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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Asma Aziz, Lecturer in Power Engineering, Edith Cowan University Shutterstock Recent electricity price increases of 20–30% have hit households hard. Some are installing rooftop solar systems and batteries to reduce or even end their reliance on energy providers. However, Australia’s uptake of household batteries lags well behind ... <a title="Is it worth investing in a battery for your rooftop solar? Here’s what buyers need to know (but often can’t find out)" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/is-it-worth-investing-in-a-battery-for-your-rooftop-solar-heres-what-buyers-need-to-know-but-often-cant-find-out-209219/" aria-label="Read more about Is it worth investing in a battery for your rooftop solar? Here’s what buyers need to know (but often can’t find out)">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Fuhrer, Professor of Physics, Monash University Hyun-Tak Kim The past few weeks have seen a huge surge of interest among scientists and the public in a material called LK-99 after it was claimed to be a superconductor at room temperature and ambient pressure. LK-99 garnered attention ... <a title="Hopes fade for ‘room temperature superconductor’ LK-99, but quantum zero-resistance research continues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/hopes-fade-for-room-temperature-superconductor-lk-99-but-quantum-zero-resistance-research-continues-211733/" aria-label="Read more about Hopes fade for ‘room temperature superconductor’ LK-99, but quantum zero-resistance research continues">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology So, that’s it then. The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, hosted on Australian and New Zealand soil for the first time, came to an end on Sunday night as Spain beat England 1-0 in ... <a title="Just the beginning: 7 ways the Women’s World Cup can move the dial on women’s sport forever" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/just-the-beginning-7-ways-the-womens-world-cup-can-move-the-dial-on-womens-sport-forever-210550/" aria-label="Read more about Just the beginning: 7 ways the Women’s World Cup can move the dial on women’s sport forever">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Littleton, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Healthy Sustainable Development, Torrens University Australia The “social determinants of health” is a fancy way of describing a simple idea: that a person’s health is influenced not just by what they eat or do but also ... <a title="Who gets to be healthy? The ‘social determinants of health’ can reduce inequities, but many policies neglect them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/who-gets-to-be-healthy-the-social-determinants-of-health-can-reduce-inequities-but-many-policies-neglect-them-210961/" aria-label="Read more about Who gets to be healthy? The ‘social determinants of health’ can reduce inequities, but many policies neglect them">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University Elena M. Tarasova, Shutterstock Burning gas in our homes to cook food or heat air and water has become a contentious issue. Gas is an expensive, polluting fossil fuel, and there’s mounting evidence to ... <a title="5 tips for getting off gas at home – for a cleaner, cheaper, healthier all-electric future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/5-tips-for-getting-off-gas-at-home-for-a-cleaner-cheaper-healthier-all-electric-future-211261/" aria-label="Read more about 5 tips for getting off gas at home – for a cleaner, cheaper, healthier all-electric future">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Olivia Groves, Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University Shutterstock We want all students to finish school with the literacy and numeracy skills they need to take advantage of post-school opportunities and to participate fully in society. Currently, in Australia, many students don’t. The problem of not meeting learning ... <a title="Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/fewer-than-1-in-5-students-who-are-behind-in-year-3-catch-up-and-stay-caught-up-211516/" aria-label="Read more about Fewer than 1 in 5 students who are behind in Year 3 catch up and stay caught up">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra This article is part of The Conversation’s series examining Australia’s cost of living crisis. Every day the higher price of seemingly everything is mentioned in the news or in conversations with friends and ... <a title="You don’t have to be an economist to know Australia is in a cost of living crisis. What are the signs and what needs to change?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/you-dont-have-to-be-an-economist-to-know-australia-is-in-a-cost-of-living-crisis-what-are-the-signs-and-what-needs-to-change-210373/" aria-label="Read more about You don’t have to be an economist to know Australia is in a cost of living crisis. What are the signs and what needs to change?">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rebecca Giblin, ARC Future Fellow; Professor; Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, The University of Melbourne Shutterstock For hundreds of years, we’ve been told patents help deliver big new inventions, such as life-saving drugs. They are meant to be a bargain between the inventor and the ... <a title="Patents were meant to reward inventions. It’s time to talk about how they might not" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/patents-were-meant-to-reward-inventions-its-time-to-talk-about-how-they-might-not-211518/" aria-label="Read more about Patents were meant to reward inventions. It’s time to talk about how they might not">Read more</a>
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August 21, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock Australia’s care economy could increase from its present about 8% of GDP to about 15% in 40 years, according to the government’s Intergenerational Report, to be released by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Thursday. The projections say in four decades’ ... <a title="‘Care’ economy to balloon in an Australia of 40.5 million: Intergenerational Report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/21/care-economy-to-balloon-in-an-australia-of-40-5-million-intergenerational-report-211876/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Care’ economy to balloon in an Australia of 40.5 million: Intergenerational Report">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Labor this week had its first face-to-face national conference in five years, and it all went Anthony Albanese’s way. He won on AUKUS and rallied the party faithful, who did not rock the government’s boat. For this podcast we caught ... <a title="Politics with Michelle Grattan: WA Premier Roger Cook on Labor’s conference and his state’s issues" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/politics-with-michelle-grattan-wa-premier-roger-cook-on-labors-conference-and-his-states-issues-211836/" aria-label="Read more about Politics with Michelle Grattan: WA Premier Roger Cook on Labor’s conference and his state’s issues">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Predictably, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese got his way on AUKUS at Labor’s national conference on Friday. But, ironically, he and his colleagues had to do a good deal more wrangling with the party than Albanese had done when Labor embraced ... <a title="View from The Hill: Labor conference gives Albanese a firm ‘yes’ on AUKUS" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/view-from-the-hill-labor-conference-gives-albanese-a-firm-yes-on-aukus-211827/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Labor conference gives Albanese a firm ‘yes’ on AUKUS">Read more</a>
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August 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daswin de Silva, Deputy Director of the Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe University Shutterstock Artificial intelligence-powered (AI) chatbots are becoming increasingly human-like by design, to the point that some among us may struggle to distinguish between human and machine. This week, Snapchat’s My AI ... <a title="Snapchat’s ‘creepy’ AI blunder reminds us that chatbots aren’t people. But as the lines blur, the risks grow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/08/18/snapchats-creepy-ai-blunder-reminds-us-that-chatbots-arent-people-but-as-the-lines-blur-the-risks-grow-211744/" aria-label="Read more about Snapchat’s ‘creepy’ AI blunder reminds us that chatbots aren’t people. But as the lines blur, the risks grow">Read more</a>
