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October 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Megan MacKenzie, Professor and Simons Chair in International Law and Human Security, Simon Fraser University Onehundredseventyfive/Unsplash, CC BY Universities are supposed to be places where all students can learn, free from discrimination. A key part of this ideal is academics welcoming all students to study and research, ... <a title="Are academics more likely to answer emails from ‘Melissa’ or ‘Rahul’? The answer may not surprise you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/22/are-academics-more-likely-to-answer-emails-from-melissa-or-rahul-the-answer-may-not-surprise-you-241352/" aria-label="Read more about Are academics more likely to answer emails from ‘Melissa’ or ‘Rahul’? The answer may not surprise you">Read more</a>
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October 22, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alexandra Crosby, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney Postcards from the future: the river-cleaning Birrabot REALMstudios/NGV Australia The Ian Potter Centre at Melbourne’s Federation Square is located on the banks of the lower stretches of Birrarung, the Yarra River. For Reimagining Birrarung Design Concepts ... <a title="Bringing the river into the gallery and the future: reimagining Birrarung 50 years from now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/22/bringing-the-river-into-the-gallery-and-the-future-reimagining-birrarung-50-years-from-now-239499/" aria-label="Read more about Bringing the river into the gallery and the future: reimagining Birrarung 50 years from now">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide Alexander_Safonov/Shutterstock The Australian National Health and Medical research Council (NHMRC) has today released draft guidelines for acceptable levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in drinking water. PFAS chemicals are also known as “forever chemicals”, because they ... <a title="Draft guidelines for ‘forever chemicals’ have been released. Here’s what it means for drinking water safety in Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/draft-guidelines-for-forever-chemicals-have-been-released-heres-what-it-means-for-drinking-water-safety-in-australia-241773/" aria-label="Read more about Draft guidelines for ‘forever chemicals’ have been released. Here’s what it means for drinking water safety in Australia">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryl Higgins, Professor & Director, Institute of Child Protection Studies, Australian Catholic University An ABC report on Monday revealed a concerning rise in peer-on-peer sexual abuse within Australian primary schools. Data on Victorian schools shows hundreds of such incidents were reported in 2022 and 2023, with many ... <a title="With reports of students abusing peers in primary schools, how can parents help keep their kids safe?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/with-reports-of-students-abusing-peers-in-primary-schools-how-can-parents-help-keep-their-kids-safe-241786/" aria-label="Read more about With reports of students abusing peers in primary schools, how can parents help keep their kids safe?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Boymal, Associate Professor of Economics, RMIT University BaLL LunLa/Shutterstock Australia’s fertility rate has fallen to a new record low of 1.5 babies per woman. That’s well below the “replacement rate” of 2.1 needed to sustain a country’s population. On face value, it might not seem like ... <a title="Australia’s fertility rate has reached a record low. What might that mean for the economy?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/australias-fertility-rate-has-reached-a-record-low-what-might-that-mean-for-the-economy-241577/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s fertility rate has reached a record low. What might that mean for the economy?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Raffaele F Ciriello, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Shutterstock Irish writer John Connolly once said: The nature of humanity, its essence, is to feel another’s pain as one’s own, and to act to take that pain away. For most of our history, we ... <a title="Humanising AI could lead us to dehumanise ourselves" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/humanising-ai-could-lead-us-to-dehumanise-ourselves-240803/" aria-label="Read more about Humanising AI could lead us to dehumanise ourselves">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University In September 2023, an Australian Senate committee released a landmark report on concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports. The committee made 13 recommendations to improve outcomes for past, present and future players. The report emphasised shared ... <a title="A year on from the Senate inquiry into concussion, what’s changed and what comes next?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/a-year-on-from-the-senate-inquiry-into-concussion-whats-changed-and-what-comes-next-239929/" aria-label="Read more about A year on from the Senate inquiry into concussion, what’s changed and what comes next?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jongkil Jay Jeong, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Computing and Information System, The University of Melbourne Piotr Zajda/Shutterstock Despite huge advances in cyber security, one weakness continues to overshadow all others: human error. Research has consistently shown human error is responsible for an overwhelming majority ... <a title="Human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. Here are 3 ways to fix it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/human-error-is-the-weakest-link-in-the-cyber-security-chain-here-are-3-ways-to-fix-it-241459/" aria-label="Read more about Human error is the weakest link in the cyber security chain. Here are 3 ways to fix it">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s recent decision to approve expansion plans for three New South Wales coal mines disappointed many people concerned with stabilising the global climate. Two of these mines, Narrabri and Mount Pleasant in New ... <a title="Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/expanding-coal-mines-and-reaching-net-zero-tanya-plibersek-seems-to-believe-both-are-possible-241007/" aria-label="Read more about Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Yongqi Gu, Associate Professor, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images There is a belief widely held across the Western world: Chinese students are schooled through rote, passive learning – and an educational system like this ... <a title="What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/what-makes-chinese-students-so-successful-by-international-standards-238325/" aria-label="Read more about What makes Chinese students so successful by international standards?">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Geoff Hanmer, Adjunct Professor of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney Later this week the government will receive the report of the year-long independent inquiry into its handling of the COVID pandemic. Among the issues it will have to contend with is air quality, in particular the air ... <a title="It would cost billions, but pay for itself over time. The economic case for air conditioning every Australian school" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/it-would-cost-billions-but-pay-for-itself-over-time-the-economic-case-for-air-conditioning-every-australian-school-241465/" aria-label="Read more about It would cost billions, but pay for itself over time. The economic case for air conditioning every Australian school">Read more</a>
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October 21, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Houlihan, PhD Candidate in History, Monash University Prostock Studio / Shutterstock For anyone who has been online in Australia longer than a decade or so, the discussion around current proposals to set a minimum age for social media use might trigger a touch of déjà vu. ... <a title="A technical fix to keep kids safe online? Here’s what happened last time Australia tried to make a ‘clean’ internet" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/10/21/a-technical-fix-to-keep-kids-safe-online-heres-what-happened-last-time-australia-tried-to-make-a-clean-internet-241371/" aria-label="Read more about A technical fix to keep kids safe online? Here’s what happened last time Australia tried to make a ‘clean’ internet">Read more</a>
