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January 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jayne Persian, Associate Professor in History, University of Southern Queensland In the Canadian parliament earlier this year, an outcry erupted after 98-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian Yaroslav Hunka was presented to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a hero of the second world war. It turned out Hunka had fought against ... <a title="Australia is still reckoning with a shameful legacy: the resettlement of suspected war criminals after WWII" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/05/australia-is-still-reckoning-with-a-shameful-legacy-the-resettlement-of-suspected-war-criminals-after-wwii-217378/" aria-label="Read more about Australia is still reckoning with a shameful legacy: the resettlement of suspected war criminals after WWII">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Stephens, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Accident Research Centre, Monash University Dean Drobot/Shutterstock Your bags are packed. You’ve sorted entertainment and snacks for your passengers and have squeezed all your holiday luggage in the car. You’re now ready to head off for your road trip – ... <a title="Going on a road trip this summer? 4 reasons why you might end up speeding, according to psychology" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/05/going-on-a-road-trip-this-summer-4-reasons-why-you-might-end-up-speeding-according-to-psychology-216352/" aria-label="Read more about Going on a road trip this summer? 4 reasons why you might end up speeding, according to psychology">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mitchell Harley, Scientia Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney CoastSnap When you arrive at your favourite beach these summer holidays, you may notice something different about the coast. With the triple-dip La Niña now making way for El Niño, our beaches have been through a rollercoaster ride. Some beaches ... <a title="Become a beach scientist this summer and help monitor changing coastlines" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/05/become-a-beach-scientist-this-summer-and-help-monitor-changing-coastlines-214307/" aria-label="Read more about Become a beach scientist this summer and help monitor changing coastlines">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vaughan Cruickshank, Program Director – Health and Physical Education, Maths/Science, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania Shutterstock Many people believe teaching is an easy job involving short days and long holidays. Anyone working in the profession, however, will tell you this is not the truth. They will ... <a title="What do teachers do in the school holidays? They work, plan, and rest" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/05/what-do-teachers-do-in-the-school-holidays-they-work-plan-and-rest-217799/" aria-label="Read more about What do teachers do in the school holidays? They work, plan, and rest">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gregory Hill, Adjunct Lecturer, Centre for Business Analytics, Melbourne Business School Shutterstock It’s no accident we are seeing record profits from some of our biggest consumer-facing companies, among them Qantas andthe big four banks. They are among the firms – alongside our grocery duopoly – investing the ... <a title="Until now, sellers have used AI to get the best deal for themselves – those tables are about to turn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/05/until-now-sellers-have-used-ai-to-get-the-best-deal-for-themselves-those-tables-are-about-to-turn-216620/" aria-label="Read more about Until now, sellers have used AI to get the best deal for themselves – those tables are about to turn">Read more</a>
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January 5, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Speed, Senior Lecturer in media and screen studies, Federation University Australia After an exhausting day, housework is often the last thing I feel like doing. But I sometimes relax by playing video games where you tidy and arrange household items in living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms. ... <a title="Vacuuming, moving house, unpacking are boring in real life – so why is doing them in a video game so fun?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/05/vacuuming-moving-house-unpacking-are-boring-in-real-life-so-why-is-doing-them-in-a-video-game-so-fun-214853/" aria-label="Read more about Vacuuming, moving house, unpacking are boring in real life – so why is doing them in a video game so fun?">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Randolph Grace, Professor of Psychology, University of Canterbury Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). But whether that future will prove utopian, apocalyptic or somewhere in between is anyone’s guess. In February, ChatGPT set the record as the ... <a title="AI is our ‘Promethean fire’: using it wisely means knowing its true nature – and our own minds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/04/ai-is-our-promethean-fire-using-it-wisely-means-knowing-its-true-nature-and-our-own-minds-219320/" aria-label="Read more about AI is our ‘Promethean fire’: using it wisely means knowing its true nature – and our own minds">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversations with God (1873) Jan Matejko / Wikimedia Commons Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who, five centuries ago, explained that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than vice versa. A true Renaissance man, he also practised ... <a title="The strange story of the grave of Copernicus" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/04/the-strange-story-of-the-grave-of-copernicus-213358/" aria-label="Read more about The strange story of the grave of Copernicus">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, Political Historian and Administrator Officer, Australian Historical Association, Australian National University Australians could be forgiven for feeling weary of political scandals. The litany of them at the federal level in recent years has been fatiguing: Robodebt, allegations of rape and sexual harassment in Parliament House, ... <a title="Storm clouds ahead: scandals that have rocked Australian politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/04/storm-clouds-ahead-scandals-that-have-rocked-australian-politics-216825/" aria-label="Read more about Storm clouds ahead: scandals that have rocked Australian politics">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trevor Mazzucchelli, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Curtin University Shutterstock As the holidays progress, parents will no doubt be hearing a classic line from their kids: “I’m boooooored”. We all get bored from time to time and there is nothing particularly wrong with feeling bored. In fact, ... <a title="‘Mum, Dad, I’m bored!’ How to teach children to manage their own boredom these holidays" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/04/mum-dad-im-bored-how-to-teach-children-to-manage-their-own-boredom-these-holidays-217680/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Mum, Dad, I’m bored!’ How to teach children to manage their own boredom these holidays">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ama Samarasinghe, Lecturer, Financial Planning and Tax, RMIT University Shutterstock As our wallets feel the strain from the cost-of-living crisis, many of us are looking for ways to soften the blow. While everyone’s circumstances are different, and ideally you should seek help from an accredited financial adviser, ... <a title="The cost-of-living crisis is hitting hard. Here are 3 ways to soften the blow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/04/the-cost-of-living-crisis-is-hitting-hard-here-are-3-ways-to-soften-the-blow-218118/" aria-label="Read more about The cost-of-living crisis is hitting hard. Here are 3 ways to soften the blow">Read more</a>
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January 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Carole Wilson, Associate Professor in Visual Arts, Federation University Australia Carole Wilson Jillposters was a self-funded radical feminist poster group active in Melbourne from 1983 until 1988. I was a founding member. I’m in the process of donating archival material and records to the RMIT Design Archive, ... <a title="My life as a ‘Jillposter’: the radical feminist poster group that pasted prints around Melbourne in the ‘80s" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/01/04/my-life-as-a-jillposter-the-radical-feminist-poster-group-that-pasted-prints-around-melbourne-in-the-80s-214959/" aria-label="Read more about My life as a ‘Jillposter’: the radical feminist poster group that pasted prints around Melbourne in the ‘80s">Read more</a>
