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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jenna Crowe-Riddell, Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroecology, La Trobe University Luke Allen, Author provided Snakes have clitorises – and we have given a full anatomical description of them for the first time. In research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, we describe the size and shape ... <a title="Snakes have clitorises" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/snakes-have-clitorises-196553/" aria-label="Read more about Snakes have clitorises">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Woodcock, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney The 2022 FIFA World Cup has certainly attracted plenty of negative press, with scandal from bidding process through to the tournament itself. Yet out of this negativity, one positive storyline has arisen. With victories over two ... <a title="Morocco are the first-ever African semifinalists of the World Cup. Here’s what geographical data tell us about this result" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/morocco-are-the-first-ever-african-semifinalists-of-the-world-cup-heres-what-geographical-data-tell-us-about-this-result-196484/" aria-label="Read more about Morocco are the first-ever African semifinalists of the World Cup. Here’s what geographical data tell us about this result">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Zylstra, Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University, Research Associate at University of New South Wales, Curtin University Shutterstock For four years, naturalist Allison Dixon regularly walked from dusk until dawn at the Warrungup Spring bush reserve south of Perth, carefully documenting every western ringtail possum she ... <a title="Bad fire science can kill our threatened species. It’s time to cooperate with nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/bad-fire-science-can-kill-our-threatened-species-its-time-to-cooperate-with-nature-196363/" aria-label="Read more about Bad fire science can kill our threatened species. It’s time to cooperate with nature">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Paul Murphy, Lecturer in Digital Media, CQUniversity Australia Brendan Murphy/Stable Diffusion, Author provided The Lensa photo and video editing app has shot into social media prominence in recent weeks, after adding a feature that lets you generate stunning digital portraits of yourself in contemporary art styles. ... <a title="No, the Lensa AI app technically isn’t stealing artists’ work – but it will majorly shake up the art world" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/no-the-lensa-ai-app-technically-isnt-stealing-artists-work-but-it-will-majorly-shake-up-the-art-world-196480/" aria-label="Read more about No, the Lensa AI app technically isn’t stealing artists’ work – but it will majorly shake up the art world">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
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 Con Chronis/AAP At the November 26 Victorian election, Labor won 15 of the 40 upper house seats (down three since 2018), the Coalition 14 (up three), the ... <a title="Final Victorian election results: how would upper house look using the Senate system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/final-victorian-election-results-how-would-upper-house-look-using-the-senate-system-196291/" aria-label="Read more about Final Victorian election results: how would upper house look using the Senate system?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Garland, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Physics, Griffith University Artist’s depiction of ions in the inertial confinement experiment. John Jett and Jake Long/LLNL For the first time, scientists in the US have confirmed a fusion energy experiment achieved net gain. This means releasing more energy than ... <a title="A major ‘fusion breakthrough’ was just officially announced in the US. But what does it actually mean?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/a-major-fusion-breakthrough-was-just-officially-announced-in-the-us-but-what-does-it-actually-mean-196474/" aria-label="Read more about A major ‘fusion breakthrough’ was just officially announced in the US. But what does it actually mean?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast Shutterstock We all lie to our kids. Some lies – telling them their artwork is wonderful, or that Wiggles band-aids are infused with anaesthetic – benefit the child. Others are just a bit of fun. Take ... <a title="Is it OK to prank your kids? Do they get it? And where’s the line?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/is-it-ok-to-prank-your-kids-do-they-get-it-and-wheres-the-line-195932/" aria-label="Read more about Is it OK to prank your kids? Do they get it? And where’s the line?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marguerite Johnson, Professor of Classics, University of Newcastle By John Dickson Batten/Wikimedia The 2022 word of the year from the folks at the Oxford English Dictionary is “goblin mode”. Voted by the public and coming in at 93%, “goblin mode” – a phrase, rather than a word, ... <a title="What is a goblin?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/what-is-a-goblin-196135/" aria-label="Read more about What is a goblin?">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock ChatGPT is the latest and most impressive artificially intelligent chatbot yet. It was released two weeks ago, and in just five days hit a million users. It’s being used so much that its servers ... <a title="Everyone’s having a field day with ChatGPT – but nobody knows how it actually works" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/everyones-having-a-field-day-with-chatgpt-but-nobody-knows-how-it-actually-works-196378/" aria-label="Read more about Everyone’s having a field day with ChatGPT – but nobody knows how it actually works">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast luemen rutkowski /unsplash, CC BY-SA There’s an annual underground phenomena happening right now around Australia: couples who have decided to separate, but are putting on a happy face to perform their final Christmas as an intact ... <a title="Are you and your partner thinking of separating? Here’s how to protect the kids’ mental health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/are-you-and-your-partner-thinking-of-separating-heres-how-to-protect-the-kids-mental-health-194912/" aria-label="Read more about Are you and your partner thinking of separating? Here’s how to protect the kids’ mental health">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Zsofia Korosy, Postdoctoral Fellow in Law, UNSW Sydney Craig Stennett/Getty Images At the crucial COP15 nature summit in Canada, almost 200 countries are reckoning with the world’s extraordinary loss of the variety of life. Climate change, mining, urban development and more are threatening Earth’s biodiversity to an ... <a title="Without Indigenous leadership, attempts to stop the tide of destruction against nature will fail" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/without-indigenous-leadership-attempts-to-stop-the-tide-of-destruction-against-nature-will-fail-196208/" aria-label="Read more about Without Indigenous leadership, attempts to stop the tide of destruction against nature will fail">Read more</a>
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December 14, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jay Rutovitz, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock To get Australia’s grid 82% powered by renewables by 2030 is a huge increase. At present, the electricity powering eastern and southern states is around 33% renewable. To get there means a lot of ... <a title="To clean up Australia’s power grid, we’re going to need many thousands more skilled workers – and fast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/14/to-clean-up-australias-power-grid-were-going-to-need-many-thousands-more-skilled-workers-and-fast-195906/" aria-label="Read more about To clean up Australia’s power grid, we’re going to need many thousands more skilled workers – and fast">Read more</a>
