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Year: 2023

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Choreographic legacies, human connectivity, and a psychedelic rainbow celebration: FRAME is a joyous festival of dance

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yvette Grant, PhD (Dance) Candidate and dance history tutor, The University of Melbourne Exposed by Restless Dance Theatre. Roy Vandervegt/Arts House Staying true to its objectives of representing dance artists from across practices and lineages, the inaugural FRAME Dance Festival offered a diversity of performance styles and ... <a title="Choreographic legacies, human connectivity, and a psychedelic rainbow celebration: FRAME is a joyous festival of dance" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/choreographic-legacies-human-connectivity-and-a-psychedelic-rainbow-celebration-frame-is-a-joyous-festival-of-dance-199779/" aria-label="Read more about Choreographic legacies, human connectivity, and a psychedelic rainbow celebration: FRAME is a joyous festival of dance">Read more</a>

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I used to work at Google and now I’m an AI researcher. Here’s why slowing down AI development is wise

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rodolfo Ocampo, PhD student, Human–AI Creative Collaboration, UNSW Sydney Chuttersnap / Unsplash Is it time to put the brakes on the development of artificial intelligence (AI)? If you’ve quietly asked yourself that question, you’re not alone. In the past week, a host of AI luminaries signed an ... <a title="I used to work at Google and now I’m an AI researcher. Here’s why slowing down AI development is wise" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/i-used-to-work-at-google-and-now-im-an-ai-researcher-heres-why-slowing-down-ai-development-is-wise-202944/" aria-label="Read more about I used to work at Google and now I’m an AI researcher. Here’s why slowing down AI development is wise">Read more</a>

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Should I put more money into my super? What are the benefits and can I take it out before retirement if I need it?

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Hodgson, Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University Sutterstock Superannuation is never far from the headlines lately, with the government recently calling for views from the public on what the objective of super should be. The basic idea behind super is you set ... <a title="Should I put more money into my super? What are the benefits and can I take it out before retirement if I need it?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/should-i-put-more-money-into-my-super-what-are-the-benefits-and-can-i-take-it-out-before-retirement-if-i-need-it-201950/" aria-label="Read more about Should I put more money into my super? What are the benefits and can I take it out before retirement if I need it?">Read more</a>

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What are microaggressions? And how can they affect our health?

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mahima Kalla, Digital Health Transformation Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Hermes Rivera/Unsplash Microaggressions are seemingly innocuous verbal, behavioural or environmental slights against members of minority communities. The term microaggressions was coined by American psychiatrist Chester Pierce in his 1970 essay Offensive Mechanisms. He explained: Most offensive ... <a title="What are microaggressions? And how can they affect our health?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/what-are-microaggressions-and-how-can-they-affect-our-health-193309/" aria-label="Read more about What are microaggressions? And how can they affect our health?">Read more</a>

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Famous double-slit experiment recreated in fourth dimension by physicists

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Maier, Head of School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University Tobias Carlsson / Unsplash More than 200 years ago, the English scientist Thomas Young carried out a famous test known as the “double-slit experiment”. He shone a beam of light at a screen with two slits ... <a title="Famous double-slit experiment recreated in fourth dimension by physicists" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/famous-double-slit-experiment-recreated-in-fourth-dimension-by-physicists-203060/" aria-label="Read more about Famous double-slit experiment recreated in fourth dimension by physicists">Read more</a>

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Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Lukas Coch/AAP A federal Newspoll, conducted March 29 to April 2 from a sample of 1,500, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since ... <a title="Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/labor-and-albanese-gain-in-newspoll-after-aston-byelection-triumph-203123/" aria-label="Read more about Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph">Read more</a>

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Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Tuffley, Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University Shutterstock Australia has joined a raft of other countries in banning the popular video sharing app TikTok from government devices, as several outlets have today reported. The move comes after a seven month-long review instigated by ... <a title="Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/why-was-tiktok-banned-on-government-devices-an-expert-on-why-the-security-concerns-make-sense-202339/" aria-label="Read more about Why was TikTok banned on government devices? An expert on why the security concerns make sense">Read more</a>

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Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Patrick Leman, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor of Psychology, University of Waikato GettyI mages Rates of child poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand remain stubbornly high, despite the issue being the focus of considerable political attention while Jacinda Ardern was prime minister. In 2022, 120,000 children in New Zealand were ... <a title="Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/children-have-a-basic-understanding-of-poverty-a-more-equal-society-means-talking-to-them-about-it-202820/" aria-label="Read more about Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it">Read more</a>

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Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Victory for transparency in lobbying reforms

April 4, 2023

Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards. Two weeks ago Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was pooh-poohing questions about the need for reform lobbying rules, claiming lobbyists have the same access to MPs as any other member of the public. But yesterday he announced a crackdown on lobbyists, claiming he wanted to end the special access lobbyists have ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Victory for transparency in lobbying reforms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-victory-for-transparency-in-lobbying-reforms/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Victory for transparency in lobbying reforms">Read more</a>

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Newsletter: April 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today

April 4, 2023

New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content LOBBYING, OIA, STUART NASH Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Lobbying reforms substance or just ‘something’? (paywalled) RNZ: Government’s proposed crackdown on lobbyists dismissed as too tentative Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Hipkins takes on the ... <a title="Newsletter: April 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/newsletter-april-4-2023-items-of-interest-and-importance-today/" aria-label="Read more about Newsletter: April 4 2023 – Items of interest and importance today">Read more</a>

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Supernatural beliefs have featured in every society throughout history. New research helps explain why

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Conrad Jackson, Postdoctoral fellow, Kellogg School of Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Religion is a human universal. For thousands of years, humans have held religious beliefs and participated in religious rituals. Throughout history, every human society has featured some kind of supernatural or ... <a title="Supernatural beliefs have featured in every society throughout history. New research helps explain why" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/supernatural-beliefs-have-featured-in-every-society-throughout-history-new-research-helps-explain-why-203041/" aria-label="Read more about Supernatural beliefs have featured in every society throughout history. New research helps explain why">Read more</a>

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Russia’s shadow war: Vulkan files leak show how Putin’s regime weaponises cyberspace

April 4, 2023

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University Recent revelations about the close partnership between the Kremlin and NTC Vulkan, a Russian cybersecurity consultancy with links to the military, provide some rare insights into how the Putin regime weaponises cyberspace. More than 5,000 documents ... <a title="Russia’s shadow war: Vulkan files leak show how Putin’s regime weaponises cyberspace" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/04/04/russias-shadow-war-vulkan-files-leak-show-how-putins-regime-weaponises-cyberspace-203146/" aria-label="Read more about Russia’s shadow war: Vulkan files leak show how Putin’s regime weaponises cyberspace">Read more</a>