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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hedwig Eisenbarth, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/Sergey Tinyakov Artificial systems such as homecare robots or driver-assistance technology are becoming more common, and it’s timely to investigate whether people or algorithms are better at reading emotions, particularly given the added ... <a title="When faces are partially covered, neither people nor algorithms are good at reading emotions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/when-faces-are-partially-covered-neither-people-nor-algorithms-are-good-at-reading-emotions-165005/" aria-label="Read more about When faces are partially covered, neither people nor algorithms are good at reading emotions">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney from www.shutterstock.com Six months after the prime minister received his first jab, Australia finally has a national plan to roll out COVID vaccines. The plan’s goals, set out in the Operation COVID Shield document ... <a title="Australia’s vaccination plan is 6 months too late and a masterclass in jargon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/australias-vaccination-plan-is-6-months-too-late-and-a-masterclass-in-jargon-165603/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s vaccination plan is 6 months too late and a masterclass in jargon">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Keith Rathbone, Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University Martin Meissner/AP The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country, but a new home in Poland. Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by ... <a title="A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/a-brief-history-of-asylum-seekers-at-the-olympics-and-why-they-are-sometimes-misunderstood-165605/" aria-label="Read more about A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julian Zipparo, Executive Manager, Research Engagement, UTS; PhD Higher Education, UNSW Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic plunged Australian universities into crisis. From early 2020, many voices declared increased specialisation and difference between institutions was the way for them to survive. Yet our soon-to-be-published study has shown if we ... <a title="Think our unis are all much the same? Look more closely and you will find diversity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/think-our-unis-are-all-much-the-same-look-more-closely-and-you-will-find-diversity-164319/" aria-label="Read more about Think our unis are all much the same? Look more closely and you will find diversity">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Emma McBryde, Professor of Infectious Disease and Epidemiology, James Cook University from www.shutterstock.com Recently released modelling from the Doherty Institute, which the federal government used to back its roadmap out of the pandemic, misses one critical point — the importance of vaccinating children. The Doherty modelling instead ... <a title="We may need to vaccinate children as young as 5 to reach herd immunity with Delta, our modelling shows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/we-may-need-to-vaccinate-children-as-young-as-5-to-reach-herd-immunity-with-delta-our-modelling-shows-164942/" aria-label="Read more about We may need to vaccinate children as young as 5 to reach herd immunity with Delta, our modelling shows">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nik Dawson, Honorary Scholar, University of Technology Sydney Rawpixel / Shutterstock The typical Australian will change careers five to seven times during their professional lifetime, by some estimates. And this is likely to increase as new technologies automate labour, production is moved abroad, and economic crises unfold. ... <a title="How AI can help choose your next career and stay ahead of automation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/how-ai-can-help-choose-your-next-career-and-stay-ahead-of-automation-164162/" aria-label="Read more about How AI can help choose your next career and stay ahead of automation">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Rintoul, Senior Research Fellow, Federation University Australia Shutterstock It’s now well recognised gambling can cause significant harm. However, many countries have done much more to reduce gambling-related harm than we have in Australia. Here’s four examples of how other countries have responded to the challenge of ... <a title="4 gambling reform ideas from overseas to save Australia from gambling loss and harm" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/4-gambling-reform-ideas-from-overseas-to-save-australia-from-gambling-loss-and-harm-165387/" aria-label="Read more about 4 gambling reform ideas from overseas to save Australia from gambling loss and harm">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Morrison government will provide $378.6 million for a new redress scheme for Stolen Generation survivors as part of more than $1 billion for its Closing the Gap implementation plan. The one-off payments will go to living survivors of the ... <a title="Morrison government sets up redress scheme for survivors of Stolen Generation in territories" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/morrison-government-sets-up-redress-scheme-for-survivors-of-stolen-generation-in-territories-165617/" aria-label="Read more about Morrison government sets up redress scheme for survivors of Stolen Generation in territories">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniel Mansfield, Senior lecturer, UNSW This stone tablet records the restoration of certain lands by the Babylonian king Nabu-apla-iddina to a priest. Babylonian, circa 870 BCE. From Sippar (Tell Abu Habbah) Wikipedia Our modern understanding of trigonometry harks back to ancient Greek astronomers studying the movement of ... <a title="How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/how-ancient-babylonian-land-surveyors-developed-a-unique-form-of-trigonometry-1-000-years-before-the-greeks-163428/" aria-label="Read more about How ancient Babylonian land surveyors developed a unique form of trigonometry — 1,000 years before the Greeks">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robyn J. Whitaker, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND “The blood of Jesus is my vaccine” read one of the signs at a recent protest against lockdown regulations in Sydney. While our tendency might be to roll ... <a title="‘The blood of Jesus is my vaccine’: how a fringe group of Christians hijacks faith in a war against science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/the-blood-of-jesus-is-my-vaccine-how-a-fringe-group-of-christians-hijacks-faith-in-a-war-against-science-165236/" aria-label="Read more about ‘The blood of Jesus is my vaccine’: how a fringe group of Christians hijacks faith in a war against science">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato www.shutterstock.com With greater numbers of people being vaccinated and countries looking to reopen borders safely, the introduction of some form of vaccine passport seems increasingly likely. For New Zealand, where the elimination strategy has been largely successful but which ... <a title="How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/how-far-should-compulsory-proof-of-vaccination-go-and-what-rights-do-new-zealanders-have-165317/" aria-label="Read more about How far should compulsory proof of vaccination go — and what rights do New Zealanders have?">Read more</a>
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August 5, 2021
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Roel Plant, Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock When land is cleared to make room for urban growth, infrastructure, mining, and so on, developers are often required to “offset” their environmental damage by improving biodiversity elsewhere. This could mean, for example, planting trees along a river, ... <a title="We asked landholders how they feel about biodiversity offsets — and the NSW government has a lot to learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/05/we-asked-landholders-how-they-feel-about-biodiversity-offsets-and-the-nsw-government-has-a-lot-to-learn-164934/" aria-label="Read more about We asked landholders how they feel about biodiversity offsets — and the NSW government has a lot to learn">Read more</a>
