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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Angela Renton, PhD candidate (Cognitive Neuroscience/ Neuroengineering), The University of Queensland A recent demonstration video released by Elon Musk’s firm Neuralink might not look like much at first. In the video, a pig named Gertrude eats snacks from a person’s hand, while an accompanying computer screen displays ... <a title="Neuralink put a chip in Gertrude the pig’s brain. It might be useful one day" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/neuralink-put-a-chip-in-gertrude-the-pigs-brain-it-might-be-useful-one-day-145383/" aria-label="Read more about Neuralink put a chip in Gertrude the pig’s brain. It might be useful one day">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Linden, Sessional Lecturer, PhD (Management) Candidate, School of Management, RMIT University A recent decision by Australian Securities and Investments Commission to deny a newspaper access to a confidential bank document raises questions about its attitude to regulating the financial services industry. In the wake of the ... <a title="Is ASIC more concerned about relationships with boards than enforcing the law?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/is-asic-more-concerned-about-relationships-with-boards-than-enforcing-the-law-144665/" aria-label="Read more about Is ASIC more concerned about relationships with boards than enforcing the law?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa Dethridge, Research and Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, RMIT University In our series Art for Trying Times, authors nominate a work they turn to for solace or perspective during this pandemic. In days of COVID-19, I’m seeking escape and the screen is a glowing cornucopia of ... <a title="Hollywood: a glitzy, queer recasting of Tinseltown that is perfect escapist TV" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/hollywood-a-glitzy-queer-recasting-of-tinseltown-that-is-perfect-escapist-tv-144364/" aria-label="Read more about Hollywood: a glitzy, queer recasting of Tinseltown that is perfect escapist TV">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University The Thousand Talents Plan is a Chinese government program to attract scientists and engineers from overseas. Since the plan began in 2008, it has recruited thousands of researchers from countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, ... <a title="The Thousand Talents Plan is part of China’s long quest to become the global scientific leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/the-thousand-talents-plan-is-part-of-chinas-long-quest-to-become-the-global-scientific-leader-145100/" aria-label="Read more about The Thousand Talents Plan is part of China’s long quest to become the global scientific leader">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Nicholls, Associate professor in Business Law. Director of the UNSW Business School Cybersecurity and Data Governance Research Network, UNSW Facebook will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram if a proposal to force tech giants to pay ... <a title="If Facebook really pulls news from its Australian sites, we’ll have a much less compelling product" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/if-facebook-really-pulls-news-from-its-australian-sites-well-have-a-much-less-compelling-product-145380/" aria-label="Read more about If Facebook really pulls news from its Australian sites, we’ll have a much less compelling product">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrei Alexander Lux, Lecturer in Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, Edith Cowan University So much for the v-shaped recovery. Australia is set to record its biggest quarterly fall in GDP in history this week. The federal government will extend its JobKeeper wage subsidy program by six months. About ... <a title="4 things governments can do to help small business" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/4-things-governments-can-do-to-help-small-business-145310/" aria-label="Read more about 4 things governments can do to help small business">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Lynch, Associate Professor in American Politics, University of Melbourne In 1991, Donald Trump’s mother, Mary, was mugged on a New York street. As Trump’s niece recounts in her new book, the young assailant slammed Mary’s head into her Rolls Royce so hard, her brain haemorrhaged. ... <a title="Republicans have used a ‘law and order’ message to win elections before. This is why Trump could do it again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/republicans-have-used-a-law-and-order-message-to-win-elections-before-this-is-why-trump-could-do-it-again-145306/" aria-label="Read more about Republicans have used a ‘law and order’ message to win elections before. This is why Trump could do it again">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Timothy J. Lynch, Associate Professor in American Politics, University of Melbourne In 1991, Donald Trump’s mother, Mary, was mugged on a New York street. As Trump’s niece recounts in her new book, the young assailant slammed Mary’s head into her Rolls Royce so hard, her brain haemorrhaged. ... <a title="Republicans have used ‘law and order’ to win elections before. This is why Trump could do it again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/republicans-have-used-law-and-order-to-win-elections-before-this-is-why-trump-could-do-it-again-145306/" aria-label="Read more about Republicans have used ‘law and order’ to win elections before. This is why Trump could do it again">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mary-Louise McLaws, Professor of Epidemiology Healthcare Infection and Infectious Diseases Control, UNSW The concept of a COVID-19 “germ bubble” refers to close contacts with whom we don’t practise mask use or keep physical distancing. In strict lockdown, this generally means just the members of your own household. ... <a title="What is the COVID ‘bubble’ concept, and could it work in Australia?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/what-is-the-covid-bubble-concept-and-could-it-work-in-australia-144938/" aria-label="Read more about What is the COVID ‘bubble’ concept, and could it work in Australia?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucinda McKnight, Lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum, Deakin University A report of a review of NAPLAN released in recent days cited the writing part of the test to be the most problematic. The report noted the NAPLAN […] has led to formulaic writing in students’ responses to ... <a title="Too many adjectives, not enough ideas: how NAPLAN forces us to teach bad writing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/too-many-adjectives-not-enough-ideas-how-naplan-forces-us-to-teach-bad-writing-133068/" aria-label="Read more about Too many adjectives, not enough ideas: how NAPLAN forces us to teach bad writing">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Whatman, Senior Lecturer in HPE and Sports Pedagogy, Griffith University There are many ways children absorb public health messaging about COVID-19. They may receive information from social media platforms like TikTok, via direct text messages, or through daily briefings from state chief medical officers and politicians ... <a title="Is it time for Australia to implement kids-only COVID-19 briefings?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/is-it-time-for-australia-to-implement-kids-only-covid-19-briefings-144878/" aria-label="Read more about Is it time for Australia to implement kids-only COVID-19 briefings?">Read more</a>
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September 1, 2020
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marc Hudson, Research Associate in Social Movements, Keele University Australia has seen the latest extraordinary twist in its climate soap opera. An alliance of business and environment groups declared the nation is “woefully unprepared” for climate change and urgent action is needed. And yesterday, Australian Industry Group ... <a title="A bit rich: business groups want urgent climate action, after resisting it for 30 years" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/01/a-bit-rich-business-groups-want-urgent-climate-action-after-resisting-it-for-30-years-145302/" aria-label="Read more about A bit rich: business groups want urgent climate action, after resisting it for 30 years">Read more</a>
