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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By C Raina MacIntyre, Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Pexels/Uriel Mont The question of whether and to what extent face masks work to prevent respiratory infections such as COVID and influenza has split the scientific community for decades. ... <a title="Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/yes-masks-reduce-the-risk-of-spreading-covid-despite-a-review-saying-they-dont-198992/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, masks reduce the risk of spreading COVID, despite a review saying they don’t">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Mackinnon, Professor and Director, Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices, Queensland University of Technology Superconducting cables transmit electicity without losses Shutterstock For most of us, transmitting power is an invisible part of modern life. You flick the switch and the light goes on. But the ... <a title="A tenth of all electricity is lost in the grid. Superconducting cables can help" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/a-tenth-of-all-electricity-is-lost-in-the-grid-superconducting-cables-can-help-199001/" aria-label="Read more about A tenth of all electricity is lost in the grid. Superconducting cables can help">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Munro, Professor, Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University Shutterstock Many students are returning to school this year face a renewed focus on grammar. Just before Christmas, the NSW curriculum was overhauled to include the “explicit teaching of grammar, sentence structure and punctuation in high ... <a title="Learning grammar is just as important as it always was but the way we teach it has changed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/learning-grammar-is-just-as-important-as-it-always-was-but-the-way-we-teach-it-has-changed-196285/" aria-label="Read more about Learning grammar is just as important as it always was but the way we teach it has changed">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Debra Dudek, Associate professor, School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University Universal Life is full of surprises – some pleasant and some painful – but there can be no surprises without expectations. We expect the sun to come up every morning. We expect our dog to ... <a title="What’s behind the door? The best narrative twists in television and film, and why we love them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/whats-behind-the-door-the-best-narrative-twists-in-television-and-film-and-why-we-love-them-198998/" aria-label="Read more about What’s behind the door? The best narrative twists in television and film, and why we love them">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Chris Greening, Professor, Microbiology, Monash University Sunset over New Zealand from the ocean sampling voyage Guy Shelley/Monash University, Author provided There are more than a billion bacteria in just one litre of seawater. How do all of these organisms find the energy and nutrients they need to ... <a title="Bacteria use life’s original energy source to thrive in the ocean’s lightless depths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/07/bacteria-use-lifes-original-energy-source-to-thrive-in-the-oceans-lightless-depths-199177/" aria-label="Read more about Bacteria use life’s original energy source to thrive in the ocean’s lightless depths">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne Mick Tsikas/AAP Senator Lidia Thorpe announced on Monday that she would be leaving the Greens. Thorpe had split with the Greens over the Indigenous Voice to parliament, ... <a title="Lidia Thorpe’s defection from the Greens will make passing legislation harder for Labor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/lidia-thorpes-defection-from-the-greens-will-make-passing-legislation-harder-for-labor-199299/" aria-label="Read more about Lidia Thorpe’s defection from the Greens will make passing legislation harder for Labor">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dennis B. Desmond, Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast The news of a so-called “Chinese spy balloon” being shot down over the US has reignited interest in how nation-states spy on one another. It’s not confirmed that the balloon, seen floating over US ... <a title="Beyond spy balloons: here are 7 kinds of intelligence spies want, and how they get it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/beyond-spy-balloons-here-are-7-kinds-of-intelligence-spies-want-and-how-they-get-it-199289/" aria-label="Read more about Beyond spy balloons: here are 7 kinds of intelligence spies want, and how they get it">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Daniel Pockett/AAP Victorian Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe has defected from the Greens to sit on the crossbench, declaring she wants to fully represent the “Blak Sovereign Movement” in parliament. The announcement by Thorpe, who has been the party’s spokesperson on ... <a title="View from The Hill: Lidia Thorpe quits Greens, going to crossbench to promote ‘Blak Sovereign Movement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/view-from-the-hill-lidia-thorpe-quits-greens-going-to-crossbench-to-promote-blak-sovereign-movement-199296/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Lidia Thorpe quits Greens, going to crossbench to promote ‘Blak Sovereign Movement’">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Daniel Pockett/AAP Victorian Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe has defected from the Greens to sit on the crossbench, declaring she wants to fully represent the “Blak Sovereign Movement” in parliament. The announcement by Thorpe, who has been the party’s spokesperson on ... <a title="View from The Hill: Lydia Thorpe quits Greens, going to crossbench to promote ‘Blak Sovereign Movement’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/view-from-the-hill-lydia-thorpe-quits-greens-going-to-crossbench-to-promote-blak-sovereign-movement-199296/" aria-label="Read more about View from The Hill: Lydia Thorpe quits Greens, going to crossbench to promote ‘Blak Sovereign Movement’">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jane Mills, Professor and Dean La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University Shutterstock It can be tough to access front-line health care outside the cities and suburbs. For the seven million Australians living in rural communities there are significant challenges in accessing health care due to ... <a title="With the training to diagnose, test, prescribe and discharge, nurse practitioners could help rescue rural health" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/with-the-training-to-diagnose-test-prescribe-and-discharge-nurse-practitioners-could-help-rescue-rural-health-199287/" aria-label="Read more about With the training to diagnose, test, prescribe and discharge, nurse practitioners could help rescue rural health">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University Chad Fish/AP Was the balloon that suddenly appeared over the US last week undertaking surveillance? Or was it engaging in research, as China has claimed? While the answers to these questions may not be immediately known, one thing ... <a title="Did China’s balloon violate international law?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/did-chinas-balloon-violate-international-law-199271/" aria-label="Read more about Did China’s balloon violate international law?">Read more</a>
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February 6, 2023
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brendan Walker-Munro, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The generative AI industry will be worth about A$22 trillion by 2030, according to the CSIRO. These systems – of which ChatGPT is currently the best known – can write essays and code, generate music and artwork, ... <a title="Scams, deepfake porn and romance bots: advanced AI is exciting, but incredibly dangerous in criminals’ hands" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/06/scams-deepfake-porn-and-romance-bots-advanced-ai-is-exciting-but-incredibly-dangerous-in-criminals-hands-199004/" aria-label="Read more about Scams, deepfake porn and romance bots: advanced AI is exciting, but incredibly dangerous in criminals’ hands">Read more</a>
