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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christopher Cornwall, Lecturer, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Christopher Cornwall, CC BY-SA Years of almost non-stop marine heatwaves are stressing New Zealand’s kelp forests. But as we show in our new research, ongoing ocean warming is only one of several threats to these unique ... <a title="NZ’s vital kelp forests are in peril from ocean warming – threatening the important species that rely on them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/nzs-vital-kelp-forests-are-in-peril-from-ocean-warming-threatening-the-important-species-that-rely-on-them-212956/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s vital kelp forests are in peril from ocean warming – threatening the important species that rely on them">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
PNG Post-Courier The University of Papua New Guinea’s vice-chancellor, Professor Frank Griffin, has assured protesting students of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences that their concerns raised during a sit-in last Friday will be addressed immediately. He told the students when receiving a seven-page petition containing protests over the student’s welfare which was presented ... <a title="‘I hear your cry’, UPNG chief tells protesting medical students" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/i-hear-your-cry-upng-chief-tells-protesting-medical-students/" aria-label="Read more about ‘I hear your cry’, UPNG chief tells protesting medical students">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colin Klein, Professor, School of Philosophy, Australian National University Shutterstock In June 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine made headlines by claiming the company’s LaMDA chatbot had achieved sentience. The software had the conversational ability of a precocious seven-year-old, Lemoine said, and we should assume it possessed a ... <a title="Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious – but future AI systems might be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/why-chatgpt-isnt-conscious-but-future-ai-systems-might-be-212860/" aria-label="Read more about Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious – but future AI systems might be">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan St John, Honorary Associate Professor, Economic Policy Centre, Auckland Business School, University of Auckland Casual observers could be forgiven for thinking the National Party’s recently released Working for Families tax policy had been cut and pasted from the Labour Party’s own policy. The similarities are certainly ... <a title="The Labour-National consensus on family support means the election won’t change much for NZ’s poorest households" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/the-labour-national-consensus-on-family-support-means-the-election-wont-change-much-for-nzs-poorest-households-212450/" aria-label="Read more about The Labour-National consensus on family support means the election won’t change much for NZ’s poorest households">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josephine Chau, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, Macquarie University Shutterstock In modern life, many of us spend the majority of our waking hours sitting. A recent review of the research has reiterated the harmful health impacts of prolonged, unbroken periods of sitting. Many workplaces have adopted sit-stand ... <a title="Is standing at your desk actually better than sitting? Here’s what the evidence says" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/is-standing-at-your-desk-actually-better-than-sitting-heres-what-the-evidence-says-212618/" aria-label="Read more about Is standing at your desk actually better than sitting? Here’s what the evidence says">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David M Watson, Professor in Ecology, Charles Sturt University David M Watson Until recently, mistletoes were regarded as problematic pests across Australia. They were seen as having been introduced from elsewhere, exploiting helpless trees and driving their premature demise. Around the world, arborists and plantation managers used ... <a title="How we brought mistletoes back to the trees of Melbourne – while warding off hungry possums" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/how-we-brought-mistletoes-back-to-the-trees-of-melbourne-while-warding-off-hungry-possums-211742/" aria-label="Read more about How we brought mistletoes back to the trees of Melbourne – while warding off hungry possums">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marg Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of New England Parents have no doubt heard all the classic grumbles from children and teenagers. From “It’s not fair!” to “Not spinach again!” and our personal favourite, “Why do I have to do all the work?” All children ... <a title="‘It’s not fair!’ Kids grumble and complain for a reason, here’s how to handle it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/its-not-fair-kids-grumble-and-complain-for-a-reason-heres-how-to-handle-it-212621/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s not fair!’ Kids grumble and complain for a reason, here’s how to handle it">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Douglas, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Aviation and Fellow of the University of Wollongong, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock Federal Transport Minister Catherine King has offered several explanations for the decision to deny the Qatari government’s request to fly extra flights into Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. None of ... <a title="Under ‘open skies’, the market, not the minister, would decide how often airlines could fly into Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/under-open-skies-the-market-not-the-minister-would-decide-how-often-airlines-could-fly-into-australia-213214/" aria-label="Read more about Under ‘open skies’, the market, not the minister, would decide how often airlines could fly into Australia">Read more</a>
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September 12, 2023
Stuff New Zealand’s Stuff media group has joined other leading news organisations around the world in restricting Open AI from using its content to power artificial intelligence tool Chat GPT. A growing number of media companies globally have taken action to block access to Open AI bots from crawling and scraping content from their news ... <a title="Stuff joins global media groups curbing Open AI from using news sites" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/12/stuff-joins-global-media-groups-curbing-open-ai-from-using-news-sites/" aria-label="Read more about Stuff joins global media groups curbing Open AI from using news sites">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University As locals continue to mourn the loss of more than 2,100 people, a mammoth search and rescue effort is underway in quake-struck Morocco. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 11:11 pm on Friday night, local time, with an epicentre in the ... <a title="Morocco earthquake: experts explain why buildings couldn’t withstand the force of the 6.8 magnitude quake" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/morocco-earthquake-experts-explain-why-buildings-couldnt-withstand-the-force-of-the-6-8-magnitude-quake-213245/" aria-label="Read more about Morocco earthquake: experts explain why buildings couldn’t withstand the force of the 6.8 magnitude quake">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
By Henry Pope Fiji’s government has taken the local leader of an influential South Korean doomsday sect into immigration custody after he and several other members of the Grace Road Church were declared “prohibited migrants” based on charges filed in 2018. Fiji had announced last Thursday that it was taking steps to deport Daniel Kim ... <a title="Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/korean-doomsday-sect-grace-road-saga-deepens-with-leader-in-fiji-custody/" aria-label="Read more about Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in Fiji custody">Read more</a>
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September 11, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The government has provided another $1 billion for public and community housing to secure a deal with the Greens to finally pass the Housing Australia Future Fund. After months of stalling, the Greens agreed to pass the legislation through the ... <a title="Government provides another $1 billion to finally win Greens’ support for long-delayed housing bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/09/11/government-provides-another-1-billion-to-finally-win-greens-support-for-long-delayed-housing-bill-213248/" aria-label="Read more about Government provides another $1 billion to finally win Greens’ support for long-delayed housing bill">Read more</a>
