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December 16, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wendy Hargreaves, Senior Learning Advisor, University of Southern Queensland Shutterstock On a December night 50 years ago, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed in the Everglades, Florida. Miraculously, 77 people survived the initial impact but then endured a traumatic wait for rescue in the alligator infested swamp, surrounded ... <a title="‘Tis the season to be jolly: singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/16/tis-the-season-to-be-jolly-singing-christmas-carols-together-isnt-just-a-tradition-its-also-good-for-you-193855/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Tis the season to be jolly: singing Christmas carols together isn’t just a tradition, it’s also good for you">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Scott Morrison will forever be known as “the bulldozer”, and he lived up to his self-description at the Robodebt royal commission this week. It was vintage Morrison, verbally lumbering about, up and down side streets of varying relevance, as he ... <a title="Grattan on Friday: Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/grattan-on-friday-morrison-endures-the-witness-box-while-albanese-enjoys-being-in-the-box-seat-with-the-senate-196662/" aria-label="Read more about Grattan on Friday: Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Narayan, Senior Lecturer in Animal Science, The University of Queensland Craig Garrett/Unsplash Koalas have adapted to Australia’s rugged terrains. But bushfires, land clearing and other extreme threats can mean they suffer prolonged stress – and this has a significant effect on their wellbeing. Stress can make ... <a title="Testing the stress levels of rescued koalas allows us to tweak their care so more survive in the wild" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/testing-the-stress-levels-of-rescued-koalas-allows-us-to-tweak-their-care-so-more-survive-in-the-wild-196224/" aria-label="Read more about Testing the stress levels of rescued koalas allows us to tweak their care so more survive in the wild">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Vitomir Kovanovic, Senior Lecturer in Learning Analytics, University of South Australia Ground Picture/Shutterstock The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot has given us a glimpse into the future of teaching and learning alongside artificial intelligence. Educators immediately pointed out the chatbot’s ability to generate meaningful responses to questions ... <a title="The dawn of AI has come, and its implications for education couldn’t be more significant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/the-dawn-of-ai-has-come-and-its-implications-for-education-couldnt-be-more-significant-196383/" aria-label="Read more about The dawn of AI has come, and its implications for education couldn’t be more significant">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jonathan Crowe, Professor of Law, Bond University Shutterstock Federal Labor Senator Nita Green has recently moved to establish a Senate inquiry into sexual consent laws. These are the laws that describe how sexual consent is defined for rape and sexual assault offences. In Australia, these definitions differ ... <a title="It’s time we aligned sexual consent laws across Australia – but this faces formidable challenges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/its-time-we-aligned-sexual-consent-laws-across-australia-but-this-faces-formidable-challenges-196115/" aria-label="Read more about It’s time we aligned sexual consent laws across Australia – but this faces formidable challenges">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rona Macniven, Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, being physically active has been a part of culture for many thousands of years, through traditional active lifestyles. These activities are still relevant today. Having a spiritual connection to Country, or caring for Country, ... <a title="First Nations kids are more active when their parents are happy and supported" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/first-nations-kids-are-more-active-when-their-parents-are-happy-and-supported-192167/" aria-label="Read more about First Nations kids are more active when their parents are happy and supported">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide 20th Century Studios James Cameron’s Avatar 2: The Way of Water, is released worldwide today. It’s the long-awaited sequel to Avatar (2009), also directed by Cameron, and has cost an enormous amount of money to make. Some ... <a title="Can you name a single character from Avatar? What is a ‘forgotbuster’ and is Avatar one of them?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/can-you-name-a-single-character-from-avatar-what-is-a-forgotbuster-and-is-avatar-one-of-them-192005/" aria-label="Read more about Can you name a single character from Avatar? What is a ‘forgotbuster’ and is Avatar one of them?">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kim Meredith-Jones, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago Shutterstock/CSKN Breaking a bone in childhood is not just a rite of passage. It could be a warning sign of future fracture risk and osteoporosis. A history of prior fracture is one of the strongest predictors of future fractures, ... <a title="Breaking bones in childhood more than doubles the odds of it happening again as an adult, study finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/breaking-bones-in-childhood-more-than-doubles-the-odds-of-it-happening-again-as-an-adult-study-finds-195008/" aria-label="Read more about Breaking bones in childhood more than doubles the odds of it happening again as an adult, study finds">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney Shutterstock There has been a lot of debate recently about the quality, safety and cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) services. Some of it relates to the types of providers people purchase services from. Some NDIS service providers ... <a title="Unregistered NDIS providers are in the firing line – but lots of participants have good reasons for using them" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/unregistered-ndis-providers-are-in-the-firing-line-but-lots-of-participants-have-good-reasons-for-using-them-196375/" aria-label="Read more about Unregistered NDIS providers are in the firing line – but lots of participants have good reasons for using them">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Cheng Cheng, Research Officer, School of Engineering, Australian National University Renewable energy’s share of Australia’s main electricity grid has more than doubled from 16% to 35% in five years, and the federal government wants this figure to reach 82% by 2030. Nearly all new power plants in ... <a title="Australia needs much more solar and wind power, but where are the best sites? We mapped them all" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/australia-needs-much-more-solar-and-wind-power-but-where-are-the-best-sites-we-mapped-them-all-196033/" aria-label="Read more about Australia needs much more solar and wind power, but where are the best sites? We mapped them all">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Philipp Bayer, Adjunct Research Fellow, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia Shutterstock You’ve seen the art AI image generators can create, and you may have played with natural language AI chatbots. You’ve benefited from artificial intelligence tools recommending you music and suggesting your next streaming ... <a title="Spotting plastic waste from space and counting the fish in the seas: here’s how AI can help protect the oceans" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/spotting-plastic-waste-from-space-and-counting-the-fish-in-the-seas-heres-how-ai-can-help-protect-the-oceans-196222/" aria-label="Read more about Spotting plastic waste from space and counting the fish in the seas: here’s how AI can help protect the oceans">Read more</a>
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December 15, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ama Samarasinghe, Lecturer, RMIT University Shutterstock The findings about advisers in the landmark 2019 financial services royal commission couldn’t have been more stark. Time after time financial advisers were found to have: lacked skill and judgement proposed actions that benefited the adviser been unwilling to find out ... <a title="Why would you dump a requirement for financial advisers to give advice that’s in their client’s best interests?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/15/why-would-you-dump-a-requirement-for-financial-advisers-to-give-advice-thats-in-their-clients-best-interests-193719/" aria-label="Read more about Why would you dump a requirement for financial advisers to give advice that’s in their client’s best interests?">Read more</a>
