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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Dobson, Professor and Dean of Education and the Arts, CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock Do you remember what it was like to discover the magic of a city for the first time? Do you remember the noises, smells, flashing lights and pulsating crowds? Or do you mostly remember ... <a title="The art of ‘getting lost’: how re-discovering your city can be an antidote to capitalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/the-art-of-getting-lost-how-re-discovering-your-city-can-be-an-antidote-to-capitalism-221606/" aria-label="Read more about The art of ‘getting lost’: how re-discovering your city can be an antidote to capitalism">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A man housing people who fled a massacre in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province yesterday says pregnant mothers and children are displaced. More than 50 bodies have been retrieved, with police still searching as intertribal tension continues. Prime Minister James Marape said he was “deeply moved” and “very, very ... <a title="Wapenamanda massacre: ‘Pregnant mothers fled for their lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/wapenamanda-massacre-pregnant-mothers-fled-for-their-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Wapenamanda massacre: ‘Pregnant mothers fled for their lives’">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vahid Pooryousef, PhD candidate in Human Computer Interaction, Monash University OpenAI Late last week, OpenAI announced a new generative AI system named Sora, which produces short videos from text prompts. While Sora is not yet available to the public, the high quality of the sample outputs published ... <a title="What is Sora? A new generative AI tool could transform video production and amplify disinformation risks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/what-is-sora-a-new-generative-ai-tool-could-transform-video-production-and-amplify-disinformation-risks-223850/" aria-label="Read more about What is Sora? A new generative AI tool could transform video production and amplify disinformation risks">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga Under the banana leaves on a roadside in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands lies the dismembered and bullet-riddled bodies of eight men. All have been pulled out from the hillside along the highway from Wapenamanda to Wabag in Enga province. They were among at least 64 people killed in the worst outbreak of ... <a title="Wapenamanda massacre – 64 killed in PNG’s worst tribal fighting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/wapenamanda-massacre-64-killed-in-pngs-worst-tribal-fighting/" aria-label="Read more about Wapenamanda massacre – 64 killed in PNG’s worst tribal fighting">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frédérik Saltré, Research Fellow in Ecology for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University Australia is home to about one in 12 of the world’s species of animals, birds, plants and insects – between 600,000 and 700,000 species. More than 80% of Australian ... <a title="New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/new-ecosystems-unprecedented-climates-more-australian-species-than-ever-are-struggling-to-survive-222375/" aria-label="Read more about New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Wolf, Associate Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University Cristy Roberts/ANU, CC BY-NC Scientists have no reported evidence of the true conditions in Hell, perhaps because no one has ever returned to tell the tale. Hell has been imagined as a supremely uncomfortable place, hot and ... <a title="The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/the-brightest-object-in-the-universe-is-a-black-hole-that-eats-a-star-a-day-222612/" aria-label="Read more about The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Holly Cullen, Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia On February 20 and 21, Julian Assange will ask the High Court of England and Wales to reverse a decision from June last year allowing the United Kingdom to extradite him to the United States. There he faces ... <a title="After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/after-years-of-avoiding-extradition-julian-assanges-appeal-is-likely-his-last-chance-heres-how-it-might-unfold-and-how-we-got-here-221217/" aria-label="Read more about After years of avoiding extradition, Julian Assange’s appeal is likely his last chance. Here’s how it might unfold (and how we got here)">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago Despite inheriting positive bilateral ties with Australia and the US, New Zealand’s coalition government has indicated it wants an even closer alignment with traditional allies. In what has been described as “the most challenging strategic environment for ... <a title="Moving closer to Australia is in New Zealand’s strategic interest – joining AUKUS is not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/moving-closer-to-australia-is-in-new-zealands-strategic-interest-joining-aukus-is-not-223843/" aria-label="Read more about Moving closer to Australia is in New Zealand’s strategic interest – joining AUKUS is not">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Wallwork, Post-doctoral Researcher, University of South Australia Keenan Constance/Unsplash Back pain is common. One in thirteen people have it right now and worldwide a staggering 619 million people will have it this year. Chronic pain, of which back pain is the most common, is the world’s ... <a title="How long does back pain last? And how can learning about pain increase the chance of recovery?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/how-long-does-back-pain-last-and-how-can-learning-about-pain-increase-the-chance-of-recovery-222513/" aria-label="Read more about How long does back pain last? And how can learning about pain increase the chance of recovery?">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, The University of Queensland One of the priorities of the Closing the Gap reporting is that Indigenous cultures and languages are “strong, supported and flourishing”. It also calls for Indigenous students to “achieve their full learning potential”. These two priorities ... <a title="‘It’s about making our children feel proud’: how schools can learn about local Indigenous language and culture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/its-about-making-our-children-feel-proud-how-schools-can-learn-about-local-indigenous-language-and-culture-223463/" aria-label="Read more about ‘It’s about making our children feel proud’: how schools can learn about local Indigenous language and culture">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sascha Samlal, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne With Taylor Swift pulling in over half-a-million audience members on her Australian tour, we’ve been thinking a lot about fans. In this series, our academics dive into fan cultures: how they developed, how they operate, and how they shape ... <a title="Shame, intimacy, and community: fangirls are mocked, but it is more complex than you might think" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/20/shame-intimacy-and-community-fangirls-are-mocked-but-it-is-more-complex-than-you-might-think-213750/" aria-label="Read more about Shame, intimacy, and community: fangirls are mocked, but it is more complex than you might think">Read more</a>
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February 19, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mohan Yellishetty, Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University Australia’s nickel industry has been granted access to billions of dollars in federal funding as well as relief from royalty payments after a collapse in the global price of nickel that threatens ... <a title="What’s behind the collapse in the price of nickel and how can the industry survive?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/02/19/whats-behind-the-collapse-in-the-price-of-nickel-and-how-can-the-industry-survive-223814/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the collapse in the price of nickel and how can the industry survive?">Read more</a>
