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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University Shutterstock It’s a fact women’s fertility declines as they age. But the common description of fertility decline after age 35 as a “cliff” is more anxiety-provoking than factual. If ... <a title="Women are often told their fertility ‘falls off a cliff’ at 35, but is that right?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/women-are-often-told-their-fertility-falls-off-a-cliff-at-35-but-is-that-right-189978/" aria-label="Read more about Women are often told their fertility ‘falls off a cliff’ at 35, but is that right?">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sasha Grishin, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University Aerial view of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ new SANAA – designed building, 2022. Photo © Iwan Baan The Sydney Modern Project had the odds stacked against it since its inception in 2013. It has ... <a title="‘A three-storey, luminous birdcage with suspended hanging gardens and an extensive crypt below’: Sydney Modern is open at last" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/a-three-storey-luminous-birdcage-with-suspended-hanging-gardens-and-an-extensive-crypt-below-sydney-modern-is-open-at-last-194451/" aria-label="Read more about ‘A three-storey, luminous birdcage with suspended hanging gardens and an extensive crypt below’: Sydney Modern is open at last">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Tayanah O’Donnell, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University Australians’ well-documented affinity with the sun, surf and sand continues to fuel coastal property market growth. This growth defies rising interest rates and growing evidence of the impacts of climate change on people living in vulnerable coastal locations. People ... <a title="Coastal property prices and climate risks are both soaring. We must pull our heads out of the sand" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/coastal-property-prices-and-climate-risks-are-both-soaring-we-must-pull-our-heads-out-of-the-sand-195357/" aria-label="Read more about Coastal property prices and climate risks are both soaring. We must pull our heads out of the sand">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Computational Law & AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Tengyart / Unsplash Earlier this month, Meta announced new AI software called Galactica: “a large language model that can store, combine and reason about scientific knowledge”. Launched with a public online demo, ... <a title="The Galactica AI model was trained on scientific knowledge – but it spat out alarmingly plausible nonsense" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/the-galactica-ai-model-was-trained-on-scientific-knowledge-but-it-spat-out-alarmingly-plausible-nonsense-195445/" aria-label="Read more about The Galactica AI model was trained on scientific knowledge – but it spat out alarmingly plausible nonsense">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Negar Partow, Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Massey University A protest image of Mahsa Amani, whose death ignited anti-regime demonstrations across Iran and the world. Getty Images The ongoing protests in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the country’s “Guidance ... <a title="Headwear and hegemony: how ‘turban tossing’ protests are threatening Iran’s ruling clergy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/headwear-and-hegemony-how-turban-tossing-protests-are-threatening-irans-ruling-clergy-195543/" aria-label="Read more about Headwear and hegemony: how ‘turban tossing’ protests are threatening Iran’s ruling clergy">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Hanckel, Senior research fellow, Western Sydney University Pexels/Ron Lach, CC BY Young people experience mental health difficulties at a higher rate than any other age group. While there’s ongoing discussion about the formal supports they need, young people say they’re most likely to speak with peers ... <a title="You’ve got a friend: young people help each other with their mental health for 3.5 hours every week" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/youve-got-a-friend-young-people-help-each-other-with-their-mental-health-for-3-5-hours-every-week-194530/" aria-label="Read more about You’ve got a friend: young people help each other with their mental health for 3.5 hours every week">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hamish Clarke, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne Without strong climate action, forests on every continent will be highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year by the end of the century – and this fire threat is far greater for some forests including ... <a title="Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/many-forests-will-become-highly-flammable-for-at-least-30-extra-days-per-year-unless-we-cut-emissions-research-finds-195546/" aria-label="Read more about Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Teresa Swist, Researcher, University of Sydney Shutterstock A Sydney high school recently introduced fingerprint technology to “help narrow down” students who were vandalising school toilets. Under the plan, students needed to to scan their fingerprints to get access to the toilets or pick-up a swipe card if ... <a title="As more biometric data is collected in schools, parents need to ask these 10 questions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/as-more-biometric-data-is-collected-in-schools-parents-need-to-ask-these-10-questions-191263/" aria-label="Read more about As more biometric data is collected in schools, parents need to ask these 10 questions">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia Stan There’s something about the wintry quality of so much Christmas iconography – snow, mistletoe, fireplaces – that just doesn’t gel with the Southern hemisphere. So it’s not really that strange that Australian Christmas films ... <a title="Christmas Ransom: I quite enjoyed watching this (terrible) new Aussie Christmas film" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/christmas-ransom-i-quite-enjoyed-watching-this-terrible-new-aussie-christmas-film-194515/" aria-label="Read more about Christmas Ransom: I quite enjoyed watching this (terrible) new Aussie Christmas film">Read more</a>
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November 30, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Lensen, Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence | Pūkenga, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Getty Images The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to its deployment in courtrooms overseas. In China, robot judges decide on small claim cases, while in some Malaysian courts, ... <a title="We built an algorithm that predicts the length of court sentences – could AI play a role in the justice system?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/30/we-built-an-algorithm-that-predicts-the-length-of-court-sentences-could-ai-play-a-role-in-the-justice-system-193300/" aria-label="Read more about We built an algorithm that predicts the length of court sentences – could AI play a role in the justice system?">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra As the Indigenous Voice provoked divisions in the Nationals, Anthony Albanese rejected the party’s claim it wouldn’t help “close the gap” for First Nations Australians. The federal Nationals, announcing this week they’ll oppose the Voice, argued it would not have ... <a title="Albanese insists Voice will help ‘close the gap’, as divisions flare in Nationals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/albanese-insists-voice-will-help-close-the-gap-as-divisions-flare-in-nationals-195564/" aria-label="Read more about Albanese insists Voice will help ‘close the gap’, as divisions flare in Nationals">Read more</a>
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November 29, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jon C. Day, PSM, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University Kristin Hoel/Unsplash, CC BY-SA You might be forgiven for thinking it’s Groundhog Day reading headlines about the Great Barrier Reef potentially being listed on the World Heritage “in ... <a title="We all know the Great Barrier Reef is in danger – the UN has just confirmed it. Again" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/29/we-all-know-the-great-barrier-reef-is-in-danger-the-un-has-just-confirmed-it-again-195551/" aria-label="Read more about We all know the Great Barrier Reef is in danger – the UN has just confirmed it. Again">Read more</a>