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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Milford, Professor, Queensland University of Technology Alita: Battle Angel is an interesting and wild ride, jam-packed full of concepts around cybernetics, dystopian futures and cyberpunk themes. The film – in cinemas from today – revolves around Alita (Rosa Salazar), a female cyborg (with original human brain) ... <a title="A robot that can touch, eat and sleep? The reality of cyborgs like Alita: Battle Angel" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/a-robot-that-can-touch-eat-and-sleep-the-reality-of-cyborgs-like-alita-battle-angel-110430/" aria-label="Read more about A robot that can touch, eat and sleep? The reality of cyborgs like Alita: Battle Angel">Read more</a>
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February 14, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW Over the past 15 years, we’ve seen a decline in the performance of Australian school students on international tests. On the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Australia ranks a disappointing 20th in mathematics and 12th in reading. However you feel ... <a title="Why we should (carefully) consider paying kids to learn" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/14/why-we-should-carefully-consider-paying-kids-to-learn-111624/" aria-label="Read more about Why we should (carefully) consider paying kids to learn">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne History tells us that no matter which side of politics – Labor or Coalition – is in power, there is no respite for the ABC from incipient government hostility. What does change, however, ... <a title="Australian governments have a long history of trying to manipulate the ABC – and it’s unlikely to stop now" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/australian-governments-have-a-long-history-of-trying-to-manipulate-the-abc-and-its-unlikely-to-stop-now-110712/" aria-label="Read more about Australian governments have a long history of trying to manipulate the ABC – and it’s unlikely to stop now">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Independent MP Kerryn Phelps, who set the ball rolling for the medical transfers legislation, says its passage is “a remarkable exercise in cooperation”. Phelps says that of the about 1000 people on Manus and Nauru “around 70 people require urgent ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kerryn Phelps on medical transfer numbers" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/politics-with-michelle-grattan-kerryn-phelps-on-medical-transfer-numbers-111751/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kerryn Phelps on medical transfer numbers">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Procter, Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, University of South Australia Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have now passed amendments to the Migration Act 1958 that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island and Nauru. These amendments are also known ... <a title="Explainer: how will the ‘medevac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/explainer-how-will-the-medevac-bill-actually-affect-ill-asylum-seekers-111645/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how will the ‘medevac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Marie Rivers, PhD Candidate, Monash University Twenty-six of the forty-six fish species known to live in the Murray-Darling basin are listed as rare or threatened. Recent fish kills in the iconic river system are a grim reminder of how quickly things can take a turn for ... <a title="It’s fish on ice, as frozen zoos make a last-ditch attempt to prevent extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/its-fish-on-ice-as-frozen-zoos-make-a-last-ditch-attempt-to-prevent-extinction-111633/" aria-label="Read more about It’s fish on ice, as frozen zoos make a last-ditch attempt to prevent extinction">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Goetz Richter, Associate Professor, Violin – Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Chinese technology company Huawei has not had a particularly good press recently. Countries including Australia have excluded it from construction of a 5G network, while the US Justice Department recently laid criminal charges against ... <a title="Composers are under no threat from AI, if Huawei’s finished Schubert symphony is a guide" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/composers-are-under-no-threat-from-ai-if-huaweis-finished-schubert-symphony-is-a-guide-111630/" aria-label="Read more about Composers are under no threat from AI, if Huawei’s finished Schubert symphony is a guide">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicholas Procter, Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, University of South Australia Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have now passed amendments to the Migration Act 1958 that allow for the medical evacuation of asylum-seekers from Manus Island and Nauru. These amendments are also known ... <a title="Explainer: how will the ‘medivac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/explainer-how-will-the-medivac-bill-actually-affect-ill-asylum-seekers-111645/" aria-label="Read more about Explainer: how will the ‘medivac’ bill actually affect ill asylum seekers?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rick Sarre, Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia When Kenneth Hayne handed down the banking royal commission’s final report, he urged the corporate watchdog to investigate several entities for criminal charges. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has since announced it ... <a title="Yes, we can put bank bosses in jail, but is that the best way to hold them to account?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/yes-we-can-put-bank-bosses-in-jail-but-is-that-the-best-way-to-hold-them-to-account-111507/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, we can put bank bosses in jail, but is that the best way to hold them to account?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Justine R. Smith, Professor of Eye & Vision Health, Flinders University Syphilis is a sexually transmissible infectious disease that has plagued humankind for centuries. Today, syphilis is diagnosed rapidly by a simple blood test, and easily treated with an inexpensive antibiotic. However, the disease may masquerade as ... <a title="Syphilis is making a come-back, and causing some unusual health problems" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/syphilis-is-making-a-come-back-and-causing-some-unusual-health-problems-109658/" aria-label="Read more about Syphilis is making a come-back, and causing some unusual health problems">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lisa A Williams, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW The pursuit of happiness and health is a popular endeavour, as the preponderance of self-help books would attest. Yet it is also fraught. Despite ample advice from experts, individuals regularly engage in activities that may only have short-term ... <a title="Having a sense of meaning in life is good for you — so how do you get one?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/having-a-sense-of-meaning-in-life-is-good-for-you-so-how-do-you-get-one-110361/" aria-label="Read more about Having a sense of meaning in life is good for you — so how do you get one?">Read more</a>
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February 13, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Louise Pryke, Lecturer, Languages and Literature of Ancient Israel, Macquarie University In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. The world’s first known author is widely considered to be Enheduanna, a woman who lived in the 23rd century BCE in ancient Mesopotamia (approximately 2285 ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Enheduanna, princess, priestess and the world’s first known author" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/13/hidden-women-of-history-enheduanna-princess-priestess-and-the-worlds-first-known-author-109185/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Enheduanna, princess, priestess and the world’s first known author">Read more</a>
