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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By George Siemens, Co-Director, Professor, Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, University of South Australia ktsdesign/Shutterstock In August 1955, a group of scientists made a funding request for US$13,500 to host a summer workshop at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. The field they proposed to explore was artificial ... <a title="Not everything we call AI is actually ‘artificial intelligence’. Here’s what you need to know" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/not-everything-we-call-ai-is-actually-artificial-intelligence-heres-what-you-need-to-know-196732/" aria-label="Read more about Not everything we call AI is actually ‘artificial intelligence’. Here’s what you need to know">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Clare Farmer, Senior Lecturer, Criminology, Deakin University American popular culture dominates international markets. Among its most enduringly successful products are police dramas and movies. Many of these feature frequent and overwhelmingly positive depictions of police gun violence – a popular example, and a favourite at this time ... <a title="Police gun violence is glorified on screen. But more armed and aggressive policing doesn’t actually make us safer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/police-gun-violence-is-glorified-on-screen-but-more-armed-and-aggressive-policing-doesnt-actually-make-us-safer-195920/" aria-label="Read more about Police gun violence is glorified on screen. But more armed and aggressive policing doesn’t actually make us safer">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philip Laird, Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong Progress towards Australia’s new emissions target of a 43% reduction by 2030 (from 2005 levels) has been decidedly mixed. Emissions in the electricity sector have fallen in recent years, but the upward trend in another major sector, transport, is ... <a title="Why electric vehicles won’t be enough to rein in transport emissions any time soon" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/why-electric-vehicles-wont-be-enough-to-rein-in-transport-emissions-any-time-soon-195722/" aria-label="Read more about Why electric vehicles won’t be enough to rein in transport emissions any time soon">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daniela Mueller, PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne Else Blankenhorn, ALLEGORY WITH IMPERIAL COUPLE, before 1920, oil on canvas, Inv. 4305 © Prinzhorn Collection, Heidelberg University Hospital In this series, our writers introduce us to a favourite painting. I often wonder if this mystical painting depicts a ... <a title="Why I love Else Blankenhorn’s Allegory with Imperial Couple, and the love story it reveals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/why-i-love-else-blankenhorns-allegory-with-imperial-couple-and-the-love-story-it-reveals-189451/" aria-label="Read more about Why I love Else Blankenhorn’s Allegory with Imperial Couple, and the love story it reveals">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rewi Newnham, Professor in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Shutterstock/jet 67 When a recent study implicated forest fires set by early Māori in a hemisphere-wide rise in emissions, it ignited controversy. The incriminating evidence comes from Antarctic ice cores containing so-called refracted ... <a title="Research linking soot in Antarctic ice exclusively with early Māori fires was flawed – there were other sources elsewhere" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/research-linking-soot-in-antarctic-ice-exclusively-with-early-maori-fires-was-flawed-there-were-other-sources-elsewhere-194816/" aria-label="Read more about Research linking soot in Antarctic ice exclusively with early Māori fires was flawed – there were other sources elsewhere">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nathan Kilah, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Tasmania Shutterstock The pavlova is a summer icon; just a few simple ingredients can be transformed into a beautifully flavoured and textured dessert. But despite its simplicity, there’s a surprising amount of chemistry involved in making a pavlova. Knowing ... <a title="How to make the perfect pavlova, according to chemistry experts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/how-to-make-the-perfect-pavlova-according-to-chemistry-experts-196485/" aria-label="Read more about How to make the perfect pavlova, according to chemistry experts">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hulya Gilbert, Lecturer in Planning and Human Geography, La Trobe University Shutterstock Ride-share company Uber has just rolled out an option to book vehicles equipped with a children’s car seat across Melbourne. Uber is also considering allowing unaccompanied children to use its service. In Australia, a recent ... <a title="Uber plans a kids service to replace mum and dad’s taxi. What’s wrong with that? Plenty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/uber-plans-a-kids-service-to-replace-mum-and-dads-taxi-whats-wrong-with-that-plenty-196491/" aria-label="Read more about Uber plans a kids service to replace mum and dad’s taxi. What’s wrong with that? Plenty">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Johanna Thomas-Maude, PhD Candidate in Development Studies, Massey University GettyImages Immigration New Zealand’s recent announcement that all medical doctors would be included on the straight-to-residence pathway doesn’t quite give the full picture. In fact, “all” only includes those doctors who can have their medical registration approved before ... <a title="NZ’s medical licensing system is still a major hurdle for desperately needed foreign-trained doctors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/nzs-medical-licensing-system-is-still-a-major-hurdle-for-desperately-needed-foreign-trained-doctors-196724/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s medical licensing system is still a major hurdle for desperately needed foreign-trained doctors">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nial Wheate, Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney Shutterstock A glass or two of champagne with Christmas lunch. A cool crisp beer at the beach. Some cheeky cocktails with friends to see in the New Year. There seem to be so many occasions ... <a title="Drinking alcohol this Christmas and New Year? These medicines really don’t mix" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/drinking-alcohol-this-christmas-and-new-year-these-medicines-really-dont-mix-196646/" aria-label="Read more about Drinking alcohol this Christmas and New Year? These medicines really don’t mix">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Robert Glasser, Honorary Professor, Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University In an address to the National Press Club this month, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil expressed deep concern about the national security implications of climate change. “When Home Affairs was created, the discussion ... <a title="Every Australian will be touched by climate change. So let’s start a national conversation about how we’ll cope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/every-australian-will-be-touched-by-climate-change-so-lets-start-a-national-conversation-about-how-well-cope-196934/" aria-label="Read more about Every Australian will be touched by climate change. So let’s start a national conversation about how we’ll cope">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University Shutterstock In a year marked by record-smashing floods, fires, heatwaves and droughts, the urgent need to act on climate change has never been more apparent. And yet, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has found coal burning for electricity generation ... <a title="Global coal use in 2022 is reaching an all-time high, but Australia is bucking the trend" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/global-coal-use-in-2022-is-reaching-an-all-time-high-but-australia-is-bucking-the-trend-196809/" aria-label="Read more about Global coal use in 2022 is reaching an all-time high, but Australia is bucking the trend">Read more</a>
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December 22, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Gavin Moodie, Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto Shutterstock A merger between the universities of Adelaide and South Australia has been talked about for years. The idea is now officially back on the table, with both universities agreeing to work ... <a title="The University of Adelaide and UniSA merger talks are back on but other Australian unis are unlikely to follow" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/22/the-university-of-adelaide-and-unisa-merger-talks-are-back-on-but-other-australian-unis-are-unlikely-to-follow-196878/" aria-label="Read more about The University of Adelaide and UniSA merger talks are back on but other Australian unis are unlikely to follow">Read more</a>
