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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tomas Fitzgerald, Lecturer in Law, Curtin University A brainy machine? Shakey, the world’s first AI-based robot. SRI International It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that the machines are taking over. What is less clear is whether the machines know that. Recent claims by a Google engineer that ... <a title="Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/why-we-talk-about-computers-having-brains-and-why-the-metaphor-is-all-wrong-185705/" aria-label="Read more about Why we talk about computers having brains (and why the metaphor is all wrong)">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brian Robert Cook, Associate professor, The University of Melbourne In the aftermath of destructive floods, we often seek out someone to blame. Common targets are the “negligent local council”, the “greedy developer”, “the builder cutting corners”, and the “foolish home owner.” Unfortunately, it’s not that simple, as ... <a title="To stop risky developments in floodplains, we have to tackle the profit motive – and our false sense of security" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/to-stop-risky-developments-in-floodplains-we-have-to-tackle-the-profit-motive-and-our-false-sense-of-security-184062/" aria-label="Read more about To stop risky developments in floodplains, we have to tackle the profit motive – and our false sense of security">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Rae, Associate Professor, English and Theatre Studies, The University of Melbourne Julio Donoso/Sygma via Getty Images I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that ... <a title="An ever innovative director, Peter Brook reminded us how high the stakes of theatre can be" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/an-ever-innovative-director-peter-brook-reminded-us-how-high-the-stakes-of-theatre-can-be-186290/" aria-label="Read more about An ever innovative director, Peter Brook reminded us how high the stakes of theatre can be">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phil R. Cummins, Professor, Geoscience Australia Brendan Esposito/AAP Earthquakes can be especially devastating for developing countries, where competing priorities can stymie resource allocation towards earthquake resilience. Even in tectonically active areas, where tectonic plates meet and scrape against one another, large earthquakes may not occur often enough ... <a title="Not if, but when: unless Papua New Guinea prepares now, the next big earthquake could wreak havoc in Lae" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/not-if-but-when-unless-papua-new-guinea-prepares-now-the-next-big-earthquake-could-wreak-havoc-in-lae-185708/" aria-label="Read more about Not if, but when: unless Papua New Guinea prepares now, the next big earthquake could wreak havoc in Lae">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University ‘Peace for our time’: British prime minister Neville Chamberlain displaying the Anglo-German declaration, known as the Munich Agreement, in September 1938. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Can historians influence government policy? Should they? And, ... <a title="Are we learning the wrong lessons from history?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/are-we-learning-the-wrong-lessons-from-history-186199/" aria-label="Read more about Are we learning the wrong lessons from history?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Glasziou, Professor of Medicine, Bond University Engin Akyurt/Unsplash Since Australia’s first Omicron wave after borders opened late last year, the pandemic has largely faded from the news and public perception. Gone are the daily briefings with updates on the numbers of cases, hospitalisations and deaths. But ... <a title="Flu may be back, but COVID is far from over. How do they compare?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/flu-may-be-back-but-covid-is-far-from-over-how-do-they-compare-184551/" aria-label="Read more about Flu may be back, but COVID is far from over. How do they compare?">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Julianna Santos, PhD candidate, The University of Melbourne David Mariuz/AAP About 100 of Australia’s unique land mammals face extinction. Of the many threats contributing to the crisis, certain fire regimes are among the most pervasive. In a new paper, we reveal how “inappropriate” fire patterns put 88% ... <a title="Research reveals fire is pushing 88% of Australia’s threatened land mammals closer to extinction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/research-reveals-fire-is-pushing-88-of-australias-threatened-land-mammals-closer-to-extinction-185965/" aria-label="Read more about Research reveals fire is pushing 88% of Australia’s threatened land mammals closer to extinction">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maryanne Macdonald, Lecturer, Indigenous Education, Edith Cowan University Floods, fires and droughts in Australia devastate lives, destroy wildlife and damage property. These disasters also cost billions of dollars through loss of agricultural and economic productivity, environmental vitality and costs to mental health. People are looking for long-term ... <a title="Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/recognising-indigenous-knowledges-is-not-just-culturally-sound-its-good-science-184444/" aria-label="Read more about Recognising Indigenous knowledges is not just culturally sound, it’s good science">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Meena Jha, Course Coordinator, Information Communications Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia Shutterstock While face-to-face classes are back after the COVID disruptions of the past two years, our research suggests at least some Australian universities intend to continue with fully online assessment. Students say they think cheating is easier ... <a title="If unis stick with online assessment after COVID, they’ll have do more to stop cheating" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/if-unis-stick-with-online-assessment-after-covid-theyll-have-do-more-to-stop-cheating-185762/" aria-label="Read more about If unis stick with online assessment after COVID, they’ll have do more to stop cheating">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra Shutterstock The dream that decentralised finance – or “DeFi” – can free the monetary system from the clutches of governments and banks has helped launch 20,000 cryptocurrencies. But with 2022 proving to be ... <a title="Cryptocurrencies are great for gambling – but lousy at liberating our money from big central banks" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/cryptocurrencies-are-great-for-gambling-but-lousy-at-liberating-our-money-from-big-central-banks-173901/" aria-label="Read more about Cryptocurrencies are great for gambling – but lousy at liberating our money from big central banks">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Esther Suckling, Research Associate, Grattan Institute Mackay Regional Council Australia’s mining and heavy industry sectors are on the cusp of a revolution as the world shifts to net-zero. Demand for traditional industrial commodities – coal, oil, and gas – is set to slide. The International Energy Agency ... <a title="Regional towns are at risk of being wiped out by the move to net-zero. Here’s their best chance for survival" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/regional-towns-are-at-risk-of-being-wiped-out-by-the-move-to-net-zero-heres-their-best-chance-for-survival-186279/" aria-label="Read more about Regional towns are at risk of being wiped out by the move to net-zero. Here’s their best chance for survival">Read more</a>
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July 4, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darren Jorgensen, Senior lecturer in art history, The University of Western Australia Tracker Nat, holding his hat on the far left, with Paul Hasluck standing next to him, holding Nat’s shield in this picture from 1958. National Archives of Australia. NAA: A1200, L28199. Aboriginal and Torres Strait ... <a title="Rediscovering the art of Tracker Nat: ‘the Namatjira of carving’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/07/04/rediscovering-the-art-of-tracker-nat-the-namatjira-of-carving-184749/" aria-label="Read more about Rediscovering the art of Tracker Nat: ‘the Namatjira of carving’">Read more</a>
