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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ascelin Gordon, Senior research fellow, RMIT University Shutterstock Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominated by a few key concerns, such as whether superintelligent AI will wipe us out, or whether AI will steal our jobs. But we’ve paid less attention the various other environmental ... <a title="The hidden cost of the AI boom: social and environmental exploitation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/the-hidden-cost-of-the-ai-boom-social-and-environmental-exploitation-208669/" aria-label="Read more about The hidden cost of the AI boom: social and environmental exploitation">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Costanza, Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL In an implicit admission that the Commonwealth budget may not measure what really matters, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is about to release what he is calling “Measuring What Matters” – Australia’s first national wellbeing framework. The statement was to have been ... <a title="Australia’s first wellbeing framework is about to measure what matters – but it’s harder than counting GDP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/australias-first-wellbeing-framework-is-about-to-measure-what-matters-but-its-harder-than-counting-gdp-209868/" aria-label="Read more about Australia’s first wellbeing framework is about to measure what matters – but it’s harder than counting GDP">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anna Hickey-Moody, Professor of Intersectional Humanities, Maynooth, National University of Ireland, RMIT University ABC Anika Van Cleef (Marta Dusseldorp) is a high-powered “Toorak Mum”. She is CEO of an investment company she took over from her controlling father and now runs with her new partner, Johann (Nikolai ... <a title="Arresting, dry and fast-paced: ABC series Bay of Fires brings a new humour to the tradition of Australian Gothic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/arresting-dry-and-fast-paced-abc-series-bay-of-fires-brings-a-new-humour-to-the-tradition-of-australian-gothic-209233/" aria-label="Read more about Arresting, dry and fast-paced: ABC series Bay of Fires brings a new humour to the tradition of Australian Gothic">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jordy Kaufman, Associate Professor, Swinburne University of Technology Shutterstock Not so long ago, if a child was home sick from school, the main screen-based entertainment was daytime television. The options were limited to The Price is Right or reruns of Home and Away. Fast forward to the ... <a title="If your kid is home sick from school, is unlimited screen time OK?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/if-your-kid-is-home-sick-from-school-is-unlimited-screen-time-ok-207922/" aria-label="Read more about If your kid is home sick from school, is unlimited screen time OK?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lauren Gurrieri, Associate Professor in Marketing, RMIT University Ryan Gosling (left) and Margot Robbie who play Ken and Barbie in the “Barbie” movie. Shutterstock After a months-long marketing blitz, the much-hyped Barbie movie is released this week. From a Malibu Barbie dreamhouse listed on AirBnB, an AI ... <a title="Is the Barbie movie a bold step to reinvent and fix past wrongs or a clever ploy to tap a new market?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/is-the-barbie-movie-a-bold-step-to-reinvent-and-fix-past-wrongs-or-a-clever-ploy-to-tap-a-new-market-209394/" aria-label="Read more about Is the Barbie movie a bold step to reinvent and fix past wrongs or a clever ploy to tap a new market?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University Universal Robert Oppenheimer is often placed next to Albert Einstein as the 20th century’s most famous physicist. He will forever be the “father of the atomic bomb” after the first nuclear weapon was successfully tested on July 16, 1945 ... <a title="‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’: who was atom bomb pioneer Robert Oppenheimer?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/now-i-am-become-death-the-destroyer-of-worlds-who-was-atom-bomb-pioneer-robert-oppenheimer-209398/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds’: who was atom bomb pioneer Robert Oppenheimer?">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tatsuya Amano, Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland Shutterstock These days it’s necessary to have at least a basic level of English proficiency in most research contexts. But at the same time, our collective emphasis on English places a significant burden on scientists who speak a different ... <a title="Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/non-native-english-speaking-scientists-work-much-harder-just-to-keep-up-global-research-reveals-208750/" aria-label="Read more about Non-native English speaking scientists work much harder just to keep up, global research reveals">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Whitehouse, Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia Unsplash, CC BY Early childhood has received a great deal of attention in recent weeks, as Australia has sought to understand ways to relieve the cost pressures on the National Disability Insurance Scheme ... <a title="More children than ever are struggling with developmental concerns. We need to help families connect and thrive" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/more-children-than-ever-are-struggling-with-developmental-concerns-we-need-to-help-families-connect-and-thrive-209866/" aria-label="Read more about More children than ever are struggling with developmental concerns. We need to help families connect and thrive">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Noel Castree, Professor of Society & Environment, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock It made world news last week when a small lake in Canada was chosen as the “Golden Spike” – the location where the emergence of the Anthropocene is most clear. The Anthropocene is the proposed ... <a title="Did the Anthropocene start in 1950 – or much earlier? Here’s why debate over our world-changing impact matters" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/did-the-anthropocene-start-in-1950-or-much-earlier-heres-why-debate-over-our-world-changing-impact-matters-209869/" aria-label="Read more about Did the Anthropocene start in 1950 – or much earlier? Here’s why debate over our world-changing impact matters">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Heinemann, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Canterbury Shutterstock/Philip Armitage Traditional harvesting sites, or mahinga kai, continue to be used throughout New Zealand to provide food and to share skills and cultural practices between families and generations. But our new research shows that wild ... <a title="Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in NZ’s wild cockles and watercress put people at growing risk of serious illness" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-in-nzs-wild-cockles-and-watercress-put-people-at-growing-risk-of-serious-illness-209845/" aria-label="Read more about Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in NZ’s wild cockles and watercress put people at growing risk of serious illness">Read more</a>
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July 19, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Andrew Leigh, an assistant minister in the Albanese government, has launched a swingeing attack on the stranglehold the factional “duopoly” has on the Labor Party. Leigh says the factions’ power is at an all-time high, which suppresses ideological debate, distorts ... <a title="Andrew Leigh calls out how Labor’s factional ‘duopoly’ is undermining the party" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/19/andrew-leigh-calls-out-how-labors-factional-duopoly-is-undermining-the-party-209972/" aria-label="Read more about Andrew Leigh calls out how Labor’s factional ‘duopoly’ is undermining the party">Read more</a>
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July 18, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hunter Fujak, Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Tuesday that the Victorian government has withdrawn from its commitment to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, citing an anticipated cost blowout from an original estimate of A$2.6 billion to over $6-$7 billion. Commonwealth Games ... <a title="‘Existential questions’: is this the beginning of the end of the Commonwealth Games?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/18/existential-questions-is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-commonwealth-games-209961/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Existential questions’: is this the beginning of the end of the Commonwealth Games?">Read more</a>
