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November 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Monica Whitty, Chair in Human Factors in Cyber Security, University of Melbourne These days, it’s hard to know whom to trust online, and how to discern genuine content from fakery. Some degree of trust in our devices is necessary, if we’re to embrace the growing number of ... <a title="Would you notice if your calculator was lying to you? The research says probably not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/would-you-notice-if-your-calculator-was-lying-to-you-the-research-says-probably-not-126027/" aria-label="Read more about Would you notice if your calculator was lying to you? The research says probably not">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tony Walker, Adjunct Professor, School of Communications, La Trobe University Given a world in turmoil, an ASEAN leadership three-day summit to begin in Bangkok this weekend has slipped off radar screens. But this is not to say the event lacks importance. The year-end summit of leaders of ... <a title="As Australia’s prime minister heads to ASEAN, trade, Vietnam and China will be high on the agenda" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/as-the-prime-minister-heads-to-asean-trade-vietnam-and-china-will-be-high-on-the-agenda-126005/" aria-label="Read more about As Australia’s prime minister heads to ASEAN, trade, Vietnam and China will be high on the agenda">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor | Program Director, Undergraduate Pharmacy, University of Sydney Whether you need to take a drug at a specific time of day depends on the medication and the condition you are treating. For some medicines, it doesn’t matter what time you take it. And ... <a title="What time of day should I take my medicine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/what-time-of-day-should-i-take-my-medicine-125809/" aria-label="Read more about What time of day should I take my medicine?">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie M Cairns, Research fellow, UNSW There is a widespread belief dingoes are as good as extinct in New South Wales and nearly all dog-like animals in the wild are simply wild dogs. This belief is bolstered by legislation and policies in NSW, which have removed the ... <a title="Dingoes found in New South Wales, but we’re killing them as ‘wild dogs’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/dingoes-found-in-new-south-wales-but-were-killing-them-as-wild-dogs-126184/" aria-label="Read more about Dingoes found in New South Wales, but we’re killing them as ‘wild dogs’">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ho Wai Yip, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong Amid rising violence and vandalism in ongoing protests, the public’s role in cleaning up a mosque sprayed with blue dye last week by the police proves once again the distinctiveness of Hong ... <a title="Mosque clean-up shows Hong Kong is a city that stands up for everyone’s rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/mosque-clean-up-shows-hong-kong-is-a-city-that-stands-up-for-everyones-rights-126012/" aria-label="Read more about Mosque clean-up shows Hong Kong is a city that stands up for everyone’s rights">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tom Griffiths, Emeritus Professor of History, Australian National University Many of us joined the Global Climate Strike on Friday, 20 September, and together we constituted half a million Australians gathering peacefully and walking the streets of our cities and towns to protest at government inaction in the ... <a title="Friday essay: thinking like a planet – environmental crisis and the humanities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/friday-essay-thinking-like-a-planet-environmental-crisis-and-the-humanities-125489/" aria-label="Read more about Friday essay: thinking like a planet – environmental crisis and the humanities">Read more</a>
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November 1, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As an Indigenous man in a senior government role, Ken Wyatt is ambitious but pragmatic, as he struggles to bridge the gap between Indigenous expectations and political realities. Wyatt, minister for Indigenous Australians, aspires to deliver constitutional recognition of Australia’s ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Ken Wyatt juggles identity and politics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/01/grattan-on-friday-ken-wyatt-juggles-identity-and-politics-126205/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Ken Wyatt juggles identity and politics">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Simon Tormey, Professor of Politics, University of Sydney And so the UK will head to an election on December 12 to try to resolve the spectacular mess that is Brexit. It’s an outcome many of us had been predicting for some time. Read more: UK general election ... <a title="Boris Johnson sends UK voters to the polls, hoping for the ‘right’ kind of Brexit. But it just might backfire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/boris-johnson-sends-uk-voters-to-the-polls-hoping-for-the-right-kind-of-brexit-but-it-just-might-backfire-123260/" aria-label="Read more about Boris Johnson sends UK voters to the polls, hoping for the ‘right’ kind of Brexit. But it just might backfire">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Jorm, Professor emeritus, University of Melbourne The Productivity Commission has revealed 3.9 million of us are living with mental illness, and it’s costing the country an estimated A$500 million per day. The Commission, which the government tasked with looking at the impact of mental health on ... <a title="3 in 4 people with a mental illness develop symptoms before age 25. We need a stronger focus on prevention" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/3-in-4-people-with-a-mental-illness-develop-symptoms-before-age-25-we-need-a-stronger-focus-on-prevention-126180/" aria-label="Read more about 3 in 4 people with a mental illness develop symptoms before age 25. We need a stronger focus on prevention">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Toby Walsh, Professor of AI at UNSW, Research Group Leader, Data61 Artificial intelligence developer DeepMind has just announced its latest milestone: a bot called AlphaStar that plays the popular real-time strategy game StarCraft II at Grandmaster level. This isn’t the first time a bot has outplayed humans ... <a title="Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let’s not put them in charge of the real thing" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/robots-can-outwit-us-on-the-virtual-battlefield-so-lets-not-put-them-in-charge-of-the-real-thing-126104/" aria-label="Read more about Robots can outwit us on the virtual battlefield, so let’s not put them in charge of the real thing">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben Henley, Research Fellow in Climate and Water Resources, University of Melbourne The issue of whether Australia’s current drought is caused by climate change has been seized on by some media commentators, with debate raging over a remark from eminent scientist Andy Pitman that “there is no ... <a title="The science of drought is complex but the message on climate change is clear" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/the-science-of-drought-is-complex-but-the-message-on-climate-change-is-clear-125941/" aria-label="Read more about The science of drought is complex but the message on climate change is clear">Read more</a>
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October 31, 2019
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Larissa Hjorth, Professor of Mobile Media and Games. Director of the Design & Creative Practice Platform., RMIT University Sometimes life appears incomprehensible, of another world. The supernatural has been evoked in many cultures and religions as a way to make sense of the thresholds of mortal and ... <a title="In Japan, supernatural beliefs connect the spiritual realm with the earthly objects around us" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/10/31/in-japan-supernatural-beliefs-connect-the-spiritual-realm-with-the-earthly-objects-around-us-125726/" aria-label="Read more about In Japan, supernatural beliefs connect the spiritual realm with the earthly objects around us">Read more</a>
