sudden onset of a fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, headache, muscle and joint pain. In Australia, the flu ... <a title="I’m over 65 and worried about the flu. Which vaccine should I have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/im-over-65-and-worried-about-the-flu-which-vaccine-should-i-have-204810/" aria-label="Read more about I’m over 65 and worried about the flu. Which vaccine should I have?">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Steven J Lade, Resilience researcher at Australian National University, Australian National University Shutterstock People once believed the planet could always accommodate us. That the resilience of the Earth system meant nature would always provide. But we now know this is not necessarily the case. As big as ... <a title="It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/its-not-just-climate-weve-already-breached-most-of-the-earths-limits-a-safer-fairer-future-means-treading-lightly-206678/" aria-label="Read more about It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vera Weisbecker, Associate Professor, Flinders University Shutterstock Australia’s dingo fence is an internationally renowned mega-structure. Stretching more than 5,600 kilometres, it was completed in the 1950s to keep sheep safe from dingoes. But it also inadvertently protects some native species. This makes the fence an unintentional experiment ... <a title="‘An exciting possibility’: scientists discover markedly different kangaroos on either side of Australia’s dingo fence" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/an-exciting-possibility-scientists-discover-markedly-different-kangaroos-on-either-side-of-australias-dingo-fence-206752/" aria-label="Read more about ‘An exciting possibility’: scientists discover markedly different kangaroos on either side of Australia’s dingo fence">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Reza M. Monem, Professor of Accounting, Griffith University In 2008 Australia’s federal, state and territory governments set the goal of halving the employment gap between First Nations Australians and others within a decade. That required, by 2018, lifting the employment rate for First Nations Australians from 48% ... <a title="Closing the First Nations employment gap will take 100 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/closing-the-first-nations-employment-gap-will-take-100-years-205290/" aria-label="Read more about Closing the First Nations employment gap will take 100 years">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Barrett, Associate Professor in Commercial Law and Taxation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images It’s no secret that Revenue Minister David Parker has long been interested in tax reform in New Zealand. In 2022, he announced plans for legislation requiring future tax ... <a title="Making NZ’s tax system fairer is a good idea – but this proposed new law isn’t the answer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/making-nzs-tax-system-fairer-is-a-good-idea-but-this-proposed-new-law-isnt-the-answer-206745/" aria-label="Read more about Making NZ’s tax system fairer is a good idea – but this proposed new law isn’t the answer">Read more</a>
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June 1, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lily Moore, PhD Candidate in Classics and Archaeology, The University of Melbourne A Woman Drinking, Andrea Mantegna. about 1495-1506 The National Gallery, London. The ancient Romans venerated wine. It was accessible to the masses, a fundamental staple of mainstream life and an indispensable part of the Roman ... <a title="A kiss to detect wine on her breath: the violent policing of women drinking in Ancient Rome" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/01/a-kiss-to-detect-wine-on-her-breath-the-violent-policing-of-women-drinking-in-ancient-rome-202039/" aria-label="Read more about A kiss to detect wine on her breath: the violent policing of women drinking in Ancient Rome">Read more</a>
