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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mihiri Silva, Paediatric dentist, Senior Lecturer and Clinician-Scientist Fellow, MCRI and University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Shutterstock One in three Australian children have tooth decay by the time they start school. This rises to more than 40% by the time they’re eight or nine. Teeth ... <a title="Worried about your child’s teeth? Focus on these 3 things" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/worried-about-your-childs-teeth-focus-on-these-3-things-212870/" aria-label="Read more about Worried about your child’s teeth? Focus on these 3 things">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock If we’re upset about the price of petrol, why do we drive the vehicles we do? SUVs (so-called sport utility vehicles) use more fuel per kilometre than standard cars – according to the International ... <a title="Where did the cars go? How heavier, costlier SUVs and utes took over Australia’s roads" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/where-did-the-cars-go-how-heavier-costlier-suvs-and-utes-took-over-australias-roads-215774/" aria-label="Read more about Where did the cars go? How heavier, costlier SUVs and utes took over Australia’s roads">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Isa Menzies, Visiting Fellow, Research School of Humanities and the Arts , Australian National University Shutterstock The brumby debate refuses to go away. Nothing seems able to settle this matter. Neither a heritage listing in 2018 nor the 2021 Management Plan brought the issue to a close. ... <a title="The brumby debate will never be settled until we face the role horses played in colonisation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/the-brumby-debate-will-never-be-settled-until-we-face-the-role-horses-played-in-colonisation-212961/" aria-label="Read more about The brumby debate will never be settled until we face the role horses played in colonisation">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
COMMENTARY: By John Minto Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this week. The killing of civilians or taking them hostage is a war crime under the Fourth Geneva Convention and should be universally condemned. However, the Labour government has been deathly ... <a title="John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/john-minto-a-prime-minister-with-gaza-blood-on-his-hands/" aria-label="Read more about John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney In conflicts around the world, evacuations have long been used to rescue people from serious harm. During the second world war, for instance, thousands of children across Europe were sent to ... <a title="‘Gaza is being strangled’: why Israel’s evacuation order violates international law" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/gaza-is-being-strangled-why-israels-evacuation-order-violates-international-law-215787/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Gaza is being strangled’: why Israel’s evacuation order violates international law">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ News journalist Melanesians all across Aotearoa are coming together in Auckland this weekend to celebrate their unique cultural heritage. This is the second time the annual Melanesian Festival Aotearoa is being held and it is an opportunity for community members from Fiji, Kanaky New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and ... <a title="Melanesians gathering for ‘unique’ NZ cultural event to celebrate identity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/melanesians-gathering-for-unique-nz-cultural-event-to-celebrate-identity/" aria-label="Read more about Melanesians gathering for ‘unique’ NZ cultural event to celebrate identity">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brandon Michael Sideleau, PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University Shutterstock On January 4 this year, a three-metre saltwater crocodile heaved itself out of the water and up the beach. Nothing unusual about that – except this croc was on Legian Beach, one of Bali’s most ... <a title="Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/saltwater-crocodiles-are-slowly-returning-to-bali-and-java-can-we-learn-to-live-alongside-them-214069/" aria-label="Read more about Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Goldstein, Associate Professor, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University, Australian Catholic University Pexels/Google Deepmind, CC BY-SA In 1950, British computer scientist Alan Turing proposed an experimental method for answering the question: can machines think? He suggested if a human couldn’t tell whether they were speaking ... <a title="AI is closer than ever to passing the Turing test for ‘intelligence’. What happens when it does?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/ai-is-closer-than-ever-to-passing-the-turing-test-for-intelligence-what-happens-when-it-does-214721/" aria-label="Read more about AI is closer than ever to passing the Turing test for ‘intelligence’. What happens when it does?">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Elizabeth Emma Palmer, Senior clinical lecturer in medical genetics, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock They don’t treat you like a person. They treat you like an ‘it’. This was how Richard*, who has an intellectual disability, described his general experiences with medical professionals. He was among 18 adults with ... <a title="‘They treat you like an it’: people with intellectual disability on seeing medical professionals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/they-treat-you-like-an-it-people-with-intellectual-disability-on-seeing-medical-professionals-210889/" aria-label="Read more about ‘They treat you like an it’: people with intellectual disability on seeing medical professionals">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Patrick Harrison, Senior Lecturer, Southern Cross University Southern Cross University It might sound like science fiction, but “marine cloud brightening” is being seriously considered as a way to shield parts of the ocean from extreme heat. We’re using water canons to spray seawater into the sky. ... <a title="Could ‘marine cloud brightening’ reduce coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/could-marine-cloud-brightening-reduce-coral-bleaching-on-the-great-barrier-reef-214308/" aria-label="Read more about Could ‘marine cloud brightening’ reduce coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef?">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Craig Stevens, Professor in Ocean Physics, University of Auckland Viewed from the Voyager 1 space probe as it passed beyond the edge of the solar system, Earth and Venus might not look too different – same diameter, similar mass and distance from the Sun. But from a ... <a title="We landed a camera on Venus before seeing parts of our own oceans – it’s time to ramp up observations closer to home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/we-landed-a-camera-on-venus-before-seeing-parts-of-our-own-oceans-its-time-to-ramp-up-observations-closer-to-home-212970/" aria-label="Read more about We landed a camera on Venus before seeing parts of our own oceans – it’s time to ramp up observations closer to home">Read more</a>
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October 17, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cher McGillivray, Assistant Professor Psychology Department, Bond University Emma Bauso/Pexels There is a huge amount of pressure on parents today – from feeding babies the “best organic purees” to making sure older children get all the developmental opportunities they could possibly need, while of course documenting the ... <a title="Parents make mistakes. So what does ‘good enough parenting’ look like?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/10/17/parents-make-mistakes-so-what-does-good-enough-parenting-look-like-214146/" aria-label="Read more about Parents make mistakes. So what does ‘good enough parenting’ look like?">Read more</a>
